One former NFL QB is definitely not a fan of Tom Brady: ‘He just pisses me off’

Ryan Fitzpatrick played in the NFL for 17 seasons but, apparently, that wasn’t long enough to earn the respect of Tom Brady. 

During a recent interview on “Pardon My Take,” Fitzpatrick made it pretty clear that he’s not a huge fan of the Buccaneers quarterback. The subject of Brady came up after one of the hosts brought up the seven-time Super Bowl winner’s candid comments from June 2021 when Brady referred to an unnamed quarterback as a “mother [expletive].”

At the time, Brady was talking about his free agency tour and the fact that one team passed him because they were sticking with their current guy. 

“One of the teams, they weren’t interested at the very end,” Brady said. “I was thinking, you’re sticking with that mother [expletive]. Are you serious?'”

Although most people believe Brady was referring to Derek Carr or even Jimmy Garoppolo, Fitzpatrick is convinced that Brady was referring to him. 

“It had to be me,” Fitzpatrick said. 

It’s definitely possible that Brady was referring to Fitzpatrick. We know Brady was contacted by the Dolphins multiple times in the lead up to his free agency in March 2020 and we also know that Brian Flores, who was Miami’s coach at the time, wanted nothing to do with Brady. In the end, the Dolphins passed on Brady so they could stick with the combination of Fitzpatrick and Tua Tagovailoa, who was drafted one month after Brady signed with the Buccaneers. 

During the podcast interview, Fitzpatrick was told that Brady definitely respects him, and the former Dolphins QB did NOT agree with that take. 

“No. Zero respect,” Fitzpatrick said. “He’d never shake my hand.”

From there, Fitzpatrick explained why he’s not a huge fan of Brady. 

“Man, I’ve told this story before, but he just pisses me off,” Fitzpatrick said of the 45-year-old. “[I’m] in Buffalo … playing New England, they’re kicking our ass every single year, they’re beating us. We finally, in 2011,  knocked them off. It was right at the beginning of the season. We had this great start and he threw five interceptions in the game, which was just wonderful to see every single one of them. Just wonderful to see.”