Tom Brady slammed for NFL-deployment comparison

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) throws a pass against the Los Angeles Rams during the first half of an NFL divisional round playoff football game Jan. 23, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark LoMoglio, File)

by: Joshua Eferighe, Sloane Glass, Nichole Berlie

Posted: Oct 20, 2022 / 06:28 AM PDT

Updated: Oct 20, 2022 / 07:14 AM PDT

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(NewsNation) — Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady seems to have landed himself in trouble again after recent comments on his podcast with Larry Fitzgerald and Jim Gray, “Let’s Go” went viral Monday.

In speaking with onetime NBA champion and former league MVP Kevin Durant, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback compared the work-life balance of preparing for the NFL season to going off to war.

“It’s starting to get tricky, though, as I get older and age because I’m starting to experience more as a man outside of me being an athlete,” Durant said. “So, it’s like, where is the balance? It’s definitely been a mental obstacle trying to figure out what’s a good balance between the two.”

Durant’s comments led Brady to compare his view on balancing work and life during the NFL season.

“You know — and you feel certainly me being 45,” Brady said to the Brooklyn Nets star. “Now, it’s like, do I just think the same way? Do I still? I almost look at like a football season, like you’re going away on deployment here and military. And it’s like, man, here I go again.”

While Brady wasn’t trying to make a one-to-one comparison of the NFL season to military deployment, his comments reflected his belief that the NFL season removes him from all the other aspects of his life — except for competing.

“When it comes down to it, your competitiveness takes over. And as much as you want to have this playful balance with work balance, you’re going to end up doing exactly what you’ve always done,” he said.

Either way, the comments have set Twitter ablaze — with fans, military veterans and everyone in between making their displeasure known.

From taking an 11-day hiatus during training sessions to being caught at Robert Kraft’s wedding during the season, to the Gisele Bündchen divorce rumors, things have been rough for Brady.

“It’s been in Ohio as early as the mid-1850s at least, brought in as an ornamental plant because of its unique foliage and white flowers,” Gardner said. “It was actually planted in people’s landscaping, and it has been spreading.”

And a 3-3 record doesn’t help.

We’ll see if the certain Hall of Famer can start turning things around this Sunday against the Carolina Panthers.