Tom Brady is ready for Saturday’s wild-card round — at least, that’s judging by the highly anticipated hype video the New England Patriots quarterback tweeted Saturday morning, hours before playing the Tennessee Titans at Gillette Stadium.
Brady and the Patriots are playing in the wild-card round for the first time since 2009 with questions about the 42-year-old passer’s future looming. His contract is up at the end of this season, and a loss to the Titans could be his last game for New England.
But this week, Brady said he’s not thinking about his future and hasn’t turned on a TV. He said it’s “felt like a normal week,” which, of course, includes him sharing an intense hype video just in time for the game.
Warning: There is some NSFW language in this video.
“You got this lion. He’s the king of the jungle. He’s laying under a tree. He doesn’t want to move. Now the other animals, they notice this. They start to move in. The jackals, hyenas. They’re barking at him, laughing at him. Then they get closer and closer, bolder and bolder. ‘Til one day, that lion gets up and tears the out of everybody. Runs like the wind, eats everything in his path. ‘Cause every once in a while, the lion has to show the jackals who he is. It’s too late to be scared.”
If the narration of this video comparing Brady to a lion sounds familiar, it’s because it’s an abbreviated version of Christopher Walken’s monologue from the movie Poolhall Junkies. A few lines have been cut out from the speech, but it’s still kind of perfect here.
And Patriots fans were pumped about it.
Here’s a look at the original clip from Poolhall Junkies.
The Patriots-Titans wild-card game kicks off Saturday at 8:15 p.m. ET on CBS.
