Tom Brady Giving MVP Chevy Truck to Malcolm Butler as Thanks

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Brady told @DandCShow that he "would love" to give the MVP truck to Malcolm Butler. Going to try to "make that work."
— WEEI (@WEEI) February 3, 2015
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sadeto

February 3rd, 2015 at 10:56 PM ^

But first Tom is going to let some air out of the tires. Amazingly, Butler said the Pats' scout team ran that play in practice and he got beat, so Belichick warned him to be on top of it.

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treetown

February 3rd, 2015 at 11:00 PM ^

LIke others doubt Tom Brady has much use for the truck - if he has a need for a truck he probably already has a nice truck. But giving it to Butler is great symbolism - he made the play that saved the game. Butler would be more likely to hang on to the truck until it rusts through because it is a tangible reminder of probably his greatest sporting moment.

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Michology 101

February 3rd, 2015 at 11:09 PM ^

It’s a good gesture from someone in Tom’s financial position. Though the show host pretty much put Tom on the spot to have to give the truck up. If you heard the interview, you’ll know what I’m talking about. Tom would’ve really looked bad going against what the host was suggesting. So Tom said the right thing, that he would try to work out a way to give the truck to Butler. You give Tom credit, but I didn't necessarily like the way the show host was putting him on the spot to do it.

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bacon

February 4th, 2015 at 2:12 AM ^

It's a nice move by Brady, but to put this in perspective, he and Giselle made 78.3M last year.  That means they earn roughly $8900 per hour (or around 40k in 4.5 hours). They probably earned more during the game than the truck was worth.

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