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PHOTO: Patriots rookie Jimmy Garoppolo lugs around Tom Brady's pads

Stew Milne / USA TODAY Sports

It doesn't matter if you're a second-round pick. It doesn't matter if some have tabbed you as the eventual successor to Tom Brady. It doesn't matter if you're arguably even more hunky than Brady himself.

If you're a rookie in the NFL, you should expect to carry shoulder pads to and from the practice field at training camp.

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