Nothing about coming back to pay the season.
I think I already answered that a few weeks ago. Next question.
Tom Brady lost by RuPaul on Sunday if he has any regrets.
Whoa, what? Okay this guy over here.
You got a problem well I'm preparing myself I'm preparing
myself because we're talking about Tom Brady
and there's a chance
that our discussion about Tom Brady
things are going to become
a little contentious,
a little heated so I want to be ready to do to you.
What Shannon Sharpe did
the Skip Bayless yesterday
to show you that I'm truly upset?
I'm going to take my glasses off
that was I don't know if you saw that clip. I did not but
that was quite as fake debate shows. Go, that was his
convincing of a fake debate as I've ever seen. But it got
real,
when Shannon Sharpe, took his glasses off because that means
Shannon, Sharpe was ready to rip Skip Bayless into a couple
of pieces. So, as to anyway, I've got these glasses. I'm
telling us, they're not real, they're not here. Are they real
they use though? Not real.
No, I'm just what happened.
Here's what happened.
There was a there was a
A bet years ago when we did the afternoon show, think Brian
Westbrook was part of time. And the BET was something along
the lines of, if the Chiefs beat the Eagles or the Chiefs beats,
I don't know what it was, but my end of it was I had
to dress up like Andy Reid,
if my thing didn't come through, so I had to get the whole
outfit. I've still got
a Chiefs
raincoat and I had a fake mustache, and a Chief's hat and
the glasses. So these glasses have been sitting up here for
eight years.
Ears.
And
as I was watching the game last night and it was a boring
point, I was reflecting on the Shannon Sharpe thing and
I thought I got some glasses upstairs so I'll use it when we
talk
about Tom Brady. So
that's my that's my premeditate drop it right way to go way to
go as genuine as genuine as the debate. We saw yesterday
between Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe. All right, so
Tom, Brady did not want to even go there when asked again if he
had any regrets, Michael silver of the San Francisco Chronicle
spoke to him. After the game
guy didn't even shower after the game for the cross-country
flight. I guess that's a way to ensure. No one sits next to you
on the plane but
you know, he didn't want to talk about the furies are not
thinking about possibly playing for the 49ers. He doesn't know
whether or not. It's the last time I ever plays on that
field, I
I just
Chris I go back and forth every week.
I I thought a couple of weeks ago, he was definitely coming
back for 2023 now. I just really don't know I don't know
what to think at this point about Tom.
Brady and he probably likes it that way.
Yeah. I mean I don't see him coming back.
I don't think there's any way I really don't
and again I know it's Tom Brady and we never know. And I know
there's people think that well his wife was the only reason
you know, or the only thing that was holding them back from
wanting to play. And she's gone so now he can do whatever,
you know. But but,
you know, from from what I've heard, he's told people about
how rough the year has been and he realizes, he's handled some
situations, you know. Off the right way
and done some things that way the way he's looked
right II. And the fact that again,
he's always said 45, he's told people close to him for a long
time, it was 45. So I just look at it that and then add on
the fact of
the way, he's playing in general to where
I just don't see it.
I would be surprised to see Tom Brady back. I just think he's
not going to say anything like that because he doesn't want
to. Make it about him and make it some farewell tour here
the last few weeks which I do respect about
him. But I really don't expect to see Tom Brady in 2023.
And you know what, there's another thing that's
percolating around out there that nobody ever talks about,
nobody's going to ask him about it, but this FTX collapse and
the guy that's his good buddy. Sam bank man, fraud, got
arrested, yesterday, and Brady's been sued. For part of
this notion that it's all one, big pyramid, scheme etcetera,
etcetera. That's at some level that's on his radar screen.
