Brady - Total Class Guy.
Didn’t see this posted yet.
Not only the G.O.A.T. but also just a very good guy. Brady seeks out Mahomes after the game.
January 21st, 2019 at 5:06 PM ^
Hopefully the link worked. ?♂️
January 21st, 2019 at 5:57 PM ^
January 21st, 2019 at 6:42 PM ^
its an american thing. you wouldn't.
/s
January 22nd, 2019 at 9:58 AM ^
He might. He seems quite intelligent for a marsupial.
January 21st, 2019 at 6:58 PM ^
Works on my iPhone; thanks for sharing.
In today’s “look at me” world of athletes, it’s refreshing to know there are a few players that see the bigger picture.
January 22nd, 2019 at 8:15 AM ^
Sort of OT: A side benefit of being a nurse at Peyton Manning Children's Hospital was that I crossed paths with some of the greatest athletes and coaches-ever. Who the good guys and the bad guys are in real life, from my encounters, would likely surprise many. Isaiah Thomas, Ron Artest (how about that!) and the Indianapolis Ice hockey team -wonderful human beings. The bad guys: Jermain O'Neil, Jeff Foster and the king of them all-Peyton Manning...though wife Ashley was a gem of a human being...bless her heart. Lots of other good guys-Tony Dungy-not his wife though!!!, Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Saturday...
January 22nd, 2019 at 11:01 AM ^
What allows you to classify these guys as "bad guys". Did they simply not show up at the hospital? Neither did I or most of the people on this blog.
Did they show up but routinely didn't like to be there or seemed to not want to chat with the nurses, or preoccupied? If so a better question would be whether they interacted with the patients and how the patients (children) felt about them. Their interactions with the nurses are pretty moot in my opinion, other than the fact that maybe if they were being hard on the nurses its because they cared about the children.
I'm going to assume the Peyton Manning children's hospital is named after him because of some inordinate amount of money that he donated to a children's hospital. Since I haven't donated much of anything to a children's hospital I'm going to guess that Manning donated a larger percentage of his income to this cause than I have. Are wealthy people who donate a lot of money sometimes "bad guys". Uh, sure, but your name drop with no corresponding story or rationale leaves me a little less than convinced.
January 22nd, 2019 at 1:39 PM ^
Those of us who work in pediatrics develop a very strong bias for persons who advocate for children and against people who are averse to children. My three "bad" people did not give a damn about anyone but themselves-they were insolent and demanding. Peyton was our "public face" and got paid well for it. Otherwise he could not have cared less. It was clear that Ashley had to drag him to the floor-he drudgingly and begrudgingly performed his contractual duties...he certainly offered no kind face, encouragement, appreciation nor support...there was nothing positive for anyone when Peyton "showed up" and it had nothing to do with a "moot" point...Ashley covered for his shameful ass.
Ron Artest and the Indianapolis Ice players were the opposite. They were most engaging and affable-a joy to have them show up-the kids loved them. Isaiah was just a very nice person. Tony was friendly but his wife was a piece of work. I can't remember the name of the Colt, defensive captain, who was a huge supporter and donor to our oncology kids.
January 21st, 2019 at 5:07 PM ^
It’s easy to be a gregarious winner.
January 21st, 2019 at 5:16 PM ^
Even easier to be an arrogant winner.
Give him some credit for showing class vs. being cynical.
January 21st, 2019 at 5:57 PM ^
For sure EGJ... I thought the same thing. Would have been real easy to sit around with a smile and have everyone glom all over you. Instead he knows... he knows how Mahomes feels and seeks him out to tell him in so many words his day will also come.
Excellence. Class. Sportsmanship. Brady.
January 21st, 2019 at 5:20 PM ^
Tell that to Conner Cook.
January 21st, 2019 at 7:01 PM ^
He’s a loser
January 22nd, 2019 at 12:13 AM ^
He is a fucking douche bag. When staee beat us the immaculate punt at the Big House, he took the Paul Bunyan trophy and started jacking it in the air towards our sidelines and our student section.
Go fuck yourself you classless staee piece of shit!!!
January 21st, 2019 at 5:22 PM ^
I think it would have been far easier to keep celebrating with his teammates rather than leave the celebration to go to the chiefs locker room and seek Mahomes out.
January 21st, 2019 at 9:59 PM ^
Not so hard to leave a celebration you've had so many times before. But it's still a classy move.
January 22nd, 2019 at 12:14 AM ^
Why the fuck are people so damn cynical???
January 21st, 2019 at 6:24 PM ^
gregarious?
January 22nd, 2019 at 8:10 AM ^
Somebody should go console this guy in a similar fashion.
He's probably been saving that word for a while; he thought he knew what it meant. Imagine his anticipation as he sat, waiting for--what he thought was-- just the right moment to use this word that would illustrate to all his elite level of intellect. This was his big moment, and he blew it. He can probably sympathize with Mahomes.
January 22nd, 2019 at 11:15 AM ^
Gracious. We all do it.
January 21st, 2019 at 6:38 PM ^
Not Greg Brady, TOM Brady.
January 21st, 2019 at 7:48 PM ^
Not even Marcia, Marcia, Marcia.
January 21st, 2019 at 8:35 PM ^
Even easier yet to be an internet idiot.
