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Promise kept: Tom Brady send Bengals' Joe Mixon signed jersey

The Cincinnati Bengals lost their 13th game of the season on Sunday, to the New England Patriots.

But something positive came out of the game for at least one Bengals player.

Mixon gets gift in mail

On Friday, running back Joe Mixon was in Cincinnati’s locker room clutching a signed Tom Brady jersey.

It had arrived that day, a gift from the Patriots’ quarterback. Brady signed it, “Joe, a great player! Keep going!” and “Bay Area’s finest!”

Mixon graduated from Freedom High in Oakley, Calif., in the greater San Francisco Bay area. Brady is from San Mateo, Calif.