
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady said Wednesday that Tennessee Titans signal-caller Ryan Tannehill was not the unnamed quarterback he criticized on HBO's "The Shop" earlier this year.
Brady discussed his infatuation with Tannehill during a meeting with reporters.
Tom Brady says he has a lot of respect for Ryan Tannehill. Joked that they've faced each other and Tannehill has beat him a lot of times. Brady also said he wasn't speaking about Tannehill when he made the "that team wanted that MFer over me" comments. pic.twitter.com/XBGjo0mROr
— TURRON DAVENPORT (@TDavenport_NFL) August 18, 2021
The speculation about which quarterback he was talking about began in June after he discussed last year's free agency. The seven-time Super Bowl champion noted one team chose not to pursue him, which he found shocking.
“One of the teams, they weren’t interested at the very end. I was thinking, ‘You’re sticking with that motherf--ker?’”@TomBrady kept receipts on his free agency @brgridiron#TheShopHBO premieres Friday at 9:30pm on @hbomax pic.twitter.com/lDW8ywrLLP
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 21, 2021
It's not surprising that Brady wasn't talking about Tannehill in his comments on "The Shop." The veteran is 5-6 against Brady, including four wins when the two were rivals on the Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots. Tannehill also beat Brady in the 2019 playoffs as a member of the Titans.
The Titans were considered a landing spot for Brady because of his relationship with head coach Mike Vrabel. However, Tennessee opted to re-sign Tannehill to a four-year, $118 million deal.
Brady then signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and led the franchise to a Super Bowl title in his first season with the club.
Now that Tannehill is ruled out, fans will continue to speculate which quarterback Brady was talking about. The San Francisco 49ers and Las Vegas Raiders were each considered landing spots, but they stuck with Jimmy Garoppolo and Derek Carr, respectively.
Considering Brady's success in Tampa last season, whichever team passed on him is probably regretting it now as the Bucs gear up for another Super Bowl run this year.
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