Brady’s uncharacteristic play in the closing minutes of Sunday’s loss to Seattle had some wondering if a hit he took affected his decision-making.
By SHALISE MANZA YOUNG
Sporting News
FOXBOROUGH, Mass.—Tom Brady’s uncharacteristic play in the closing minutes of Sunday’s loss to Seattle had some wondering if the hit the quarterback took on the final play of the third quarter affected his decision-making.
Brady was drilled by Jason Jones, who was flagged for unnecessary roughness.
In the first three quarters, Brady was 31-for-45 with two touchdowns and an intentional grounding call. After the hit, he was 5-for-13 with two interceptions, a second intentional grounding, and took his only sack of the game.
But Brady denied the Jones hit impaired him during a Tuesday morning radio appearance, saying, “It was just poor execution by myself and poor fundamentals, and that’s the cause of it. I give Seattle a lot of [credit] for defense and I credit the way they play.”
Also not surprising, Brady refused to respond to the taunts from Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman, who crowed about Seattle being a team, then taking to Twitter to post a photo of him and Brady coming off the field with “U mad bro?” photoshopped in, an image Sherman later removed.
Brady said his father taught him at a young age to play with “class and respect” and that opponents also deserve his respect, and again said he respects the Seahawks.