That Tom Brady ad with five rings? He filmed it five months ago.
One of Tom Brady’s boldest Super Bowl LI plays emerged soon after the game was over.
Minutes after the Super Bowl trophy was handed to the New England Patriots, the quarterback appeared in an ad for Shields Health Care Group, showing off his five championship rings, ostensibly before getting an MRI at a Shields facility.
When told in the ad that he would need a bigger locker, Brady quipped “Roger that.” It sure seemed like a dig at NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, the man responsible for Brady’s Deflategate-related suspension at the start of the season.
Was this another quick turnaround for the Pats quarterback? Not exactly. Turns out Brady filmed the ad back in September, during that four-week suspension.
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