Despite leaving the New England Patriots after 20 years and winning a seventh Super Bowl in Tampa, Tom Brady’s history in Foxborough is still a sore spot for the people of St. Louis.
The GOAT chopped it up with Rams legendary quarterback Kurt Warner prior to Sunday’s kickoff of the UFL Championship, which the Birmingham Stallions won 25-0 over the San Antonio Brahmas.
Warner wasn’t enough to get Brady in the fans’ good graces.
Two hall of fame QBs chatting it up before kickoff 🤯🙌@TomBrady 🤝 @kurt13warner pic.twitter.com/uaA0BPZNVR
— United Football League (@TheUFL) June 16, 2024
That Spygate scandal, wherein the Patriots notoriously spied on the New York Jets by filming their practices, and had personnel at the Rams’ walkthrough prior to Super Bowl XXXVI but didn’t shoot anything, is seen by some as a stain on New England’s dynastic legacy. The Pats won so many Super Bowls after that. I’m sure teams cheated as much as they did before the NFL cracked down. I’m not convinced it was that big of a deal.
Just don’t tell that to Rams fans, who could’ve had Sean McVay coaching their team and Matthew Stafford leading them to a Lombardi Trophy if the franchise didn’t move to Los Angeles.
Loud boos for Tom Brady presenting the UFL Championship game MVP at the Dome in St. Louis. We haven’t forgotten about Spygate 20 years later #UFL pic.twitter.com/kC3BcOiCyp
— St. Louis Chatter (@RealSTLChatter) June 17, 2024
Anyway, the point is, Brady is taking over for the highly praised Greg Olsen as FOX’s No. 1 NFL analyst this coming season. He’s calling the Super Bowl. Wyy not throw TB12 into the mix for the UFL title game as a soft launch to the proper start of his broadcasting career? Genius move by FOX. I’m sure it helped the ratings, even as Bryson DeChambeau’s thrilling U.S. Open win commanded a good chunk of the American sports spotlight on Sunday.
The 🐐 made his FOX debut in the booth during the inaugural UFL Championship Game 🎙️
Can't wait to see more of @TomBrady in the booth this fall 🔥 pic.twitter.com/85WxxE9xRc
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) June 17, 2024
Brady couldn’t have been more spot-on with his analysis of what unfolded on the field. It was an ugly-a** game. What a surreal moment it must’ve been for Stallions QB Adrian Martinez to receive the MVP award from the GOAT, but at the same time, he completed only 13 of 23 passes for 98 yards and a TD. That plays into Brady’s point about how the offenses weren’t stretching the field vertically, forcing the defenses to cover every blade of grass.
Props to Martinez, however, for racking up 52 yards rushing and two scores on the ground to secure MVP honors. Also, he helped Brady dodge a champagne shower amidst the chaos of Birmingham’s podium celebration:
The 🐐 @TomBrady presents Adrian Martinez the UFL Championship MVP Trophy 🏆 pic.twitter.com/fU4g7MLhIu
— United Football League (@TheUFL) June 17, 2024
I feel bad for Olsen getting booted from the FOX NFL booth and demoted to second fiddle. Life ain’t fair sometimes. Brady has insights and personal experiences on the gridiron that nobody can hold a candle to. That’s just the hard truth. I think people are sleeping on just how good Brady will be in the booth. We got a mere taste of it on Sunday. So far, so good. The only thing cooler than that would be a comeback, a possibility for which Brady has left the door ever so slightly ajar.
PS, wanna see something creepy? How about a robot dog bringing out the game ball for Warner? Eek.
A robotic dog just delivered the game ball to Kurt Warner in the UFL Championship 🔥 pic.twitter.com/uSogHJMIxn
— United Football League (@TheUFL) June 16, 2024
