Tom Brady in his 22 years of career, had the worst year in 2008. On February 3, 2008, New England Patriots had made it to the Super Bowl against New York Giants. It was Brady’s 4th Super Bowl appearance, and he was ready to win another Super Bowl ring. But what happened afterward is pure bad luck, and somewhere Michael Phelps is to be blamed.

Brady-led New England Patriots couldn’t win the Super Bowl XLVII. Patriots were defeated by the New York Giants by 17-14. It was a crushing defeat for Brady, and he had to wait another year to win the Lombardi Trophy.

In the next season, the Patriots were scheduled to play against Kansas City Chiefs on September 7th, 2008. It was Patriots’ first match of the season, and during the match, Tom Brady was hit by the Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard. After the hit, Brady had to leave the field with a torn ACL and MCL. With the injuries, his hopes to play for the whole season ended too.

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Patriots backup QB Matt Cassel took the reigns and clinched their way to the 11-5 record but still couldn’t make it to the playoffs. That year Patriots were the favored team to win the big game. Also, that year, Michael Phelps had won 8 Olympic gold medals, thus setting a world record.

Was Tom Brady jinxed by Michael Phelps?

Now you must be thinking, how do Phelps’ Olympic medals have anything to do with Tom Brady’s injury. When the Olympics were about to start and during the time of the event, Phelps had graced the cover of Sports Illustrated 3-times in four weeks. Still, he was able to break all the records and appear as a champion of the whole world.

Phelps was able to break the SI jinx. For those who don’t know, the SI jinx is a myth according to which whoever appears on the cover of Sports Illustrated will be showered with bad luck in the coming future. God knows, for some reason, Phelps was able to avoid the SI jinx but poor Brady couldn’t.

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Tom Brady became the cover star of the Sports Illustrated magazine the very next week after Phelps was seen posing with his eight medals on August 25. SI jinx could not affect Michael Phelps, but instead, it took out Brady. He suffered from injuries, missed the whole season, and his team couldn’t even make it to the playoffs.

Do you think of it as a mere coincidence or a SI Jinx is a real thing?

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