Tom Brady names the only NFL player who ever scared him

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Tom Brady is staying busy in retirement. The seven-time Super Bowl champion holds a 5% minority stake in the Las Vegas Raiders, a franchise currently valued at $7.7 billion.

He’s already taking a hands-on role in their rebuild. During the NFL Combine, he even called into an interview with quarterback Fernando Mendoza, who the Raiders later took with the first overall pick.

Outside of the front office, Brady recently appeared in a video with fitness YouTuber Jesse James West, whose video "Living With Tom Brady For A Day" has already racked up nearly 871,000 views in just one day, for a gym session that gave fans a candid look at the GOAT's world.

During the workout, West asked Brady if he ever feared a specific player. Brady didn't hesitate to name Ray Lewis. He admitted the linebacker genuinely intimidated him.

"Yeah. Ray Lewis," Brady said. "He was a pain in my ass. Because not only was he physically so gifted, talk about like the all day juice he would bring, he would inspire all his teammates to be just like him."

This isn’t the first time Brady has singled out Lewis. On Logan Paul’s podcast, he placed Lewis at the top of the list of players he dreaded being hit by, alongside , , and .