Fans were left heartbroken after Tom Brady made the predictable announcement that he was leaving the New England Patriots.
The famous NFL player is ditching the Patriots after 20 years to join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Florida. Some of the sports fans are in tears, including the panelists of ESPN’s Highly Questionable.
This week, the group composed of Katie Nolan, Dan Le Batard, and Mina Kime decided to address the recent comment made by NFL legend Terry Bradshaw, who claimed that Brady dropped the team because of his ego.
Bradshaw said the following while talking to The Athletic: “Why in the world does he want to keep on playing at 43 other than to prove to New England he’s more important than Bill Belichick? That’s the way I would look at it. Why the hell do you want to go to Tampa? The only thing I can think of is ego gets involved, and you decide, ‘I’ll show ’em who’s more important.”
The former Steeler went on to explain: “I would never have done that, and I was shocked he was leaving. Shocked. I’ve never known a great quarterback — a great quarterback — at the end of his career, go to another team and do anything. Now, Brady’s different — nine Super Bowls, six victories. He’s a different cat. But the offense they ran in New England was perfect for him.”
"Eff Tom Brady! I said it out loud."
—@katienolan with the words we NEVER thought would come out of her mouth ? pic.twitter.com/9jtCnZldQc
— Highly Quarantined (@HQonESPN) March 24, 2020
The passionate discussion between the group ended with Nolan confessing that she cursed Brady.
Le Batard said: “He gave discount after discount to that team, and I understand why he would feel underappreciated. I don’t think it’s ego, as much as, the dude was just hurt at the end that the people he should’ve had the most value for, he didn’t have the kind of value that he had in someplace like Tampa. That’s human to be hurt by that, no matter how superhuman you think he is, it is very human to find that a vulnerable position to be in.”
Nolan, a lifelong Patriots fan, went on to drop this bombshell: “Eff Tom Brady! I said it out loud. We have just put more thought into the words that come out of Terry Bradshaw’s mouth than Terry Bradshaw ever has. He’s just saying words, and he’s just being Terry Bradshaw. We’re overanalyzing it.”
She continued: “Of course it’s ego. Everything everybody does has a little bit of ego in it. Dan, you call it being human, most people would call that kind of your ego. Whatever. I’m at the point now, and I’m mad at Tom Brady. Can we talk about that? I’m upset.”
Nolan said while listening to Brady’s introductory conference call for the Buccaneers, and she decided to let her true feelings be known by saying: “Today was the first day in my life I ever said the phrase … ‘Eff Tom Brady.’ I said it out loud. I was listening to the press conference, the conference call, and I said, ‘F–k you.’ And then I was like, ‘Oh my God, that’s Tom Brady.'”
Some observers say that Brady and the Patriots both did a huge mistake by ending their collaboration.
