Brady’s tweet received thousands of comments including one from Julian Edelman and the team itself.
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While a lot of fans were skeptical, Brady left us hanging for around 45 minutes before tweeting, “Was this a bad joke?”
Yes, yes it was.
That’s one way to join Twitter!
Check out some of our favorite responses below.
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