ESPN.com · Jan 21, 2022
How Buccaneers' Tom Brady finds ways to connect come playoff time
TAMPA, Fla. - In 2020, on a rain-dampened field, a practice squad receiver named Cyril Grayson -- who hadn't played a down of college football and had one NFL catch for three yards to his name prior -- now had arguably the greatest quarterback of all time running the show.
On the first route Grayson ran, he slipped.
"I was making excuses, and I was like, 'Man, the ground.' He was like, 'It's a perfectly laid ground.' Just being hard on me," Grayson said. "And then he throws me the ball that's in the sun, and he goes, 'Hey, I don't need any excuses. You're an NFL receiver.'"
