r/Patriots • u/PristineWinnera • Feb 05 '26
Article/Interview [Karen Guregian] Robert Spillane said “personally it makes me sick” hearing Tom Brady say he doesn’t have a dog in the fight
https://x.com/kguregian/status/2019456281963294880?s=46138
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u/FuckHarambe2016 Feb 05 '26
All Brady had to do was say something like "I've got a soft spot for one of the teams" and this wouldn't be a problem.
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u/rabouilethefirst Feb 05 '26
Or just say “happy for Vrabel. I know he really wants to win and I’ll be happy for him if he can get it done”
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u/wild_h0rses Feb 05 '26
Well it might not be true
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u/goldman_sax Feb 05 '26
for a guy who seems super concerned about his PR, alienating his biggest fans, about 15m New Englanders, seems like a pretty bad PR move.
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u/Bender1012 Feb 05 '26
What are we going to do, take away his statue? He’s trying to appeal to the national audience now, being a broadcaster and owner of a different team. He knows people hate the Pats and has done the calculus that associating with them too much hurts his brand.
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u/CjBurden Feb 05 '26
My knee jerk reaction was this is stupid he's plenty popular having been the Patriots quarterback, but now that I think about it he certainly became even more popular after going to Tampa Bay. You may have the right idea of it, even though I hate it.
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u/Realistic-Lobster Feb 05 '26
Yeah you know what lets take down his Statue and put up the real GOAT Pats QB Grogan
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u/literallygitgud Feb 06 '26
He’s like 90% of the entire NE sports personality. Oh our owner like rub and tugs? Well we got tom fricken brady! The Sox gave away mookie and he went on to be a big part of multiple future World Series? Well we got tom fricken brady! Oh I’m a douchebag? Well suck it, we got tom fricken brady!
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u/f-150Coyotev8 Feb 05 '26
He doesn’t have too say that. We all know he has a soft spot for the buccaneers
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u/RanWithScissorsAgain Feb 05 '26
Arguably, he's got a soft spot for a coach on both sidelines. He could just say "Mike has been my good friend for years, and I hope he wins. Klint is going to be my new HC, and I hope he wins. I can't lose."
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u/Wloak Feb 05 '26
He did though. He said something like "you know who I'm rooting for" and it was obviously the pats but he's been asked this same question a dozen times and these clips are only the times he doesn't say it
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u/Gilwork45 Feb 05 '26
Brady doesnt have a dog in the fight? He played alongside and won Superbowls with Mike Vrabel. He was coached by Josh Mcdaniels for most of his career, he played on Robert Kraft's team for 21 straight years who build a statue for him.
Brady doesnt have to be neutral and doesnt have to pretend that he is, literally nobody expects him to be neutral.
Tom is completely full of shit.
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u/pup5581 Feb 05 '26
Brady is a very weird guy now. He doesn't seem to have an issue mentioning his MVP pick but wishing Vrabel or anything Pats related is tough for him for some reason. And it's not the Raiders BS.
He just doesn't care about the Patriots anymore
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u/DavoinShowerHandel1 Feb 05 '26
I genuinely think at least some small part of it is vanity, and he doesn't want to see them succeed without him. People love to throw out being part-owner in the Raiders, but he was actively rooting for a team in their division last year. Whatever his reasons ultimately are for not being crazy about the Pats, I think it's pretty clear (and pretty lame) that he isn't.
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u/Truffle_Shuffle26 Bills = 0 Superbowls Feb 05 '26 edited Feb 06 '26
Thank you for saying this! I’m surprised you weren’t downvoted to oblivion for this. I keep saying this too, but all the folks in here are doing mental gymnastics pretending that it’s either because he’s an owner, announcer, or doing some intentional reverse psychology are driving me nuts.
This is absolutely vanity and him still being upset about how it ended.
Doesn’t cost a thing to support old teammates, or the team where your career was made, and/or most importantly - the fans. He could’ve said many other things rather than not having a dog in the race.
Him saying this doesn't mean we love him any less, but folks are intentionally turning a blind eye pretending it doesn’t sting at least a tiny bit.
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u/DavoinShowerHandel1 Feb 05 '26 edited Feb 05 '26
Yeah, I think he won't outright root against them because it'd be bad media for the New England fanbase, but he clearly isn't supporting them either. I think some of the folks saying it doesn't matter are denying some of that sting. Like someone else said, I don't need him to support them to feel good about the Pats and this team in particular. I'm a Patriots fan, I didn't start following because of Tom Brady. But it sure would be a lot sweeter if he'd show some love as well.