This issue this thing that he got sucked into as a brand
ambassador and had equity in was, was promoting it touting
it on social media. He's To have some of his mental energy
wondering, what the hell is going to happen with this? I'm
not saying anything. Well,
I'm just saying if I was him,
I know I'd be laying asleep at night, staring at the ceiling
wondering, what the hell? What the hell is going to happen
with this whole crypto thing that everybody told me I should
get into and I got into it, maybe too big of a way. So
that's another thing that's just kind of out there and
I thought of that because
the guy was arrested, he's his friend, his colleague, whatever
you want to call the guy, the guy that founded the company
was arrested yesterday and is going to be facing some serious
charges
as this Pope company goes through. Crup. See,
but Chris. I I
I watched video of him after the game
out in the middle of field being very charitable being
very friendly signing balls for 49ers players. The cynical view
is he's just sucking up the future teammates.
The other side of it is maybe the right assessment, is he
just, he knows, it's the last time he's playing on that field
in Hills like to me
right in that area where he grew up, and
he's going to enjoy it game. Didn't go the way he wanted
and he's going to enjoy, he's not
Pout. He's not going to run to the locker room. He's not going
to pull a Nick Foles and snub the opposing quarterback. He's
gonna go out there and he's going to enjoy himself
because you know he's got his championships
and these guys all want to come up to him and praise him. All
these young players
when we were at the draft a few years ago
we would ask all the incoming players. Who's the one guy that
you want to play with, or who's the guy that you're going to be
in awe of and Tom, Brady was a name that came up Court often
than any other. Right? And you can hear it, these go with
these guys are saying they're, they're an oven sure. He's
it's, you know, it's living Legend that they're out on
a football field with they got a ton of respect for him and he
was soaking it up a little bit and he's got every right to.
Yeah, I feel like it and listen
to me. Again,
he, the play is slipping. It's still not bad. And can he still
be a starting quarterback? Yeah, but we, it needs to be
the right formula as we see,
he's not going to carry a team that's less than or has some
flaws and go oh, Brady's going to make up for it there. And
then honestly, Mike
in some ways. I think the family issue.
Mmm really almost
puts more pressure on them to the quit.
And
hey, when you're married and things were good. Hey, you
know, the wife said home taking care of the kids and all of
that. Now, you liturgy enemy have to make time and figure
things out
to spend time. I don't know. It just seems like the year.
Well, now it's a good piece of History, right here, right?
Right. Come off looking like the bad parent, if you continue
to be selfish and play football, you know, for
a little bit stent that you're concerned about those.
Appearances and a lot of people are right. The whole thing
happened
because Tommy can't give up his football career
and now his marriage is over. So he doesn't have that magnet
from her pulling him off the field. But he's got these kids
and is he being a good dad? No, he moved all the way across
the country to California to play for the 49ers.
Now, at some point, we didn't even make,
I don't think they,
I don't think they're gonna want him again,
even if he wants to go back there, they got something Brock
/ D. They got something maybe in trail. And yeah, there's not
going to be a spot for Tom Brady next year in San
Francisco. I don't expect it. I don't know no and
All due respect to you know
I you know I don't want to see Brady play a year and not be
Brady and we're kind of you know we're having a moment so
that this year we're getting to that. No. Where were you just
gonna blend it? How do you miss that? Throw?
Well, wait, what? Why did he why did he throw the ball so
quick there, the pocket was fine. There was a guy over
there. Just
there's some of that, you know, the other day I mean of course
jumpy and people around them and just losing control of
the football.
I don't want to see Tom Brady look like that you know and
it's not going to look better next year. It'll only look
worse. So
yeah from that standpoint to of a guy that has great respect
for him in the things he's done I don't want to see him in that
state on the football field either.
Also short-term, I'm curious to see what the injury report says
on Wednesday, because on a follow through on Sunday. He
smacked his. Yeah, he did. Pretty good, right? The helmet
of a 49ers player and he downplayed it as he always
does. First question on Sunday, how's your hand? It's fine, I'm
alright, it's fine. Like,
I don't want to talk about it,
so they have to talk about it. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
We'll see what the injury report says.
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