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Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom
Brady is still selling more merchandise than any other NFL player as
he prepares to he enter his 23rd season.
Brady topped the NFL Players
Association’s annual preseason list of licensed items sold, which was
released on Friday.
The future Hall of Famer was followed
inside the top five by new Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson,
Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp, Cincinnati Bengals
quarterback Joe Burrow and Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald.
Here’s a look at the top 20 players,
via ESPN’s Adam Schefter:
Brady briefly retired from the NFL in
early February only to rejoin the Bucs’ active roster six weeks
later.
In June, the former New England
Patriots franchise cornerstone explained the “appetite to compete” remained as he tried to step away from the game, so he reversed his
decision.
“Then time went by and you just
get super competitive,” Brady told reporters. “I think I’m part
crazy. I mean, I think that’s the reality. Forty-five years old and
I’m out here with a lot of young guys that are trying to take my head
off. I see Aaron Donald work out on my Instagram, and I’m like, damn,
maybe I should’ve stayed retired because he’s a beast.”
Perhaps the seven-time Super Bowl
champion coming that close to hanging up his cleats for good made
fans realize it was time to invest in Brady merchandise while he’s
still on the field.
Meanwhile, Wilson was traded from the
Seattle Seahawks to the Denver Broncos in one of the offseason’s
blockbuster moves.
The nine-time Pro Bowler jumps into a
situation similar to 10 years ago, when Peyton Manning arrived to
a strong Broncos roster with hope he could be the final piece of the
Super Bowl puzzle. Denver went on to win Super Bowl 50 at the end of
the 2015 campaign, Manning’s last year in the NFL.
Clearly Wilson’s impending debut has created a
lot of excitement within the Broncos’ fanbase to help him surge up
the rankings.
The other members of the top five faced
off in last season’s Super Bowl as Kupp and Donald helped the Rams
score a 23-20 victory over Burrow and the Bengals in February.
L.A. will be right back in the
spotlight Sept. 8 when it hosts Josh Allen, No. 9 on the list,
and the Buffalo Bills in the NFL’s annual Thursday night Kickoff
Game.
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