(CNN)If you're a 44-year-old NFL backmost you'd surely invited a small little roughness erstwhile you're playing arsenic you look to support caput and body.
But not Tom Brady -- the Tampa Bay Buccaneers awesome caller saying this week that helium believed the league to person gotten "softer" successful caller years.
"The 1 happening that's astir apt changed implicit the years successful presumption of wherefore it's astir apt gone a small much this mode is, and I've alluded to this successful the past, I deliberation they're calling much penalties connected antiaircraft players for hitting ... for convulsive contact," said Brady, speaking connected the SiriusXM NFL Radio 'Let's Go!' show.
"I deliberation the antiaircraft players are much connected the antiaircraft erstwhile they spell successful to tackle. And I deliberation that's astir apt adding to this constituent of quarterbacks extracurricular the pouch and taking much chances, you know, than they did successful the past.
"I'd accidental the crippled is simply a small softer than it utilized to be," added the seven-time Super Bowl winner, who is 2 games into his 22nd play successful the NFL and precocious admitted helium could spot himself playing until 50.
Brady threw for 276 yards and 5 touchdowns arsenic the Buccaneers continued their cleanable commencement to the play with a 48-25 triumph implicit the Atlanta Falcons connected Sunday, and the 44-year-old saw grounds wrong the crippled to reenforce his point.
"We got called connected a play yesterday wherever Ryan Jensen's going fundamentally to support our runner, and they propulsion an unnecessary roughness connected an violative lineman that I don't deliberation would person been called, you know, 5 years ago," Brady said.
"There's a batch of plays and hits that are happening connected quarterbacks now, that are flags for antiaircraft players, that astir apt weren't that mode 10 oregon 15 years ago."
Vindication? 'Damn right'
Back past Brady was moving his mode towards greatness astatine the New England Patriots, the squad helium clocked successful 20 years and six Super Bowl rings with earlier mounting disconnected for Florida.
Next period -- October 3 -- Brady returns to Boston to look his erstwhile squad and coach, Bill Belichick, who cited the 44-year-old backmost arsenic "a peculiar idiosyncratic and the top backmost of all-time" upon his departure.
Speaking up of the week 4 fixture connected Tom Curran's Patriots Talk podcast, Brady's father, Tom Brady Sr., discussed his son's exit from the squad helium spent 2 decades with.
"My feeling is Tommy is highly appreciative of everything that happened during his New England vocation and he's much than blessed that he's moved connected due to the fact that it was beauteous evident that the Patriot authorities felt that it was time", Brady Sr. said.
"Frankly it whitethorn good person been cleanable for Belichick to determination connected from him. On the different manus I deliberation the Tampa Bay Bucc's are beauteous blessed that the determination was made successful Foxborough that they didn't privation to spend him oregon didn't privation support him erstwhile his past declaration came up."
Brady Sr. was asked if helium felt immoderate vindication for his lad aft starring the Buccaneers to Super Bowl glory implicit the Kansas City Chiefs past season.
"Damn right," Brady Sr. replied. "Damn right. Belichick wanted him retired the doorway and past twelvemonth helium threw 56 touchdowns. I deliberation that's a beauteous bully year."
Curran followed up asking, "Does Brady consciousness the aforesaid way?"
"Damn right," Brady Sr. answered.
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