Tom Brady, the quarterback who once defined the New England Patriots, is still battling rumors that he secretly rooted for, and maybe even helped, our Seattle Seahawks snatch that Super Bowl from his old team. And now, Josh McDaniels, the Patriots’ offensive coordinator who was there for all six of Brady’s Super Bowl wins in New England, just poured gasoline on the fire with a perfectly savage response that’s got the whole league buzzing. The speculation, which has swirled since Brady declared he didn’t have a “dog in the fight” before that championship game, clearly isn’t going anywhere.
The “No Dog” Bomb That Still Stings
Remember that Super Bowl? The one where Brady was trying for ring number seven, going head-to-head with our Hawks? Before the big game, the guy who became a Raiders owner eventually, dropped that clunky line about having “no dog in the fight.” Since then, the whispers have only grown louder: did Brady actually lend a helping hand to Seattle? Patriots coach Mike Vrabel already shrugged off the idea, pointing out that Brady was in the process of hiring former Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak. But McDaniels finally got his chance to chime in on WEEI in Boston on Friday, and boy, did he deliver.
McDaniels Delivers the Ultimate Burn
When asked point-blank if he thinks Brady helped the Seahawks beat New England, McDaniels kept it cool: “I have no idea.” But then the interviewer pressed him: would it bother him if it *had* happened? McDaniels’ response was straight fire, a true mic drop moment: “I wouldn’t have a dog in that fight.” Oh, man! That is the ideal comeback, flipping Brady’s own words right back at him. It’s a shot heard ‘round the league, and you just know it sent shivers down the spines of some New England faithful. For Patriots fans, this whole saga has been a massive punch to the gut. They were, and still are, absolutely furious. He went from being “one of them” to a total outsider in their eyes, statue outside Gillette Stadium notwithstanding.
The fact that this issue popped up in two separate WEEI interviews on Friday , one with McDaniels and another with linebacker Robert Spillane , tells you everything. The locals in Boston haven’t forgotten, and it means many of them haven’t forgiven either. Brady’s anticipated return to Foxborough for the Week 9 game between the Packers and the Patriots is going to be electric. How will those fans, feeling the sting of betrayal from his past comments and the possibility of secret Seahawk support, receive him that day? Even if most cheer, it’s not going to be a universal welcome. It’s clear that the drama, and the delicious thought of Brady maybe, just maybe, pulling for the Emerald City, lives on.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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