Tom Brady, the Punter? TB12 Remembers How He Caused a Fight With a Punt

When you've played in 17 divisional round games, you're bound to have made several memorable moments over the years. That was certainly the case for Tom Brady, who went 14-3 in the divisional round in his career. 

One of Brady's favorite moments from a divisional round game, though, didn't involve him throwing for a touchdown or even making a play as a quarterback. In the most recent edition of "Story Time with Tom," Brady recalled how quick punt in the New England Patriots 45-10 win over the Denver Broncos in the divisional round of the 2011 season was one of his favorite memories. Brady said the decision for him to punt in the fourth quarter of that game was his idea.  

"It's third-and-long and on the second down play, I ran over and said, ‘Coach, what about the quick kick' to Bill [Belichick,]" Brady recalled. "He said, ‘Great, let’s do it.' I was thinking we were going to do the quick kick on the fourth down because were on the 50-yard line. 

"I wanted to be like, ‘Oh, we’re disguising it.' He called the quick kick on third down, which is kind of what the theory of that is. So, you want a quick kick when the defense [isn't expecting it]. You're already backed up, it's third-and-long, you don't think you're going to get it, you're going to surprise the defense by punting it."

The Patriots' decision to punt with Brady came with just over three minutes remaining in the game as they were faced with a third-and-10 from their own 42-yard line. As the Patriots had the game well in hand at that point, Brady want to put into work something he practiced for quite some time.

"One of the cooler traditions I've had as a quarterback is that every Friday after practice, all the quarterbacks and our quarterbacks coach had a punting