Kirk Cousins reveals how a FaceTime call with Tom Brady sealed his decision to join the Raiders

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Tom Brady is not only a seven-time Super Bowl champion and one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, but he's also a great recruiter.

New Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Kirk Cousins credited Brady, a minority owner of the Raiders, for giving him a big nudge during his free-agency decision.

"I texted (Brady), asked him to call me when he could, and he actually FaceTimed me—I was at youth baseball practice. So, I stepped away and just FaceTimed with Tom for a minute just to kind of get on the same page and understand his vision for the organization and kind of what he saw up ahead and if I would be a good fit for it or not," Cousins said during a recent appearance on NFL Network’s "Good Morning Football."

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Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins and Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady greet after their game at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., on Dec. 13, 2020. (Kim Klement/USA Today Sports)

"And I got off the call and I called my wife and I said, 'That was a really life-giving call with Tom.' You know, he gets it. He's been where I've been and then some, and I think he understands what it—what it needs to look like, what it will look like, and I felt really like a shot in the arm, um, you know, after talking to him. And I felt like that was a big nudge for me to come to Vegas."

Cousins said Brady has been "great" throughout the process and that his conversation with the New England Patriots legend was one of many he had while doing homework on the Raiders. The 37-year-old said Brady was in the