One of the world's most famous athletes did an interview today? Ok, and?
He's not drastically different from 2004 and now. The addition of social media and the media as a whole nowadays is definitely skewing your view. Every little commercial, comment or movement on the sideline is amplified x 10000000 today versus the year of 2004. Also, I'd say the whole deflategate slander-fest really pissed him off and made him more willing to show how confident and aware of his greatness he is. Can't blame him after numerous people and corporations tried tarnishing everything he worked for. Good for him.
You've got to be kidding me. You're trying to insult people's intelligence now?
When you have people running around calling you the GOAT as you're still playing, that's going to get to your head and it clearly did sometime after the Atlanta SB win. That's never been done before in sports history where a positional player is already given that moniker while still playing. Jordan won his 6th, retired, and then it was clear.
The NFL public doesn't need an insufferable attention-needy Brady interview everyday. I mean, it's becoming ridiculous. I am glad you and others like it, but it's awkward to watch and people outside NE just roll their eyes because it's all you can do at this point. He's obsessed with trying to tell people it's all about him, yet he threw 3 awful INTs again in the conf. title game (again) and his D and run game won him his last 2 SB rings. He's not in his prime anymore. He's very good, but he's not 2016 Brady. Why would he be? He's older.
I agree he reacted well to the JimmyG drafting, and BB working with him daily, as he knew his job was on the line due to some very questionable postseasons where the offense severely under-achieved, after switching how they ran the offense per Brady's desires ("I prefer the shotgun, Tom Brady, 2013). Yeah, well when you throw from it 45 times a game from the same exact spot on the field, with full autonomy at the line, and you lose leads because of constant 3 and outs and 2 INTs, you are going to fail based on being way too predictable. You ain't that good. No one would be with that kind of predictability. And, honestly I think after his knee injury, he wanted that security. He said it: "I can see over the lin better from the shotgun".
And, I agree what Deflategate meant to him as a complete insult to not only him, but intelligent people who knew what Goodell was up to, absolutely was fire under him. That's what I am talking about, though. Brady needs a fire. It's like Eric Clapton. When he settles and gets comfy, he's a snooze and a bore and has been for 15 years, if not longer. It's called coasting. A lot of super successful people do it without knowing it. When Steve Winwood tours with him in 2008 and pushes him, because Winwood is a killer guitar player, Clapton is engaged and plays better than he usually would. Makes sense.
Also, during the Deflategate Brady email leaks by Goodell, it's literally on his emails that he is obsessed with Manning. It's why he wanted to throw 50 times a game with Manning weapons in 2007. The proof is there if you were paying attention. Wanting to be that great is good and it can be bad if you take yourself that seriously with a gargantuan ego.
But, the avacado books, the Facebook doc, Giselle whispering in his ear every night, his TB12 brand, etc, all of that clearly became more of a priority than being one of the guys like he was pre-Giselle. And, his use of social media on his own accord, comes off like a teenager loose on a Friday night looking for kicks. The guy is 43 years old. Act like it.
Totally agree the slanderous Deflategate thing lit an extra fire, and so did JimmyG standing there in waiting. We saw a much more focused Brady from 2014-2018 in postseasons, than from 2007-2012. I don't know how that is debatable. The numbers prove it as does the switch back to pre 2007 style offense. So, I applaud BB for getting one last run out of Brady because it worked. He saw it an addressed it. The Deflategate thing certainly was a cherry on top as a motivator. No doubt.
IMO, he's got one last run this year because they're old and expensive on that roster and Godwin is gone after this year. You can't field an All Star team on offense (or defense) for long. KC is in trouble as well. And, there's always the injury thing or Covid.
