Lee Johnson Interview: Meet Tom Brady's oldest former teammate and the reason he didn't wear #10 in the pros (Football 7/5)
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CBS Sports, Football, NFL
4.2 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2021
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
On this holiday, we bring you a Pick Six special. No surprise Will Brinson is out, but that gives John Breech the opportunity to conduct an interview with one of the most fascinating yet unheralded players in recent NFL memory. Lee Johnson was a punter that had a winding path that took him from being college roommates with Steve Young to the Super Bowl and ultimately to being teammates with Tom Brady. And while Brady wore #10 at Michigan, Johnson was donning that number when the GOAT was selected by the Patriots, hence the reason he wears #12 now. Don't miss this entertaining conversation!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Pick 6 podcast. It is July 5th, which is a federal |
| 0:16.5 | holiday. And as you all know, Wil Brinson barely works regular days of the week. So you know |
| 0:20.6 | he's not working on a federal holiday. That is why you are getting me John Breach in |
| 0:24.8 | the host share day. And we have a fantastic episode because we have long time NFL punner |
| 0:31.5 | Lee Johnson, who also happens to be Tom Brady's oldest X teammate. Now, before we get the |
| 0:37.8 | lead, make sure to check your podcast feed right now because we got a bunch of things in |
| 0:43.5 | there before Brinson dipped out on vacation. Recorded a bunch of great interviews where we |
| 0:48.3 | are going through our top 10 positional rankings. You want the top 10 kickers? Go find |
| 0:52.4 | them top 10 quarterback, top 10 corners. It is all there. So check out your feed. And while |
| 0:57.7 | you're doing that, head over to YouTube, find the Pick 6 podcast page. Give us a thumbs |
| 1:02.8 | up. You can watch Lee doing this interview from his bed in Greece. Definitely worth |
| 1:08.8 | watching. So check us out on YouTube. All right. As for today's show, this is the dead |
| 1:16.3 | part of the offseason. It is early July. You know, when you're in the offseason, you're |
| 1:20.7 | looking for interesting angles to cover. And so I thought to myself, who is Tom Brady's |
| 1:26.0 | oldest teammate? Brady's going to be 44. He might have an X teammate who's almost 60. And |
| 1:31.1 | as it turns out, he does have an X teammate who is almost 60. And that X teammate is Lee |
| 1:36.9 | Johnson, who actually turned 60 this year. Lee, welcome to the show. Thanks for coming |
| 1:42.8 | on. How are things going for you right now? John is so good to be here. Thank you for |
| 1:46.8 | having me. I can't believe I'm doing an interview with a guy that I changed. I got |
| 1:50.2 | changed your diaper a few times when I was playing with your pop. So this is pretty freaky. |
| 1:54.0 | The things are really good here in Greece. Yeah. That is, first of all, Lee is in Greece. |
| 2:00.0 | Doing this interview that adds one twist. The second twist is what Lee just mentioned. When |
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