On March 21, a delegation led by Tom Brady will stage a flag-football tournament in Saudi Arabia. Multiple NFL players will be participating.<\/p>\n
As Brady tells it, it\u2019s not going to be an exhibition or a publicity stunt.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, this is, like, real football,\u201d Brady recently said in an appearance on the Impaulsive podcast<\/a>. \u201cThis is real competition.\u201d <\/p>\n The conversation between Brady and Logan Paul seemed to be a fairly basic effort to hype the event by talking shit. Still, Brady\u2019s comments shouldn\u2019t be ignored, as it relates to the potential intensity of the game.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m glad you\u2019re gonna be there,\u201d Brady told Paul, \u201cand I\u2019m glad you\u2019re finally gonna participate in, like, a competition that matters.\u201d<\/p>\n Paul then compared the game to the Pro Bowl. \u201cIt\u2019s gonna be way better than that,\u201d Brady said.<\/p>\n In reposting the clip, Brady said this: \u201cI hope people understand the level of competition this game is going to be. If you\u2019re on my team you\u2019re going to be locked in<\/a>, all out, and we\u2019re going to not just win… but dominate.\u201d<\/p>\n The NFL players, who surely had a hard time saying no to the multi-zero check they\u2019ll be getting, may not have gotten the memo that they\u2019re going to be expected to \u201cbe locked in\u201d and go \u201call out.\u201d There\u2019s an injury risk to any type of football. The more \u201creal\u201d the football and the more \u201creal\u201d the competition, the greater the chance that someone is going to get hurt.<\/p>\n Possibly for that reason, Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels \u2014 who has been announced<\/a> as one of the quarterbacks for the tournament \u2014 was equivocal when the topic came up during a recent visit to PFT Live.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know yet,\u201d Daniels said regarding whether he\u2019ll be making the trip.<\/p>\n Daniels, of all potential players in the game, has the most to lose. Injuries limited him to seven games in 2025. He needs to be as healthy as possible for 2026, the last year before he\u2019s eligible for a market-level second contract.<\/p>\n