00:00Well, speaking about being a factor, was Tom Brady a factor in the Patriots losing horribly in this Super Bowl?
00:06This is unbelievable.
00:07Is it unbelievable, though?
00:09Yes, yes.
00:09Because it all kind of makes sense.
00:11Let's go to this clip.
00:13So, head coach Mike McDonald of the Seattle Seahawks, he was on with Dan Patrick.
00:18And Dan Patrick actually asked a very good question here.
00:20And listen to Mike McDonald's response when it comes to, did anybody help you out in planning for the Super
00:27Bowl?
00:27Who did you seek advice from going into the Super Bowl that might surprise me?
00:32Well, I wouldn't have surprised.
00:33I called John Harbaugh and I talked.
00:35He was great.
00:38Probably can't mention one guy that really helped us out that had some conflict of interest.
00:44Can we guess?
00:46Sure.
00:47I don't know if I'm going to tell you, but go ahead.
00:48Bill Belichick.
00:49I'm not that cool.
00:51Oh, yeah.
00:52You wouldn't have a phone call?
00:54I've had a beer with Coach Belichick, and that was pretty cool.
00:59All right.
01:00So, there was also a story that came out before this that after the Super Bowl, Tom Brady had reached
01:06out to Mike McDonald and told him congratulations as well.
01:09In fact, might I just give Stiz a plug here?
01:12Stiz was hot about the story when it happened.
01:14Correct, Stiz?
01:14Yeah.
01:14This was back in February.
01:15The news came out that Tom Brady had texted congratulations to Mike McDonald.
01:20And I went on air, and I was like, I'm done.
01:22I'm done with this guy.
01:23This was after, you know, no dog in the fight.
01:25This was after Drake May.
01:28New England.
01:28Yep.
01:28Drake May even said he got a text from Peyton Manning, of all people.
01:33Guess who didn't text our New England Patriot quarterback?
01:36Tom Brady.
01:36So, I was just like, I'm done.
01:37I'm over this guy.
01:39You're right.
01:40I mean, the whole no dog in the fight thing.
01:41So, taking a look at this, it obviously was Tom Brady.
01:44There's not even a question, right?
01:45Did anybody?
01:46Well, like, we all agree this is Tom Brady.
01:47The only other people that I think it could be would be, like, Edelman or Gronk or somebody.
01:52But, you know, those guys have been so pro-Patriot, it would be hard to believe.
01:58Like, who else could it be?
01:59Edelman's got that Foxborough Forever t-shirt that he sells on his J-E-11 website.
02:04Right.
02:05And Gronk is even, as I said, Gronk keeps coming back, you know, to Boston.
02:09He loves it here, even though he doesn't live here.
02:12Like, the guys, it's not those two.
02:14It's Tom Brady.
02:15We know that.
02:16But Tom Brady has got a hair up his butt for the way things went down here with the
02:21Crafts.
02:21He's not, obviously, he's a guy that, it almost seems like when he's in Foxborough, he's
02:26like, oh, this place is the best.
02:27But as soon as he leaves, he's like, F those guys.
02:29Listen, I don't have a dog in the fight.
02:32Rich, if you are right, not only did he reach out to him for advice, when McDonald's
02:39says the phrase, he really helped us out.
02:42That's what puts it over the edge.
02:43If this is Tom Brady, and he, quote, really helped us out, that's intel.
02:49That's, I mean, they got their ass kicked, so maybe it wouldn't have made a difference.
02:52But you know Josh McDaniel so well, it could have made a difference.
02:57Exactly.
02:57Who knows McDaniel's offense better?
02:59There's nobody.
03:00And that is true.
03:01And obviously, any intel could help.
03:03But let's be a million percent honest and not fool ourselves.
03:07Tom Brady could have been missing, just a missing person, like been nowhere near this
03:12team and not spoken a word.
03:13Matter of fact, Coach Mike McDonald could have literally, his entire coaching staff could
03:18have disappeared and gotten beamed up to a different planet, and he had to scheme the
03:22entire thing on his own.
03:23The Patriots were still getting their asses kicked in that Super Bowl.
03:27There was, there wasn't even a question.
03:29They were so underprepared.
03:30Drake was so off, whether he was injured or just the moment was too big for him.
03:36Dude, they were going to get killed, whether Brady said a word or not.
03:40Brady could have stolen the playbook.
03:43I'm telling you, there's no problem.
03:45Right.
03:46It doesn't matter.
03:47They were going to get their ass kicked no matter what.
03:49The only thing about that is, they did come alive a little bit at the end of the game.
03:53It took a little while to adjust.
03:54And early in the game, it was pressure that was causing all the problems.
03:58So, right, it was six sacks.
03:59May was hit 11 times.
04:01Was there something in, like, the blocking scheme that Brady said,
04:04McDaniels loves this.
04:05Watch out for that.
04:05You know what I mean?
04:06Stop for a minute.
04:07Stop for a minute.
04:08Because, like, would anything Brady said have made that offensive line not be a sieve
04:14the way that it was?
04:15It was a revolving door.
04:18Like, those guys, it was awful.
04:19It was embarrassing.
04:20It was individual performance sucked during that game.
04:24Individual performance.
04:25And you know what?
04:26It probably didn't help that it seems like these guys kind of knew it.
