‘Please be safe. I need you to be safe’: Tom Brady fans freak out after the Patriots QB posts a video of himself flying down a Montana ski slope
- Patriots QB Tom Brady posted a video of himself skiing in Montana on Thursday
- His Instagram followers expressed serious concern for the 41-year old’s health
- One fan posted a reminder of former Boston Red Sox pitcher Jim Lonborg, who tore ligaments in his knee in 1967. The injury would affect the rest of his career
- Brady traditionally spends a portion of his off-season in Montana
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady posted a video of himself skiing in Montana on Thursday, and his Instagram followers expressed serious concern for the 41-year old’s health.
Brady traditionally spends a portion of his off-season in Montana. And this year, fresh off his sixth Super Bowl title, Brady risked injury by flying down a snow-covered mountain.
‘A little downhill this morning,’ Brady wrote. ”Now we just need to find the jump.’
It’s unclear which of the three skiers in the video is Tom Brady
TMZ suggested that Brady was the skier on the right, in blue, but that remains uncertain
Patriots fans were understandably uneasy about the ski trip.
‘What form!!! I say as I hold my breath,’ wrote one commenter. ‘But truly glad you are enjoying your semi- off time with family and friends.’
Brady and wife Gisele Bundchen take their family on an annual skiing trip in Montana
Another posted a reminder of former Boston Red Sox pitcher Jim Lonborg, who tore ligaments in his knee in December of 1967. Lonborg led the American League in wins and strikeouts en route to a World Series appearance that year, all while serving in the Army Reserves, but the knee injury affected him in 1968 and 1969 and he was ultimately traded to the Milwaukee Brewers in 1971.
‘I had no idea goats could ride skis!,’ wrote on commenter, referencing the anagram G.O.A.T. (Greatest of All Time), which is how many fans refer to Brady.
‘I hope you did your pliability work before this Tom,’ wrote on fan, teasing the Patriots quarterback about his well-known fitness regimen. ‘Please be safe my lord.’
One commenter simply wrote: ‘Please be safe. I need you to be safe.’
Other professional athletes have ended their careers in similar ways.
Former Chicago Bulls guard Jason Williams injured himself on a motorcycle in 2003, which led to the end of the former second-overall pick’s career.
Coming off his sixth Super Bowl title, Brady has won three NFL MVP awards and has a career regular season record of 207-60 as a starter.
The 41-year-old Brady traditionally spends a portion of his off-season in Montana