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Former teammate compares, contrasts Drew Brees and Tom Brady

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Few players shared a huddle with both Drew Brees and Tom Brady. Heath Evans is in a unique position to compare two Hall of Famers' leadership styles.

Heath Evans won a Super Bowl with the New Orleans Saints , but his career didn't start in black and gold. Before he was catching passes from Drew Brees the fullback was blocking for Tom Brady. Not many guys can say they shared the huddle with two future Hall of Famers, but Evans can.

A third-round pick by the Seattle Seahawks back in 2001, Evans playing alongside Brady on the New England Patriots from 2005 to 2008 before ending his career with a two-year run in New Orleans during the 2009 and 2010 seasons. But how were the two quarterbacks different? "Brady would grab you by the throat.

If you messed up around him, you got scared. Fast. He was going to let you know," Evans wrote on his official Twitter account .

"But then came the massive encouragement. The โ€˜follow me. โ€™ And life got breathed into you.