January 21st, 2019 at 8:35 PM ^
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means...
Maybe going for “magnanimous?”
January 22nd, 2019 at 9:25 AM ^
Dictionaries are your friend.
January 21st, 2019 at 5:27 PM ^
TB: "I'm glad I won of course, but it really sucks that you never even got a chance to see the field in OT."
January 21st, 2019 at 8:18 PM ^
I thought the NFL was talking about tinkering with the playoff overtime rules. Seems like with so much on the line - championship game - there is still way to much weighted on the flip of a coin.
I bet they think about it more after that. If I had to make a decision now I guess I would say play one more 15 min period. Then after that...… if it is still tied you just keep playing and whoever has the ball keeps it and at that point it is sudden death. No easy solution but at the very least both teams should get a possession.
January 21st, 2019 at 8:33 PM ^
Year after year, the college game continues to show it has a better overtime rule, and year after year the NFL acts like it doesn’t exist.
January 21st, 2019 at 9:00 PM ^
Yes, it's almost as if it's just for spite. The NFL rule has no advantages over the college rule at all.
Maybe if they used the college rule but moved the teams back to the 35 or 40 or so.
But there should never be any circumstance where a game is decided in OT and one of the teams never even touches the ball. That's insane and indefensible. There is just no point to it.
January 21st, 2019 at 9:07 PM ^
The way some teams score, move them back to the 50.
January 22nd, 2019 at 7:45 AM ^
It worked in the NFC game even though it should have NEVER gone into OT. NO won the toss, LA intercepts and kicks the game winner. Interesting on ESPN, the "experts" like Stephen A, Max Moron-erman, and Greeny were complaining, but the ex players, said "it works, D make a stop!"
January 22nd, 2019 at 11:07 AM ^
If the NFL keeps the current setup I'd be more in favor of removing the coin flip, and either the last team to score has to play defense first, or the last team to attempt to advance the ball in regular time plays defense. Both present challenges, but they are probably more fair than a coin flip.
Coincidentally, using either rule the Patriots would have had the ball first in OT.
January 22nd, 2019 at 9:09 AM ^
The coin toss remains significant in the college game. They could play two rotations to help mitigate the issue. Here, the pros should start at the 40.
January 22nd, 2019 at 1:10 AM ^
I think the rule change from 2011 works quite well and is actually more fair than the college rule.
The team that goes last in the first college overtime wins about 55% of the time.
The team that won the coin toss for an NFL overtime won 58.5% of the time from 1978 until the rule change.
The team that won the coin toss for an NFL overtime won 53% of the time since the rule change.
The NFL overtime mechanism is a little more similar to the game itself than the college rule, which produces that shortened field.
The only change I'd make to the NFL rule is to eliminate the kickoff and start at the 25 on the far end. Frankly, given the injury issue, I'd eliminate the kickoff from football, period.
January 21st, 2019 at 8:25 PM ^
Brady is 3-0 in playoff OT games. Won the coin toss in each one.
Career would still be stellar, but could look very different if those coin flip results were flipped.
January 21st, 2019 at 8:57 PM ^
He would have one less SB ring if the "tuck rule" wasn't a thing. He should be 2-0 in playoff OT games.
January 21st, 2019 at 9:39 PM ^
disagree re: tuck rule. people forget that brady took a head shot from woodson in the microsecond before the tuck. if they call that head shot penalty then its a 15 yd penalty and a first down. instead they were lucky to get the ball back since the ref missed the call, and the patriots barely made it a game.
its at about 1:10 of this video. watch for yourself.
January 21st, 2019 at 9:45 PM ^
The rules were different back then...
You're using 2018 rules amd retroactively applying them to 2001.
Anyone remember the 2009 NFC Championship?
Saints did all kind of brutal hits against Favre that are now illegal.
January 22nd, 2019 at 8:00 AM ^
don't think so. back then you could not hit the QB in the head, that was text book 'roughing the passer'. that particular rule has been expanded since then, but the head-shot thing was a deal back then.
January 21st, 2019 at 5:29 PM ^
GOAT!!! Only NFL Jersey I own and I wear it with pride
January 21st, 2019 at 5:37 PM ^
Stay classy Tom Brady
January 21st, 2019 at 5:49 PM ^
Maybe he asked for tips on how to throw a no-look pass.
January 22nd, 2019 at 1:31 PM ^
Or Brady mentored him on proper ball inflation.
(I’ll just show myself out...)
January 21st, 2019 at 6:15 PM ^
Classy move. I like hearing about players being respectful and doing things like this. Too often you hear about trash talking even after the game ends. I love this, give 100% for 60 minutes, then shake hands afterwards.
January 21st, 2019 at 6:56 PM ^
The "class" of the players FAR exceeds that of the fans.
January 21st, 2019 at 6:29 PM ^
Typical of Brady!
January 21st, 2019 at 6:43 PM ^
you should know, mrs brady!
January 21st, 2019 at 6:30 PM ^
I could be a total class guy too if I had his success, his money, and his wife. So I;m stuck with being a low class fan. Plus I choose not to be classy!
January 21st, 2019 at 6:49 PM ^
I’d be a total dirtbag as a rich successful guy, but that’s only from experience as a broke unsuccessful dirtbag