“I tend to think of myself as a one-man wolf pack,” Tom Brady once mused during his Patriots days, welcoming backup QBs into his fold. Fast-forward to 2025, and the GOAT’s pack just got a little… wilder. Enter Remus, Romulus, and their sister Khaleesi—three fuzzy, genetically resurrected dire wolf pups scampering into history books. Brady’s latest endgame?
Playing Dr. Frankenstein meets Vince Lombardi in Colossal Biosciences’ $10.2B quest to rewrite extinction. Cue the Time magazine cover: “This is Remus. He’s a dire wolf. The first to exist in over 10,000 years. Endangered species could be changed forever.” Brady, ever the hype man, flooded Instagram stories with puppy pics, crowing, “So proud of the team for the hard work, passion, and countless hours!” Indeed!
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The man who once compared QB rooms to wolf packs has literally adopted the metaphor. Beyond gridiron glory, he’s a softie for rescue animals—volunteering at shelters, socializing kittens, and letting his kids drag home Siamese strays. “I never thought I’d have a cat,” he laughed. “But my daughter wins everything in this house.” So when Colossal pitched de-extincting dire wolves, Brady went full “LET’S GOOOOO” mode, investing alongside Paris Hilton and Peter Jackson.
Still, you don’t rack up seven Super Bowl rings without thick skin. Brady’s doubling down, framing Colossal’s “de-extinction” as the ultimate comeback story. “The dire wolf will… raise awareness of what’s possible in science,” he insists, channeling his inner Game of Thrones fan with pup Khaleesi (yes, named after the Mother of Dragons). Meanwhile, scientists are geeking out over the implications: Could this save endangered species? Or is it just a Black Mirror episode waiting to happen?
From fossils to fumbles: Brady’s dire wolf dream gets glagged for Genetic offsides
But faster than you can say “deflated football,” Broncos insider Benjamin Allbright threw a challenge flag: “This is not a dire wolf. This is a gray wolf with like 20 genetic edits. What are we doing here?” Turns out Colossal’s playbook was part-science, part-Hail Mary. Using CRISPR tech like a precision sideline pass, scientists spliced DNA from 13k-year-old fossils into modern gray wolves, creating pups born via dog surrogates. Think of it as the ultimate roster rebuild—taking a species that’s been benched since the Ice Age and subbing it back into the game. But Allbright’s tweet?
That’s the ref calling holding on the entire drive. Critics argue Colossal’s wolves are more Madden create-a-player than authentic revival. No pure dire wolf DNA? Just 20 genetic tweaks? Cue the West Wing vibes: “Decisions are made by those who show up,” said President Bartlet—and Brady’s showing up hard, leveraging his $300M net worth and TB12 brand to back this moonshot.
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It’s peak Brady: relentless, polarizing, and always playing the long game. As Romulus and Remus romp in their 2k-acre preserve, the real question isn’t just about science—it’s about legacy. Brady’s NFL records (89k passing yards, 7 rings) are untouchable, but Colossal’s his fourth-quarter drive to redefine immortality. Sure, skeptics howl about “playing God,” but for the guy who’s beaten all 32 NFL teams? Extinction’s just another opponent to outsmart.
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So while Khaleesi—the littlest wolf—naps in her den, Brady’s scripting a new narrative: one where GOATs and dire wolves roam the same earth. Whether it’s a touchdown or a fumble? History will decide. But as Brady would say: “You don’t win unless you’re willing to go for it all.” Even if “it all” means rewriting 13,000 years of genetic code.
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