Tom Brady has made a few headlines during his first season as the lead analyst for the NFL on Fox.
Whatever the expectations are for the seven-time Super Bowl winner, Brady’s every move and word on a broadcast will be scrutinized. Thursday’s Thanksgiving day game between the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants was no exception.
The topic of conversation came to former Giants quarterback Daniel Jones, who was benched and then subsequently released by the team, saving them more than $20 million in guarantees.
The former first-round pick reportedly requested his release from the team. Jones cleared waivers and was signed by the Minnesota Vikings.
‘I don’t know how that whole situation went down but to think that you’d ask for a release from a team that committed a lot to you is maybe different from how I would’ve handled that,’ Brady said on the telecast. ‘I always felt I wanted to get the trust and respect of my teammates regardless of the situation, knowing that I was trying to do the best I could for the team because that was the most important thing.’
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Brady then went into how he would have handled the situation.
‘Everyone makes individual choices. I think we’re all, at points in our career, faced with different challenges. I faced them in college – some things didn’t go the way I wanted, but the people that mattered the most to me were the guys in the locker room,’ he said.
‘I showed up every day – I didn’t care if they asked me to be the scout team safety, scout team quarterback, I was gonna do whatever I could to help the team win.’
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