Posted on 02/01/2022 11:25:56 AM PST by Kaslin
I’ve spent exactly 25 seconds in the company of Tom Brady, during a grip-and-grin moment at a Tony Robbins event. He and his then Patriots teammate and receiver Julian Edelman were posing for photos with gobsmacked attendees. My twin 14-year-old sons and I were waiting our turn.
When we stepped up for the photo, Brady unconsciously put his arm around the shoulders of one of my sons. To me, the gesture spoke volumes about who Tom Brady really is.
A lot of fans despise Brady, perhaps because he’s so successful, and in our society, we love to tear down those who excel. Some fans of other teams hold grudges against Brady because he beat them again and again. Others see him as a cheater and a fraud (witness Spygate and Deflategate).
I’m not going to relitigate those issues; I will say that most people with real knowledge of the Patriots’ two "scandals" agree that Brady had nothing to do with either.
To me, Brady is a well-raised individual who holds himself and those around him to higher standards than most of us would ever hold ourselves. His success is a function of those high standards, not just good genes or good coaching or good looks or good luck. Tom Brady is simply better at football than most of us are at whatever we do, because he expects more of himself than anyone else might.
The Brady myth centers on his keeping a chip on his shoulder because it took so long for him to become a starter at Michigan and because he was drafted 199th, in the sixth round.
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Brady seemed to have ‘problems’ with teams lead by Nick Foles, too. But that’s the fun thing about sports — looking at the match-ups and trying to figure out what the heck is going on?
To save you time: Yes, No and No.
tuck rule
Who hated Favre? Not counting after he moved, or he showed “himself”. Which is indeed disgusting and in league with Weiner and Geraldo.
Thank you. Some of just don’t like reprobates getting all the accolades.
And he’s no Johnny U.
“Quarterback”
The Manning brothers denied him 3 or 4 Superbowl victories.
Especially here in FR
“A lot of fans despise Brady”
NOT ME...
I got nothing against Brady.
Maybe he woulda won that Rams game if he’d deflated his balls!
LOL
3 years of “maybe I’m retiring maybe I’m not” wore out his welcome.
He had xlnt timing and aim. His receivers we’re 100%’ers and got yards after the catch. It was a dink and dunk, short pass era with good 4 yard running bursts to keep the crazed pass rushers honest. Every now and then, a long pass. His offensive lineman did an xlnt job protecting him. His special teams were xlnt also. He was very consistent in the well thought out offensive system. Considered the goat cause of his record. Kudos to the team and him.
Professional ?
More a reaction to the coverage Favre got — always positive even when he made poor judgments with the ball an throwing too many INT’s as a result.
Oh yeah, but again, get back to me when you can say people hated him, circa 2000.
Love. Fair enough.
Crybaby
I believe Tom Brady quit football to be the next Supreme Court Justice : )
U. Michigan does have 3 alums who have been on SCOTUS....
I don’t have the NFL rule book nor enough energy to look for it but I wonder if the rules specify a standard temperature for the inflation of a football. I guarantee there’s a temperature at which Brady’s football qualified.
The #1 reason he was the best wasn’t his arm; like Bart Starr,the only one that comes close ,he didn’t have the best arm of his era. Dan Marino and John Elway( Who retired right before his rookie year ), Bret Favre, Peyton Manning, Rich Gannon, Kurt Warner,Joe Flacco, to name a handful, had stronger arms, and could throw deep more consistently.
What made Tom great was his play calling, at reading defenses, driving the teams downfield, to work well with his coaches and teammates. And having very good defenses never hurts, either.
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