Category: Tom Brady

J.J. McCarthy says it would be ‘tremendous honor’ to play for Patriots

J. J. McCarthy, who has a great relationship with Tom Brady, would love to be drafted to New England

Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy appeared on The Adam Schefter podcast earlier this week and discussed the possibility of playing for the New England Patriots.

McCarthy had high praise for both the organization and NFL legend Tom Brady.

Granted, the former Wolverine is carving out a solid football career in his own right. He is coming off a 2023 national championship season with Michigan and is projected to go in the first round of the 2024 NFL draft. He threw for 6,226 yards and 49 touchdowns in his Michigan career, including a 22-touchdown effort last season. Now, he is looking to make a bigger impact at the next level.

Brady has served as the standard for many of the young quarterbacks, with Caleb Williams praising Brady’s longevity and organizational stability earlier this week. Getting drafted by the Patriots would mean a lot to McCarthy, and he expanded on this during the podcast.

“Tom and I have a great relationship. I asked him questions all throughout the season,” said McCarthy. “I try not to bother him too much. …Such honor and respect. …I’m always about playing for the guys that came before and the guys who built the foundation to where it is right now. Obviously being a part of the New England Patriots, that means everything. Going back to when Brady was playing and how he was doing it for Tedy Bruschi and Willie McGinest and Ty Law and all those guys. Being able to pay that forward would be a tremendous honor.”

McCarthy would certainly be a little bit of a switch-up in regards to names that have been connected with the Patriots at the quarterback position. Most expect the pick to either be Drake Maye or Jayden Daniels.

With that being said, it seems as though members of the Patriots organization really like McCarthy. Time will tell what happens, but at this point, it would be a shock if New England were to draft the Michigan signal-caller.

Tom Brady still won’t shut the door on potential NFL comeback

Even after a full year away from the game, Tom Brady is still leaving the door open for a potential return to the NFL

He did it once, and he can do it again.

Tom Brady already had one brief retirement a couple of years back, but his latest departure from the NFL game has actually felt permanent, as he spent the entire 2023 season away from the game.

But it looks like the GOAT still won’t emphatically shut the door on a potential comeback down the road.

On a recent episode of “Deep Cut,” Brady was asked about his willingness to make another comeback under the right circumstances, and he didn’t shoot down the idea, except to note it might not be possible if he becomes a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders:

Of course, this still seems far-fetched, but considering how well Brady was playing the last time we saw him on the field, it’s never truly impossible. He was still throwing for 4,000 yards and lighting up NFL defenses in his mid-40s, so if anyone could jump right back on the field and win another Super Bowl, it’s Brady.

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Tom Brady predicted the Stefon Diggs trade

A couple of years back, Tom Brady tried to warn Josh Allen that Stefon Diggs would eventually be shipped out of Buffalo

We all know he’s the GOAT when it comes to playing quarterback in the NFL, but it turns out Tom Brady might have some clairvoyant abilities to go along with his loaded trophy case.

A couple of years ago, during one of his nationally televised golf events with fellow star quarterbacks, Brady poked fun at both Patrick Mahomes and Aaron Rodgers for having lost their top wide receivers (Tyreek Hill, Davante Adams) to trades, while acknowledging the fact that Mike Evans remained in Tampa Bay with him.

He then told Josh Allen to prepare himself for the same fate down the road with his own star receiver, Stefon Diggs:

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Diggs was traded earlier this week to the Houston Texans, leaving Allen and the Buffalo Bills without their No. 1 receiver.

Brady is off enjoying his retirement after a legendary career that ended with an impressive three-year stretch with Evans and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, one that included yet another Lombardi Trophy.

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Details announced for Tom Brady Patriots Hall of Fame induction

More details on Tom Brady’s Patriots Hall of Fame induction have been revealed

One of the more highly anticipated days on the New England Patriots 2024 calendar has been announced.

Former legendary quarterback Tom Brady is set to be inducted into the Patriots Hall of Fame, and more details on the event and how fans can attend have been released. The ceremony itself will be held inside Gillette Stadium on June 12 at 7 p.m. ET.

Fans got the chance to celebrate Brady at halftime during the opener against the Philadelphia Eagles last season. The Patriots lost a close game to the Eagles by a 25-20 score. Now, they’ll have a chance to celebrate his official induction into the Patriots’ Hall of Fame.