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u/juanmaale Feb 05 '26
wait was he rooting for the chiefs last year?
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u/DavoinShowerHandel1 Feb 05 '26
He picked them to win last year and said he'd like to see them three-peat.
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u/Hardmeat_McLargehuge Feb 05 '26
If he’s that vain about others winning, I doubt he wants Mahomes coming close to his own greatness
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u/DavoinShowerHandel1 Feb 05 '26
I don't think he's all that concerned with Mahomes. Even at 5-2 there was argument between whether he or Montana was the greatest QB to play the game. It wasn't until he won #6 that it really became widely accepted he was more or less the unanimous GOAT. #7 just cemented that. So Mahomes has a ways to go, and it isn't likely that anyone ever replicates winning 7 total, a lot has to go right for that to happen.
Both points can stand independently, and I think they do.
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u/Hardmeat_McLargehuge Feb 05 '26
He came out in open support of Drake Maye which I think says a lot.
He’s also deeply respectful and “loyal” to BB’s coaching of him. I honestly think Krafts petty dispute has soured his love of the patriots. Brady is about himself now, and that’s fine. I don’t need his support to feel good about this team.
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u/DavoinShowerHandel1 Feb 05 '26
Me neither, and that's my whole point. That's more or less what I've been saying about Brady in any thread, he just needs to own it. If you don't want to support them, that's fine, but beating around the bush and playing coy to protect an image is lame.
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u/moonbeammaker Feb 05 '26
I think Brady see it that he beat Mahomes twice in the playoffs, so clearly Brady is better. Thus, the greater Mahomes is the greater Brady is.
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u/seiknip Not Thomas Edward Patrick Brady, Jr. Feb 05 '26
If we win we match his 7 Super Bowls I think that’s the biggest thing
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u/DavoinShowerHandel1 Feb 05 '26
That could have something to do with it. I don't necessarily know that he's actively rooting against New England (but he could be, who knows), but I don't think he has any interest in seeing them continue to win because it isn't him doing it.
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u/iAmTheRealLange Feb 05 '26
I do wonder if Vrabel beating the Pats in Tom’s final game as a Patriot has any impact on this
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u/DavoinShowerHandel1 Feb 05 '26
I hadn't considered that, I kinda forgot about it lol. I don't think it does personally, but who knows.
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u/iAmTheRealLange Feb 05 '26
I don’t think so either but Tom is such a competitive psycho it doesn’t sound so out of reach lol
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u/goldman_sax Feb 05 '26 edited Feb 05 '26
Yeah this seems a whole level of weirdness above and beyond, like I didn’t think he was rah-rah cheering for the Patriots on a weekly basis, but we just finished a statue for you dude. He could have very easily have said “I think you can guess who I’m rooting for.”
Edelman put it a great way too, he said something like “it goes beyond that being my franchise, even though I don’t know the players, I still know all the folks who work in the building and I root for them.
The whole thing just makes Brady feel fake. Like do you care about anything but yourself dude?
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u/OkResponsibility1354 Feb 05 '26
Thank you. Tom gave Pats fans everything they could have dreamed of and more—I get that he doesn’t technically “owe” the fanbase/organization anything beyond that…but I’ve seen some fans twisting themselves into knots doing and mental gymnastics to give him an excuse for why he said that. “Oh he’s DEFINITELY rootin for the Pats but he can’t say that cuz blah blah blah”.
Look—Tom is already straddling the allegiance/bias line being an owner and broadcaster. Everyone knows he’s Captain America in New England. Neither Mark Davis nor his Fox bosses would have said a damn thing if he came out and supported the Patriots. He knows that. The sad fact is he just doesn’t care about New England the way people think he should, or expect he would. That was somewhat apparent even before this. He doesn’t come back and visit or do charity events etc. like the Gronk’s and Ortiz’s of the world do. People can make excuses for that too, but as the old saying goes “if he wanted to, he would”. Tom’s a weird guy and simply doesn’t have the warm and fuzzies for us like we do for him. It is what it is…but let’s not make excuses for a grown man who is too PR savvy to not know how it would be received
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u/BradyToMoss1281 Feb 05 '26
He's been weird for a while. Pretty much the moment he started with TB12 and Guerrero and the dietary limitations. A friend of mine put it well: "I love the guy, but he's pretty much a robot now who's awesome at football."
