Back in 2016, Max Kellerman had some disparaging comments about Tom Brady getting ready to “fall off a cliff” in the coming season, and is “going to be a bum in short order.”
The New England Patriots quarterback responded by going to 3-straight Super Bowls and winning two of them, including a few months ago.
Earlier this week, Brady actually responded back to Kellerman by showing off his current throwing power and putting Kellerman’s words as the caption.
Max saw that post and decided to respond by doubling down on his original comments about Brady:
“First of all, the eyeball test tells you he’s not the same. Secondly, if you look into the numbers, it verifies it. Highest interception total. Lowest TD rate since 2013. Lowest passer rating since 2014, in a year of record passing.
…. Two things have conspired to make it look like he hasn’t fallen off a cliff. One, he’s playing for the greatest coach who ever lived, and they’ve compensated with run game, etcetera. And two, they’ve changed the rules in the NFL where you can’t touch the quarterback.
…. In big situations, he’s still Tom Brady. He still has the clutch gene, and all those things, for sure. But he is much more of a game manager now than he’s been at any point since he was a young guy.”
We’ll just have to sit and wait for Brady to respond to this one, which will most likely come with his best season yet during the upcoming season.