04:29But then again, that's almost on Josh McDaniels.
04:31It's like, Josh, get creative.
04:33Okay, but whether it actually swung the game or not, I think you're right.
04:36I mean, largely, you're correct.
04:37They would have probably lost the game anyway and probably got blown out.
04:39But for Brady to have really helped them out.
04:42Yeah, he's a dick.
04:44That is, I mean, that is.
04:46It might be time to take the statue down.
04:47I mean, honestly, Stiz, it's like you threw a knight for this guy, Brady Knight.
04:52You had the statue.
04:53He's coming back.
04:54Maybe you don't let him back in the building when he comes around.
04:56You can, as a Patriots fan, a million percent appreciate Tom Brady for what he did for your organization.
05:03But you can absolutely, a million percent, also think he's been a dick ever since he's left.
05:07I really want to know from Patriots fans, do you think this made a difference in the Super Bowl?
05:11If it was Brady, it's an if.
05:12We don't know.
05:13But, you know, do you think this made any kind of a difference?
05:16And does this finally, maybe you were on the fence about whether you're out on Brady.
05:19He's changed.
05:20You're out on him in his, you know, post-retirement career.
05:23Has this swung the needle for you at all?
05:26I would love to hear.
05:27I mean, only Patriots fans can answer.
05:28I mean, I am not.
05:30You know, we're journalists.
05:31We're like, we follow the team.
05:32But it's stunning to me.
05:33Ken, I think that a lot of Patriots fans are like me, is that you look at what Brady, you
05:38separate the two.
05:39Tom Brady, when he was here, you appreciate what he did.
05:42You love it.
05:43You're never going to see anybody like that again.
05:44But ever since he's left, he's been a dick.
05:46He's like a dick.
05:47And I don't even think he even likes the Patriots.
05:48He definitely doesn't like Massachusetts.
05:50He's talked about that, about how awful it was living here.
05:53What was that quote you had?
05:54It was a great quote.
05:55It was like, he didn't like it here.
05:56I mean, it's the reason why they got the F out of Dodge.
05:58They never comes back.
06:00I mean.
06:01You won't catch me dead living in the Northeast.
06:04You see?
06:04Like, he hated it.
06:05Like, he did not like it.
06:07I think.
06:08But yet, he loves Bill now.
06:09Like, he and Bill are fine.
06:10He holds a grudge against Kraft when Bill drove the whole thing.
06:13Like, why?
06:14You want to know why?
06:15I think they both have a little something against Kraft.
06:17I mean, if you're Brady, you're probably pissed at Kraft because, you know, he didn't choose you.
06:23Okay.
06:23But if Bill had said, I want to keep Tom, don't you think he would have pushed Kraft to step
06:29up and pay him?
06:30I mean.
06:31Maybe.
06:32I don't know.
06:33But I just know that he didn't.
06:34But the other thing, too, is that I think that, you know, if we, what is it, the whole thing?
06:40Two people who share the same enemies as a friend of mine.
06:42I mean, you've got Tom Brady's not a big fan of the Krafts, it doesn't seem like.
06:46I mean, listen, he's not like a, he doesn't hate him.
06:47He just, I think he's still bitter.
06:49And he kind of holds those grudges.
06:52And then you've got stupid Bill's girlfriend wearing an Orchids of Asia t-shirt, which just really pissed me off.
06:57Jordan just, she is like a horrible human being.
07:00The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
07:02That's it.
07:03That's what it is.
07:03I mean, what next?
07:04Like, we're going to find out, like, Brady cost Kraft his Hall of Fame vote.
07:07You, like, you sullied the waters there.
07:08Like, he is on a personal mission against this franchise.
07:12I don't think it's that bad.
07:13I think behind the scenes, if you were to ask him, and it was totally confidential, he'd say, I'm pissed
07:18off at the Krafts.
07:19But he's also mature enough that in public, he's like, yeah, you know, Patriots, blah, blah, blah, blah.
07:24But he won't go so far as to pick them in the Super Bowl.
07:26I don't have a dog in this fight.
07:28Yeah, I'm 617-779-7937.
07:31And, Ken, I think most people are on my side.
07:32Is that they appreciate Tom Brady, the player, when he was here with the Patriots, but the minute he left,
07:36he was a dick.
07:37And you can love the player when he was here, and you can love him as an NFL guy, but
07:41you can also think, man, this dude's from a different planet.
07:44Cloning his effing dog.
07:45He's just a total weirdo.
07:47Well, no, now he's Benedict Brady.
07:49I mean, he's Tommy Trader.
07:50Greg had those T-shirts made right after he left for Tampa.
07:52But he's like, yeah, you know, he's like, you know, he's like, you know, he's like, you know, he's like,
07:52you know, he's like, you know, he's like, you know, he's like, you know, he's like, you know, he's like,
07:52you know, he's like, you know, he's like, you know, he's like, you know, he's like, you know, he's like,
07:52you know, he's like, you know, he's like, you know, he's like, you know, he's like, you know, he's like,
07:52you know, he's like, you know, he's like, you know, he's like, you know, he's like, you know, he's like,
07:52you know, he's like, you know, he's like, you know, he's like, you know, he's like, you know, he's like,
07:52you know, he's like, you know, he
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