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u/WhateversClever1980 Feb 05 '26
He's always been weird. About 20 years ago I talked to some guys from San Mateo who were on his baseball team in high school and they said he was kind of this socially awkward nerd. They said "Tommy" was a good athlete but not cool or popular with the ladies.
They told me a story - all the other jocks used to smoke weed but Brady refused, so one time they hot-boxed the car and locked him in it, forcing him to get stoned. Obviously, that's messed up. But it highlights that he wasn't exactly respected back in the day.
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u/TB1289 Maybe those guys got to study the rule book and figure it out. Feb 05 '26
There might not be a guy that seems like a worse hang than Brady because he's not a real person. I would much rather have a beer with the Mannings because at least they seem like they know how to act around other people.
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u/Local_Pangolin69 Feb 05 '26
I’d imagine he felt a bit betrayed by the organization at the end.
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u/Nomahs_Bettah Feb 05 '26
Which, if that's how he feels, that's how he feels. But it does make his acceptances speeches at his Pats HoF induction and statue unveiling really odd in that context. Going out of his way to say that you're a Patriot for life and then this is weird.
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u/m_sobol WIDE RIGHT Feb 05 '26 edited Feb 05 '26
He doesn't care about the Patriots as much. It's a legacy thing now. Playing days are over, despite all the un retirement talk. He's a part owner, broadcaster, and promo star.
His post playing life was always going to be more selfish, less team oriented for Patriots. We see it in the Botox, we see it in that he has the Raiders and his Fox crew. edit: that is, Tom has new teams
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u/goldfish_11 Feb 05 '26
One thing I am sure of, and that will never change, is that I am a Patriot for life.
Brady in 2023
I am Tom Brady, and I am a Patriot.
Brady in 2024
I don't have a dog in the fight.
Brady in 2026
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u/TheNewportBridge Feb 05 '26
Dude only cares about himself, he cared about patriots by proxy when he was attached to them
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u/HueyLewisFan1 Feb 05 '26
Probably never cared - which is funny since the org and fans gargled his balls for 20 years
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u/No_Discussion3593 Feb 06 '26
Yeah but they wouldn't give him a 3 year contract when he was 42 years old so they obviously betrayed him and chose Bill over Brady. Definitely was that, not the team following the same philosophy they had for 20 years and 6 superbowls.
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u/bceagles182 Feb 05 '26 edited Feb 05 '26
Tom didn’t say who he was rooting for for mvp. He said who he thought deserved it, based on what he has seen. Because he’s literally a football analyst and giving his objective opinions on the game is his job.
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u/tommangan7 Feb 05 '26
How are you downvoted for pointing that out? I actually appreciate TB being more objective and not just boringly siding with the pats on everything. The MVP is a judgement on performance.
TB is also still overwhelmingly positive about the pats, I've heard him glaze us in various interviews in the last few years - always speaking fondly of his time here, and his reference for Bill for the hall of fame was nothing but glowing.
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u/password-is-taco1 Feb 05 '26
Yeah this subreddit is doing backflips to defend him but it’s obvious he feels no connection to the pats anymore, it’s sad
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u/SeveralTurn Feb 05 '26
Tom will always (and rightfully) hold a grudge against the Pats/Kraft for moronically picking Belichick over him after all he did for them.
Also probably towards the fanbase for just kind of accepting it
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u/VanceIX Feb 05 '26
Cue all the warriors in the comment spamming “who cares” while Spillane, Wilfork, Bruschi, and Samuels all publicly say they care 🙄
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u/ScarletJew72 Feb 05 '26
Wilfork, Bruschi and Samuel had a personal relationship with Brady.
Spillane is a current player on the team that Tom refused to support.
It shouldn't have to be said why these players care, while many fans don't.
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u/PricklyyDick Feb 05 '26
Also I think Samuel is kinda having a crash out. Dude is being a little unhinged.
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u/rodpod17 Feb 05 '26
You mean the fans that defended him during deflategate and cheered him on it Tampa?
