He did it all the time. And often enough, he got the flag.

For a couple of years with New England it became evident that he was watching Casols play basketball. He'd flop and get a flag. Some of it was really bad. In one game he flopped after a play was dead and players were returning to their huddles. Some guy walked by him at a distance of two or three feet, no contact, and the camera was tight on Brady in anticipation that the announcer would gush some more praise.

Brady flopped! Threw himself on the ground in a direction opposite the passer-by as he had done earlier in the game at incidental contact and drawn a flag, but this time it didn't work.

I also remember his sliding in spikes-high as if trying to steal second base and kicking at defenders if they were close enough - but missing.

Punk - who could throw a football.