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Madden NFL 26 (@EAMaddenNFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EAMaddenNFL\/status\/1405529425093877770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>In response to the announcement, Brady&#8217;s old teammate Julian Edelman couldn&#8217;t help but toss an age joke (or reminder) his way over Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Brady, who has been in the league since the 2000 season, was once upon a time referred only as &#8220;QB No. 12&#8221; when he was an unknown rookie in the 2000 version of the video game franchise,<\/p>\n<p>Check out Edelman&#8217;s little reminder in the tweet below and as you&#8217;ll see, they didn&#8217;t even feature a photo of Brady.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You\u2019ve come a long way since \u201cQB N0. 12\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomBrady?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TomBrady<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1hEkN6i8hG\">https:\/\/t.co\/1hEkN6i8hG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X9EEbhNCJt\">pic.twitter.com\/X9EEbhNCJt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 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