He absolutely did. And I thought it was a really poor choice of words, given his status and reputation
In Brazil, we have a saying "The 3 points at the begginning of a championship are worth the same as the 3 at the end". And these cases, there are 38 games, not 17 only.
Obviously I know that no one is 100% at the start of a regular season, anywhere, but ever since these words were uttered by BB, Ive seen how embedded it became for many people to say like it's a matter of fact, even local reporters. And I don't like it. To me, sounds presumptuous to act like 1/4th of the season is an "Extended Training camp". With Brady, you know, it was a lot easier to accept it in some way, bc he was that good of an Ace and Clutch artist. These ain't those days no more and even then I did not like the mentality