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Morning sports update: Tom Brady will send Joe Mixon a jersey after Bengals’ running back said he was ‘too scared’ to ask

"I ain't gone lie I wanted to ask for his jersey but was too scared to ask."

Joe Mixon during Sunday's game against Tom Brady and the Patriots. AP Photo/Gary Landers

By Hayden Bird

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The Patriots (11-3) beat the Bengals (1-13) on Sunday, 34-13. The win officially clinched New England’s 11th straight postseason berth.

The next matchup for the Patriots comes on Saturday (4:30 p.m.), not Sunday. New England will face AFC East division rival Buffalo (who defeated the Steelers on Sunday night). The Bills are 10-4, and will be battling for the division title.

Tomorrow, the Bruins host the Kings at TD Garden at 7 p.m., while the Celtics are off until Wednesday (when they face the Mavericks in Dallas at 9:30 p.m.)

In other local news, the New England Revolution’s U-14 team won the International Champions Cup on Sunday, defeating Miami FC 2-1 in the final. The team’s victorious run included a victory over Arsenal and LA Galaxy.

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And the UEFA Champions League draw was hosted on Monday morning, producing a notable round of 16 matchup with Manchester City against Real Madrid.

Joe Mixon was “too scared” to ask for Tom Brady’s jersey: Sometimes it’s easy to forget that accomplished NFL players react to seeing Tom Brady the same way fans do. That was on display after Sunday’s game, when the 23-year-old Mixon got to shake 42-year-old Brady’s hand and have a conversation.

“I still can’t believe I shook Tom Brady’s hand today and had a lil conversation with him,” wrote Mixon afterward on Twitter. “I ain’t [gonna] lie I wanted to ask for his jersey but was too scared to ask.”

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“He was like, ‘Great player, hell of a runner,'” Mixon told reporters. “I was like, ‘Dang, that’s Tom Brady that said that.’ I appreciate that. I was like, ‘Good job, keep being you, keep being great.'”

Brady was asked about Mixon’s wish of getting a jersey during his weekly interview on WEEI’s “The Greg Hill Show.”

“I’m going to send him one,” said Brady. “I saw that last night. That was pretty cool. I feel the same way about so many of these young players that inspire me. That guy is one of the great running backs in the league. There was a time when I was a young player and I looked up to so many guys and I just think now that I’m on the other end of it I understand kind of how it goes. You see these guys playing on TV and then you meet them and it’s surreal.”

Brady followed up with a tweet:

Trivia: Stephon Gilmore recorded his second interception returned for a touchdown of the season yesterday. Who was the last Patriot to have multiple pick-sixes in the same season?

(Answer at the bottom).

Hint: Along with Derrick Thomas, he’s the unofficial all-time leader in NCAA sacks with 52 (college didn’t officially start tracking the stat until 2000).

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Trivia answer: Tedy Bruschi

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