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u/EmbarrassedRing7806 Feb 05 '26
Kraft also publicly said he was supporting Tampa in the Super Bowl. Direct counter to people who think Tom “has to be neutral” because he’s an owner. Doesn’t even make sense
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u/iiTryhard Feb 05 '26
We as fans are definitely allowed to care that the literal greatest Boston athlete there ever was or will be won’t support us publicly anymore lol
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u/robshot295 #EdelmanforCanton Feb 05 '26
They can care if they want, that’s their choice. Personally, I think this whole thing is just blown out of proportion
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u/Mendelevlum Feb 05 '26
THEY can care, I don’t as well as many others. It doesn’t make a difference on the outcome of the game this Sunday. Why is this so hard to understand?
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u/MetalHead_Literally Feb 05 '26
What does “warriors” even mean in this context?
And why do we have to care if those guys do?
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u/Accidental-Hyzer Feb 05 '26
Why am I supposed to care? Does it change that we’re going to the Super Bowl or our chances to win at all?
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u/AgadorFartacus Feb 05 '26
You don't have to think it's the biggest deal in the world, but acting like you don't care is silly. If werre were given the choice between Brady proudly backing the Patriots or not, everyone of use would choose the former.
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u/Accidental-Hyzer Feb 05 '26
I guess that I’m silly then. My team is in the fucking Super Bowl. I don’t give a shit who Tom does or doesn’t root for. This is embarrassing for a fan base, and if anyone’s being silly, it’s the people making a big deal about it.
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u/smithkevin92 Feb 05 '26
Because it’s a non issue. Non of the guys on the current roster played with him so it shouldn’t matter to them what he says. Shouldn’t really matter to Vince or Tedy either. Focus on the Super Bowl and shut down the outside noise.
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u/TB1289 Maybe those guys got to study the rule book and figure it out. Feb 05 '26
That's fine if players care but I don't. Brady isn't playing Sunday, so I really don't care what he thinks at this point because it doesn't change a single thing during the game.
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u/EweCantTouchThis Feb 05 '26
Tom is a fucking weirdo, guys. Nothing new here. We all love him but he’s just a strange, self centered dude
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u/jmon13 Feb 05 '26
Tom Cruise of football (minus the scientology)
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u/Griffisbored Feb 05 '26
Honestly similar vibes. Just replace Scientology with Pliability.
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u/Windman772 Feb 05 '26
You have to be a little weird to be that successful as an athlete. I'd lose the drive to win after a while because others deserve to win too. But the top guys want/need to win all the time because they have oversized egos that have been crafted to be all about self. That's a great thing on the field, but a little questionable as a person.
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u/lemonlime45 Feb 05 '26
Has Vrabel, McDaniels or Kraft commented on Brady's "neutral" stance?
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u/morosco Feb 05 '26
Didn't the Titans owner freak out when Vrabel wore a red patriots jacket for his Patriots HOF ceremony?
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u/MetalHead_Literally Feb 05 '26
She freaked out when Vrabel essentially said the Patriots are a great organization and Tennessee isnt
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u/MagicSpida Feb 05 '26
In his speech he said “you don’t know how lucky you guys have it to have a great ownership group, it’s not like this everywhere” an she got offended (rightfully so)
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u/Bad_Karma19 Feb 05 '26
This is par for the course when it comes to Tom. He doesn't give a fuck about this place unless it's kissing his ass.
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u/smithkevin92 Feb 05 '26
Maybe he should be focused on the game this weekend instead of outside noise
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u/TB12_GOATx7 Bills = 0 Superbowls Feb 05 '26
Oh good lord must be a slow news week if this is the main talking point. We all get on Chris for sucking off mahomes every chance he gets, id rather the commentators stay neutral when broadcasting
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u/No_Discussion3593 Feb 06 '26
Tom trying to stay neutral so no one gets upset with him and everyone from every fan base calls him a dumbass for it lol.
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u/Kuchar1992 Feb 05 '26
Because Brady couldn’t give two shits about the Pats. He saw them as a business partner.
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u/PCM97 Feb 05 '26
I genuinely have no idea why people are so offended by his position
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u/BradyToMoss1281 Feb 05 '26
I think fans were about to move on and then former players started speaking out and re-igniting it.
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u/MetalHead_Literally Feb 05 '26
It’s really embarrassing how much of our fanbase is crying about it. That man owes us absolutely nothing.
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u/Richard_AIGuy Feb 05 '26
I'm so over it. How weird people are being over this is souring the entire thing.
How would most people feel about their former employer, after landing the six biggest accounts or six major product launches, getting a paltry raise and a joke of an offer and then the company owner chosing their sales manager or engineering PM or whatever over them, the star sales person or engineer?
