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Even Tom Brady is jealous of Phil Mickelson's calves

September 19, 2019
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Scott Eisen

Tom Brady is a man who appears to have it all. Six (and counting) Super Bowl rings. Millions in the bank. A supermodel wife. You get the point, it must be nice. But there's one thing the NFL legend doesn't have: Phil Mickelson's calves. And even Brady acknowledges it.

After learning from NFL Network reporter/The Loop correspondent Ian Rapoport that Brady was "limited in practice" on Wednesday due to a calf injury, Mickelson couldn't resist commenting on the situation:

To which Brady responded:

To which the five-time major champ replied:

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But Phil being Phil wasn't done with Twitter interactions on the matter. After Rapoport responded about Phil flying standby, Mickelson had the perfect response:

In any event, Tom Brady could play with my chicken legs and still beat the Jets this week as the Patriots are favored by a historically lopsided spread of 23.5 points. Heck, they'd probably still be big favorites with Mickelson under center:

Never mind. They'd definitely still be big favorites.