Tom Brady makes ‘jealous’ admission to Nick Foles | NFL News

Tom Brady, usually hailed because the NFL’s best quarterback, candidly expressed his envy in direction of Nick Foles, the previous Philadelphia Eagles signal-caller, during the NFC Championship sport.

Despite his unparalleled success with seven Super Bowl titles and quite a few unassailable information, Brady has a reflective aspect, particularly in regards to the titles that slipped via his fingers, having been on the dropping finish thrice.

He engages in light-hearted banter with Eli Manning, ex-quarterback of the New York Giants —who bested him twice —on social media platforms.

However, it is the 2017 defeat to the Eagles that sticks with him, the place Foles’ iconic landing nonetheless sparks a contact of jealousy in Brady.

As the cameras caught Foles among the many spectators during the Eagles’ resounding 55-23 victory over the Washington Commanders, commentator Kevin Burkhardt introduced up Philadelphia’s Super Bowl triumph, teasing Brady in regards to the opponent in that fateful sport.

With good humour on the FOX Sports broadcast, Brady responded to the reminiscence of the Eagles’ first Super Bowl win, saying: “Nick, I don’t hate you. I’m just jealous of you. You caught it, I didn’t!”

Brady was recalling an iconic second from the sport the place Foles grew to become a receiver on a trick play during fourth down. At fourth-and-goal simply earlier than the halftime break, Foles appeared to be calling an audible, then moved to his proper, prepped for the top zone sprint.

The snap went straight to tight finish Trey Burton, who deftly threw the ball to an unguarded Foles, with the quarterback snagging an unforgettable landing reception. Notably, Brady himself by no means managed to secure a landing catch in his NFL tenure, and definitely not on the Super Bowl.

This daring transfer was termed ‘Philly, Philly’ and was steered by Foles to then-head coach Doug Pederson during a tactical pause. Foles later shared insights on what drove him to suggest the play regardless of initially resisting his coach’s strategy.

“We had this play called Speed Option,” Foles recounted. “And I think all of us were like, ‘Oh no. So please do this.’ We called time out. And I think that (speed option) play didn’t look good all week, and I love Doug, and I love our coaches, but I’m still shocked. I mean, last time I ran that (speed option) well was at Wesley High School, so it probably wasn’t gonna work.”

“I think that triggered something inside me like, ‘Philly Special is pretty good, right here? Like, it’ll work.’ So I ran over there and asked for the Philly Philly, and Doug said, ‘Yeah, let’s do it’.”

Despite the extreme stress to rating on their ultimate down, the play was executed flawlessly and finally grew to become the game-changer. “I knew it was gonna work. I knew we were ready for it,” Foles remarked. “I knew Trey was gonna throw it. Thank goodness Trey threw an amazing ball.”

This article first appeared on Mirror US.