On Sunday, Tom Brady was seen yelling at his offensive lineman during the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 20-18 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
He addressed the incident on his Let’s Go! podcast with Jim Gray on Monday.
“I don’t know if it’s motivation, but I do think that it’s a bad day when there’s more F-bombs than touchdowns,” Brady told Jim Gray. “So that was not one of my better days. But F-bombs, they used to kind of keep from showing you in those moments but now it’s kind of for the world to see. So that’s just the way it is.”
Tampa Bay’s loss to the Steelers was one of the most shocking results of the early NFL season as they entered the game with a 1-4 record and a rookie quarterback, Kenny Pickett, under center.
Gray asked how his teammates take it when he goes off like he does.
“It’s all good,” Brady said. “You know, I think I have a great rapport with all my teammates and they know that the only reason why I’m doing it is to try to motivate them and try to get us to a higher level. It’s nothing that I don’t say, you know, if I don’t feel like we’re living up to the expectations and playing up to the expectations that we’re capable of then that’s my job. I’m a quarterback. I’m not expecting the right tackle to do it.
I’m not expecting the running back to do it. I’m not expecting the receiver to do it. I’m expecting myself to do it. I’m the one out there speaking in the huddle, calling the plays. That’s what my job is to try to get us going and to try to rally us. And there’s a lot of ways to do it. And sometimes it’s some positive encouragement, which you do a lot. Sometimes it’s, you know, getting on people and trying to raise the level, the sense of urgency, and raising my voice and trying to create a different vibration for the whole offense. And that’s ultimately what you’re trying to do.”
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Brady finished 25-of-40 for 243 yards, one touchdown, and zero interceptions.
The team is just 3-3 on the season and has scored 21 or fewer points in every game but one, which was a 41-31 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. The offense is just a shell of what it used to be.
As it turns out, Gisele was right about everything. Brady should’ve stayed retired.
Fortunately for Brady and the Buccaneers, they are still tied for first place in the NFC South despite the unsteady start.