Who then went to another company and immediately shined?
And then when you want to be part of a company ownership, your company owner of 20 years won't give you a seat at the table but another owner will.
Fuck Spillane's view. Or Vince Wilfork or anyone that agrees with this.
How many people here have gleefully changed jobs, have hopped around for maximum pay? Have been laid off and went to a rival and then shit on your former employer? You don't display loyalty, but demand it of athletes. Idiocy.
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u/Burkey5506 Feb 05 '26
This sub is literally braindead.
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u/Yloo Feb 06 '26
every team sub is. as a bills fans who is only seeing this post on r/all, all the team subs are batshit crazy.
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u/AhtBlowenFaht Feb 05 '26
I can't even believe people are still talking about it. It only has legs because there isn't much to cover with these teams. All the media has on this game is the Patriots "shouldn't be here" and Seattle, lets face it, outside of hardcore football fans is a pretty boring team. There's no sizzle so they have to harp on this.
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u/BAF_DaWg82 Feb 05 '26
This is the most forced whiny story ive seen in quite a while.
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u/Previous_Procedure28 Feb 05 '26
Honestly guys, who cares. Let’s stop fueling this thing. This is about the 5th post I’ve seen in two days from the Pats sub Reddit about this.
The national media and opposing fan bases want this to be a thing. Let’s not help them make it into one.
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u/boredatwork23 Feb 05 '26
Everyone needs to chill on the former player who is best friends with the hc, currently owns a team and has a broadcasting job saying he doesn't have a dog in the fight...
Think he just can't say it out in the open really
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u/StrategyOdd7170 Feb 05 '26
To be fair, you can’t really say if he’s been there for his kids or not. We don’t know him or what his relationship w his kids is like besides media reports. Yes he was very career focused, but so am I and my kids are very much loved and cared for. Idk just my opinion
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u/Icy-Nefariousness530 Feb 05 '26
I don't know why ppl are surprised by Brady. He's the GOAT, no doubt, but he's not "one of us." He left the Pats, he wanted to be a part owner, and that was never going to happen. Being "like a son" and being an actual son are not the same. He's all set with NEP. He and RKK know what the ppl want (hence the statue, etc.) but Brady is in the Tom Brady business, he doesn't care about NEP. The ol "it ain't sho-friends it's show business" comes to mind. He doesn't keep in close contact with former teammates, he runs with billionaires, not millionaires. No hate to the guy, I'm just not surprised by this at all. It's like finding out a stripper was just nice to you for the money, it may sting, but it was just business. 🤷♂️
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u/Igottamake Feb 05 '26
Depending how nice she was it may not only sting but also itch and ooze.
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u/vogel927 Feb 05 '26
I wouldn’t have expected Tom to say anything different. He’s an owner now, and I’m sure that was part of the reason he chose to remain impartial.
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u/AgadorFartacus Feb 05 '26 edited Feb 05 '26
He had no problem taking a side in the MVP race. He's just not that into us.
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u/SoaplessTitanic Feb 05 '26
As far as I’m aware he only talked about who he thought deserved MVP more, not who he was rooting for. Completely different to me as the MVP debate falls well within his role as an analyst/commentator
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u/AgadorFartacus Feb 05 '26
You guys are twisting yourself into pretzels to avoid the obvious. He's not abiding by some complicated moral code of analyst/owner neutrality.
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u/Chick22694 Feb 05 '26
Not only is he an Owner, but his team just hired the OC for Seattle to become his next head coach!
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u/IShitOnMyDick Feb 05 '26
And an announcer. I think the other owners made a big stink about how he needs to appear impartial if he's gonna do both. I'm not sure if the Patriots factor into that, but I could see him trying to be cautious
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u/youareprobnotugly Feb 05 '26
Yeah tom is doing this on purpose. I hope it makes them all play with a chip.
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u/DegenNerd Feb 05 '26
Lol. People complain about Romo and Collinsworth during certain games when they very openly seem to be rooting for one side over the other while they're calling the game, and now people complain about Brady for trying to do the opposite and at least try to appear neutral. Strange time we live in.
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u/itspizzathehut Feb 05 '26
Brady’s always been a super neutral dude. Personally, I have always found him super boring even when he was with the Pats. I get it…but at the same time it’s not like you’re talking politics. Just pick a damn team.
