Tom Brady may be retired, but he clearly hasn’t lost his ability to draw.
The ex-quarterback is in his first season as an analyst on the FOX network and during the telecast of the game between the Buccaneers and the Eagles, he responded through the mouth of his canons to a comment that made him targeted.
Brady, who finished his career with the Buccaneers from 2020 to 2022, has always been known for his seriousness and intense preparation.
In the days leading up to the game between his former team and the Eagles, that intense side was brought back to the table by his successor as Buccaneers quarterback, Baker Mayfield.
“The place was different with Tom. Obviously, as a player, Tom was different. He made sure everyone was at full speed in a very serious environment. I think everyone was stressed.
“When the Buccaneers brought me here, they asked that I be myself and bring back the joy of playing football for guys who didn’t have that much fun anymore,” he said this week. .
Faced with this statement, Brady was certainly not going to apologize and on the contrary, his hyper competitive side quickly came out when his partner on the microphone, Kevin Burkhart, questioned him about Mayfield’s comments.
“I thought what was stressful was not having a Super Bowl ring,” he replied with aplomb.
“I brought a champion mindset to work every day. It wasn’t daycare. If I wanted to have fun, I would have gone to Disneyland with my children. There is one way to approach this sport and it is with the right mindset to push ourselves out of our comfort zone. That’s what good teammates do,” he added, citing Rob Gronkowski and Mike Evans.
Burkhart told Brady that he was still competitive. To which Brady replied that was always the case.
“I will not apologize,” concluded the man who guided the Buccaneers to winning the Super Bowl in 2020.
For those following the score at home, we go there without the slightest ambiguity: Tom Brady 7, Baker Mayfield 0…