ESPN’s Mike Reiss wrote:

Next week, Patriots season-ticket members will be sent ticket information, and they will be given preferred pricing for the event through April 12. If there is remaining inventory after the presale process, it will be made available to the general public later in April. For longtime New England sports fans, it sounds like this could be similar to the historic “Larry Bird Night” in 1993.

It will be quite the evening to celebrate one of the most decorated athletes in New England sports history. Patriots fans will be able to say thank you to Brady properly and give him the sendoff he didn’t get when he left for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020.

Deatrich Wise Jr. weighs in on Tom Brady-Patrick Mahomes debate

Deatrich Wise Jr. offered his two cents on the Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes comparisons

The Patrick Mahomes-Tom Brady debate has raged on, following the Kansas City Chiefs winning their third Super Bowl in five years. New England Patriots defensive lineman Deatrich Wise Jr. weighed in on the debate in an interview with Patriots Wire’s Jordy McElroy.

Wise is coming off a 2023 season that saw him record 54 tackles and 4.5 sacks. It was his second year in a row with at least 50 tackles in a season. He also knows a thing or two about Brady. The Patriots captain was teammates with Brady from 2017-2019, and the two won Super Bowl LIII together during the 2018 season.

Wise gave a measured answer on the Brady-Mahomes debate as the latter continues to set records.

“I think [Mahomes] is definitely on track to be up there with the GOATs when he retires,” said Wise. “I think he’s doing some great things so far early in his career. Honestly, they compare him to Tom Brady a lot because of the amount of success that they both have achieved. And the numbers are very similar. So just if he continues to do what he’s doing, he’ll be talked about amongst with the greats.”

Wise’s assessment is fair, given that Mahomes is only 28 years old. The Chiefs have won the last seven AFC West division titles and the last two conference championships.

Kansas City will be looking for a three-peat when the 2024 season begins.

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Patrick Mahomes likes comparisons, but he still considers Tom Brady the GOAT

Even after winning a third Super Bowl, Patrick Mahomes still believes Tom Brady is the GOAT

In case you haven’t heard, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes won the third Super Bowl of his career on Sunday night over the San Francisco 49ers.

Comparisons are already being made between Mahomes and former New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, as Kansas City has now won their third Super Bowl in five years.

However, Mahomes is not buying into the comparisons just yet.

He already shut down the comparisons once before during Super Bowl media week. He appeared on “The Pat McAfee Show” on Tuesday, and even after winning a third Super Bowl, he was not ready to anoint himself the greatest quarterback of all time.

The quarterback knows he needs to get more work done over the course of his career to achieve that goal.

“I like it. [Brady is] the greatest of all time so I like being compared to him. But I still have so long I’m going to have to go in my career,” said Mahomes. “If you look at the longevity, the consistent greatness that he had every single year. All I can do is try to continue to be the best me every single day that I have and have no regrets.”

The debate on the greatest quarterback of all time will be one that rages on with football fans. But according to Mahomes, that mantle still belongs to Brady, at least for now.

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Patrick Mahomes not buying into Tom Brady comparisons

Patrick Mahomes gave an honest assessment of the GOAT debate with Tom Brady

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is not declaring himself anywhere close to Tom Brady, as the Chiefs get ready to play in Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers.

The Chiefs will be making their fourth Super Bowl appearance in five seasons and are on the brink of a dynasty. Mahomes has racked up personal accolades during that timeframe. He is a two-time Super Bowl champion, two-time league MVP and undoubtedly the face of the NFL right now.

Even still, he is not ready to crown himself as surpassing Brady quite yet. Brady set the standard for greatness with seven Super Bowl titles and 35 playoff wins along the way.

Mahomes spoke to assembled media on Tuesday, and threw a wet blanket on any talk that he is the greatest quarterback of all time, per NFL.com’s Christian Gonzales.

“I mean, I’m not even close to halfway, so I haven’t put a lot of thought into it,” Mahomes told the media. “I mean, your goal is to be the best player that you can be. I know I’m blessed to be around a lot of great players around me. And so, right now, it’s doing whatever I can to beat a great 49ers team and try to get that third ring. And then if you ask me that question in 15 years, and I’ll see if I can get close to seven. But seven seems like a long ways away still.”

This is a debate that will rage on between fans for years to come. At the very least, we know where Mahomes sees himself, at least for now, in this particular argument.

