Tom Brady never planned to wear No. 12 and other interesting stories from his oldest ex-teammate, Lee Johnson

Now that the summer is here, that means the dead part of the NFL offseason is officially upon us and although things can get kind of boring during this period, I decided to spice things up this week by searching for Tom Brady’s oldest ex-teammate. 

Brady is going to be 44 in August, so that got me wondering, does he have any ex-teammates who are getting close to 60 years old? I looked into that and it took me down a rabbit hole that led me to one of the most fascinating players in NFL history and that player is Lee Johnson, who actually does turn 60 this year. (He was also drafted in 1985, which means Brady has an ex-teammate who was drafted 36 YEARS AGO. I have no idea how Brady is still playing.)

Johnson spent 18 years in the NFL with six different teams, including the Patriots,

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