Tom Brady jokes that his coach is out of shape, and says he's trying to get him to quit packaged foods and count calories

• Tom Brady took a dig at his quarterback coach Clyde Christensen's diet on Monday Night Football.
• He was shown a photo of Christensen, wearing a tight T-shirt from TB12, Brady's health and fitness brand.

Tom Brady wants to give his coach some diet coaching.

Brady has worked closely with Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterbacks coach Clyde Christensen for the past year, and they have already won a Super Bowl together.

But in that time, notoriously health-conscious Brady has noticed Christensen's diet mainly consists of unhealthy packaged foods, and a lot of them, he said during a guest appearance on ESPN 2's Monday Night Football.

Brady laughed as the host, fellow quarterback Peyton Manning, showed him a photo of Christensen in a tight T-shirt emblazoned with the logo for TB12, Brady's health and fitness brand.

"Are you trying to short the TB12 stock?" Brady joked.

-ESPN (@espn) October 26, 2021

Brady, 44, who is known for his hyper-restrictive diet, said he's tried to nudge Christensen into healthier habits.

"I need to get Clyde to eat non-packaged foods," Brady said. "Too much of what he eats actually comes in a wrapper and you have to tear it apart. I say 'Clyde, just because it's popcorn doesn't mean it doesn't have calories. You can't have eight popcorns in one sitting, you can't do that.'"

Packaged foods are often processed, typically lack fiber, and contain added salt, sugar, or fat.