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Tom Brady Sr. reveals Robert Kraft admission that Patriots made mistake letting Tom Brady leave

Tom Brady Sr. reveals a shocking admission from Patriots owner Robert Kraft

The New England Patriots have not made many on-field mistakes over the last decade and a half. However, owner Robert Kraft admitted he made one mistake back in September, during the team’s season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Tom Brady’s family made the trip to Gillette Stadium to see the seven-time Super Bowl champion honored on the field at halftime. It was quite the celebratory day with Brady running onto the field and speaking to the fans. New England ended up losing the game by a 32-29 score. However, Brady’s presence alone electrified the building.

It was during that day that Kraft admitted a mistake he made to Tom Brady Sr., as transcribed by NESN.com’s Adam London.

“He just said, ‘I made a mistake.’ He told us that back in September,” Tom Brady Sr. told The Boston Globe’s Christopher Gasper. “We don’t all make the right decisions, but he’s made a hell of a lot of good ones over the years. But I know that it galls him that Tommy went elsewhere and won. Not that he won, but that he won after Bill (Belichick) said he was done.”

Imagine what life would have been like for the Patriots if Brady never left the team. An argument could be made that the legendary quarterback was ultimately better off for it considering he joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and won a Super Bowl on a completely new team in his first season.

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Tom Brady shares thoughts on Jerod Mayo coaching hire for Patriots

Tom Brady believes Jerod Mayo is a great fit for Patriots head coach

New England Patriots coach Jerod Mayo was praised by former Patriots quarterback and teammate Tom Brady on Tuesday’s episode of “The Pat McAfee Show”.

Brady and Mayo were teammates from 2008-2015. The pair won a Super Bowl together during that time, and Mayo left a strong impression on Brady in the process.

While some might have apprehension in regards to the hiring of Mayo as head coach, Brady is confident that the former Tennessee star will do a solid job leading the team.

“Jerod is a great leader, a great captain, a great friend; I think he had a tremendous amount of success in football and then had success in other parts of his life when he retired and then him coming back into coaching, I think is great for the NFL and certainly great for the Patriots,” said Brady, as transcribed by A to Z Sports’ Sophie Weller. “He’s got a great understanding of how things need to be done. I think Jerod does an incredible job relating to everybody in the locker room, all the coaches and I think he’ll do a great job.”

Brady is not the only former Patriots quarterback to give Mayo praise.

Cam Newton offered his enthusiastic support recently as well. It remains to be seen how Mayo will do on the football field, but it certainly is telling that past NFL legends are in his corner.

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Tom Brady critical of Lions coach Dan Campbell’s decisions in NFC championship

Tom Brady broke down some of the costly decisions by the Lions in the NFC Championship Game

Former New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady admitted he would have called things a little differently if he was the one making the decisions for the Detroit Lions in Sunday’s NFC Championship Game against the San Francisco 49ers.

The Lions went for it on fourth down on multiple occasions and did not succeed. Those missed opportunities proved to be crucial in their 34-31 loss. San Francisco will now have the opportunity to play the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl for the second time five years.

Brady commented on the aggressiveness of Lions coach Dan Campbell when speaking on the “Let’s Go!” Podcast, particularly on the late hand-off in the fourth quarter.

There was 1:05 left to play in the game with the Lions on the 49ers’ goal line and down 34-24. The Lions still had three timeouts, which meant they could score a touchdown and still have an opportunity to get a three-and-out on defense and get the ball back. But oddly, the Lions made the decision to run the ball on third down and failed to get into the end zone. That failed effort forced them to burn a timeout and eliminated their three-and-out opportunity.

They ultimately failed to get an onside kick, and the 49ers were able to bleed the rest of the clock for the victory.

“You know obviously, when you’re aggressive and it doesn’t work, it comes back to bite you,” said Brady, via Bleacher Report’s Scott Polacek. “It came back to bite them yesterday. Again, I would’ve taken the points….

“The handoff there late in the game, that was the one I didn’t understand,” Brady said. “Unless you saw some incredible look to walk the ball in, you just can’t take the chance that you’re gonna be stopped short and keep the clock running. You just can’t get the ball back. So that was the one I just said, ‘I don’t know what they’re doing.’ I thought it was just a flat-out error.”

With the loss, the Lions missed out on their first Super Bowl appearance and ended one of the all-time great runs in franchise history. Now, Lions fans will have to wait another year to see if the success is sustainable.

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