Tom Brady remembers crew passing on him throughout free company: ‘You are sticking with that [expletive]?’

It is secure to say that Tom Brady made the precise selection when he signed with the Buccaneers throughout his free-agent tour again within the spring of 2020. In any case, the quarterback has only one 12 months beneath his belt in Tampa Bay and has shortly added one other Lombardi Trophy to his already historic résumé. In the long run, the transfer away from the Patriots and to the Bucs has already produced glowing outcomes, so he should not remorse the place he signed in any respect. The groups that had been vying for him throughout that free-agent cycle? Yeah, they’re most likely kicking themselves for not with the ability to ink the legendary quarterback to hitch their membership. 

Whereas they could be on the skin wanting in on Brady’s latest success, at the least they made an try at signing the best quarterback of all time. That apparently is not the case for at the least one crew Brady had his eye on. 

Throughout a teaser for his upcoming look on HBO’s The Store: Uninterrupted, Brady can briefly be seen and heard recalling his free company expertise, particularly with one crew that seems to have instructed him they had been going to maintain who that they had in-house as an alternative of signing him. 

“One of many groups, they weren’t on the very finish,” Brady mentioned. “I used to be pondering, you are sticking with that [expletive]?”

As you’d probably anticipate, the crew that Brady was referring to wasn’t revealed within the preview. It additionally would not come as a shock for Brady to maintain the id of that crew to himself even once we see your entire context of his story within the full episode as soon as it airs. 

That mentioned, Brady’s need to play for his hometown San Francisco 49ers has been well-documented. Niners GM John Lynch has confirmed beforehand that the membership had inside discussions about pursuing Brady, however in the end elected to stay with Jimmy Garoppolo, Brady’s backup throughout their shared days with the New England Patriots. May that be the crew and quarterback Brady was referring to within the clip? That is been a well-liked conspiracy concept thrown on the market on social media, nevertheless it’s hardly confirmed to truly be the crew in query. The Tennessee Titans, Los Angeles Chargers, Chicago Bears, and Las Vegas Raiders had been additionally among the many groups rumored to be eager about Brady when he was on the open market.  

Once more, this all looks like a moot level as Brady clearly made the precise selection within the Buccaneers, however the 43-year-old quarterback clearly hasn’t forgotten the snub. Actually, wouldn’t it shock any of us if the previous No. 199 general decide used that as gasoline heading into the 2020 season? You would be foolish to assume that did not add a bit extra motivation as he made that monumental change final offseason.