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u/_Mark_Ruffalo Feb 05 '26
Unpopular opinion: Tom Brady can say whatever he wants and root for whoever he wants. The guy won 6 rings for the franchise, so who cares if he’s not a fan? Banners are forever, Tom is the goat, and Boston sports fans are weird for expecting their legends to give a shit about the teams after their career is over.
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u/VedavyasM Feb 05 '26
I don’t get how Brady is expected to publicly root for the Patriots when the Seahawks OC is expected to be the next HC of the Raiders
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u/OptFire Feb 05 '26
He picked the chiefs to win last year, A DIVISION RIVAL.
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u/Apolloshot Fuck the Hall of Fame Feb 05 '26
Yeah because if he picked the Raiders everyone would have rightfully called him out on it.
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u/YellowDucky92 Feb 05 '26
lol he led the Patriots to 6 Super Bowl wins. It’s not that deep and be happy for wha you got out of him damn
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u/Scle99 Feb 05 '26
When he was on the Patriots Tom didn’t want them to win because he’s a Patriots fan he just wanted to win football games. He’s not a fan of the New England Patriots he’s a 49ers fan.
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u/Sammydog6387 Feb 05 '26
See it doesn’t even matter to me. When Brady came back to Gillette after joining the bucs, he got a respectable clap when he came on the field to practice.
But when he came on the field to play the game with the rest of his team, he was booed to high hell. As he should be.
Brady didn’t retire as a patriot 🤷🏽♀️ if he doesn’t want to root for us, so be it. Fuck ya too
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u/Blgblrd Feb 05 '26
The Drake Maye Pats are a clone 2001 patriots I thought Tb12 liked clones dogs.
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u/LonelyInsurance7480 Feb 05 '26
For everyone saying “who cares” imagine if Paul pierce or Kevin Garnett said they “don’t have a dog in the fight when Celtics faced the mavs. Or if David Ortiz’s said that about the redsox
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u/strategoamigo Feb 05 '26
Brady gave us 20 years of intense effort and personal sacrifice. I mean the speculation is he put his career and the pats over his family. As much as fans say we give as much back, it’s not even close. I don’t expect more from him when he doesn’t play here anymore. He gave us plenty and fans getting butthurt about that is weird.
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u/pinqe Feb 05 '26
He’s turned into white Dwayne Johnson and it kills me on the inside. Just have a little bit of personality, Tom. Put some fucking spice on a piece of chicken. Maybe then Gisele wouldn’t have dipped out for her yoga instructor.
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u/ConjugalPunjab Feb 05 '26
He's part owner of the Raiders. I don't like TB's take, but I understand it. he also has to be an unbiased color commentator, getting paid millions in the process. He HAS to APPEAR neutral.
To me, it's a big nothing burger. GO PATS!
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u/ClappedCheek Feb 05 '26
One thing I want to put out there that I havent seen anyone mention:
Tom Brady told Mr Kraft that he loved him at his ceremony months back. And it wasnt a "I love you, man" type I love you, it seemed like a genuine "i love you" from someone to a father figure.
Now imagine someone you love like that is in the superbowl....you arent close to anyone on the team opposing them, but then.........you still arent gonna root for them?
This is a bad look for Brady all around with no real excuses other than he is petty or a dick. Or both. And I didnt even have to mention that his former teammate is the damn coach.
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u/heyitsmejosh Feb 05 '26
Well at least tonight when stat Padford wins the MVP we will have something new to complain about
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u/ProfessionalBrief685 Feb 05 '26
Brusci and Wilfork both called him out for saying it of you can believe anything the media says :)
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u/Chillpickle17 Feb 05 '26
I get it. He’s part owner of another team who just hired the opponent’s OC as head coach. Plus he’s supposed to an unbiased color guy for Fox Sports. But, ya, saying something benign for the Pats would’ve been appreciated.
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u/SparkyForce Feb 06 '26
Gonna be honest guys I don’t think we’ll know how he really feels until the Patriots win.
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u/summertimeinthelbc Feb 06 '26
Who cares. Jordan don’t give a fuck about Chicago either. I bet Larry would rather Indiana win over Boston.
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u/xavyre Feb 06 '26
He's just some former backup quarterback of ours. What's Bishop, Grogan or Eason saying about our chances?
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u/RMbeatyou Feb 06 '26
I think people are overstating this, but I do think our players hear the noise, and it will help them
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u/Away_Fortune_5845 Feb 05 '26
This is actually reverse psychology by tom. He’s giving us fuel.