Brady does not approve of Romo’s Super Bowl prediction
Tanya Ray Fox 19 hrs ago
© Steven Senne/AP Photo New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady takes questions from reporters following an NFL football minicamp practice, Thursday, June 7, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Tom Brady's 2018 has been unlike any year during his NFL career, due in large part to his newfound willingness to engage in public discourse in interviews and on social media. He's opened himself up in away that suggests he's preparing for life after football, when Brady the quarterback is in the rear view mirror and he can embrace his identity as the living, breathing personification of TB12 the brand.
Having said that, he's not retired and continues to insist that he wants to play until he's 45 years old - and one of Brady's more underrated attributes is his ability to position himself as the underdog while still playing like a champion, something he achieves by stowing away even the tiniest of perceived slights.
Take, for example, this lighthearted comment he left on the NFL's Instagram post that quotes Tony Romo's prediction that the Green Bay Packers and the Jacksonville Jaguars will face off in Super Bowl LIII.
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"We will see tony, we will see!" Brady commented beneath the photo.
It's no accident that Brady's competitive edge seems to be as sharp as ever, despite his having achieved more success than any quarterback in the history of the game. While his tone is playful, there should be no doubt that he's also dead serious. Obviously he won't step out on the field in Week 1 thinking specifically about Romo's casual mid-summer Super Bowl pick.
He's far too smart to be distracted by something like that, but I'm fairly convinced he has a mental vault stockpiled with snubs and doubts that he dips into whenever he needs to get himself fired up.
Poster Comment:
I can still recall when during one of Chicago Bears Super Bowls, Refrigerator Perry scored a touchdown but Walter Payton did not. I remember the look on Walter's face.