Brady sparks Super Bowl LX backlash as icons | NFL News

Former Patriots legend Vince Wilfork brutally criticised Tom Brady for refusing to back New England in Super Bowl LX. In the build-up to the showpiece event, Brady sparked controversy across the NFL world when he announced he would not be supporting the Patriots in Super Bowl LX.

His sudden remarks triggered a livid backlash on social media, with Asante Samuel shortly condemning him online. Throughout his two-decade tenure with the Patriots, Brady secured six Super Bowl victories, 17 NFC East titles and three MVP awards.

Yet despite his exceptional historical past with the franchise, the previous quarterback insisted he does not “have a dog in the fight” when it comes to this 12 months’s Super Bowl conflict. “I think there’s always different chapters in your life,” Brady explained during his look on the ‘Let’s Go!’ podcast.

“And you have different chapters and moments that you go through where you are affiliated with a certain team. Michigan, and then I was with the Patriots for 20 years. I was with Tampa for three amazing years. I’ve been in broadcasting, now I’m an owner of the Raiders.

“So, those reminiscences that I’ve are perpetually ingrained in me and I’m indebted to all the people who labored so laborious to help make our staff profitable. Look, I haven’t got a canine in the struggle in this one,” he subsequently added.

“May the best staff win. And in phrases of the Patriots, this is a new chapter in New England. And I’m glad everybody has embraced the Mike Vrabel regime, all the superb gamers that have labored so laborious to get their membership to this place. We did it for 20 years. There was a little bit of a hiatus in there, but the Patriots are back and it is a very thrilling time for everybody in New England.”

Brady’s neutral stance provoked a fierce reaction from Wilfork, who was his teammate in New England for 11 seasons between 2004 and 2014. “That’s bull—-, Tom,” he told Savage Sports.

“Come on now. All that political – this ain’t political. It ain’t political, what it’s. The Raiders ain’t in it. Say what it’s, what you see? At the end of the day, if you are a Patriot for life you understand what it’s. Don’t give me that political bull—-. That’s just what it’s. If you do not suppose we gonna win, just decide Seattle then! Don’t straddle the fence.”

Wilfork isn’t the only NFL legend to voice their disappointment with Brady. Taking to X, Samuel criticised the 48 year old for seemingly distancing himself from both New England and his former colleague.

Like Wilfork, current Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel spent eight seasons playing alongside Brady between 2001 and 2008. “Tom Brady I’m extremely I imply extremely upset in you not rooting for your ex teammate, Mike Vrabel who is about to do one thing particular,” Samuel penned on X.

“I’m going to fye your a– up one of these mornings. Tag Brady let him know I’m on his a–.” In a subsequent post, Samuel added: “Brady you possibly can’t be the only one successful tremendous bowls. Let me discover out you hating on Drake Maye and Vrabel. ‘I haven’t got a canine in this struggle.’ Not what I wished to hear. Brady is aware of how I get down. This ain’t nothing new to him.”