Tom Brady is a pretty even-keeled guy. It isn’t often that you hear him get too worked up about anything. But there’s one thing that has really been grinding his gears this season: the NFL’s new rules about jersey numbers.
The league’s owners approved a rule in April that allows running backs, receivers and tight ends to wear any number between 1 and 49, and any number between 80 and 89. Linebackers and defensive backs can now wear numbers between 1 and 49. (Linebackers can still wear numbers from 50 to 59 and 90 to 99, as they did previously.