New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones is no stranger to criticism. Over the first five seasons of his NFL career, he’s caught flack from reporters, opposing players, and fans alike.
If there’s an opportunity to shade Jones, precious few take the high road. Rather, many continue to latch onto the low-hanging fruit in an effort to earn points within the anti-Jones community.
You can now add two-time Eli Manning victim, Tom Brady, to that group.
During a sit-down with Stephen A. Smith at Fanatics Fest in New York City on Friday, Brady discussed the challenges of his upcoming broadcast career. More specifically, Brady said, he worries about being too critical of quarterbacks who make mistakes during games.
However, Brady chose to single out one lone quarterback: Daniel Jones.
New York Giants QB Daniel Jones catching strays from Tom Brady at #FanaticsFest pic.twitter.com/vWB7qX7I6R
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“I just don’t want to be so critical because, in some ways, I don’t necessarily know exactly what the problem was on that play,” Brady said. “Let’s say, Daniel Jones throws an interception.
Rather than booing Brady, the New York fans laughed and cheered loudly. A rare moment of siding with the enemy.
“I didn’t mean to say it like that. I wasn’t even being critical of Daniel Jones,” Brady said. “Maybe I was a little bit.”
Brady has never hidden disdain over losing two Super Bowls to the Manning-led Giants. Those losses continue to haunt him until this day and prior to his second retirement, Brady admitted that there’s no team he enjoys beating more than Big Blue.
“The team I would love to beat the most is the Giants, there’s no doubt about that because they’ve taken away some really, you know…” Brady said on the Let’s Go! podcast in 2021. “I’ve always joked with Eli but, yeah, and I think he likes that I bring it up all the time. So to bring it up again, I do not like losing to those guys, so when we beat them I love that.”
Brady should be objective in his broadcasting role but like Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, we doubt that will be possible.
