Tom Brady didn’t walk through that door to save the New England Patriots’ season. He still has a podcast, though, which means the retired quarterback is free to comment on his former team’s woes.
On the latest episode of Brady’s Let’s Go! podcast, co-host Jim Gray asked the former Patriots quarterback what he thought about New England’s 38-3 loss to the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium. It was the biggest loss in Bill Belichick’s 29-year head coaching career.
Brady gave a very diplomatic answer.
“It’s tough. I mean, losing in the NFL is tough,” Brady told Gray. “For me, watching a lot of football, every failure hurts me. Trust me, if you are part of the failure, you don’t care about anyone else’s loss. You only care about your loss. If you Win, you look around and say, “Okay, who else lost? ”
“So, it’s tough in every building where you lose. It’s tough because you spend a whole week preparing and things don’t go the way you want. So, football is tough. sport. It’s very tough.”
While Brady has never suffered a 35-point loss in 20 seasons with the Patriots, he could actually connect with Belichick, Mac Jones and the 2023 team: The seven-time Super Bowl champion serves as Members lost to the New Orleans Saints 38-3 in the 2020 Tampa Bay Buccaneers game.
The Buccaneers eventually won the Super Bowl, but prospects seemed bleaker for the Patriots, who are 1-3 this season and 26-29 (including the playoffs) since Brady’s departure in March 2020. .
We wouldn’t blame Brady for gloating as he watched the Patriots fumble from afar on Sunday — though he seemed to have a better relationship with the team after being honored in New England’s season opener at Gillette Stadium .
Brady admits it’s difficult to be a purely passive observer in the living room.
“I don’t necessarily realize it when I’m in it because I have a lot of control,” Brady added. “I’m the guy behind the center. I have a big impact on every game. I have zero impact on any game (right now).
“So, I just watched. It’s a hard thing to do because there are some things you just want to pull your hair out and say, ‘What the hell is going on here?'”
Brady is expected to join Fox Sports as the lead NFL analyst in 2024, and it would be interesting to hear how candid he is about discussing the Patriots’ struggles on the field if they continue in year four after Brady. interesting.
