Tom Brady’s name is back in the Patriots conversation, and this time it has nothing to do with another ring or another banner. After Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald hinted that someone with a conflict of interest helped him prepare for Super Bowl LX, Patriots fans did what Patriots fans do: they immediately started pointing at Brady.
Macdonald made the remark Thursday on The Dan Patrick Show while talking about the people he leaned on during his Super Bowl prep. He said, “John Harbaugh and I talked,” Macdonald said.
“He was great. Probably can’t mention one guy that really helped us out that had some conflict of interest.”
That was enough to set off a wave of speculation online, with plenty of fans deciding the unnamed person had to be Brady. Macdonald never identified the individual, but the theory spread fast anyway.
Dave Portnoy jumped in too. “If this doesn’t p**s you off as a Patriots fan you are dead on this inside,” Portnoy wrote. “I’m not going to say who they are saying gave a ton of advice to the Seahawks before the Super Bowl but the guy has a statue in front of our stadium.”
Portnoy has also previously pushed for the Patriots to remove Brady’s statue.
The reactions kept piling up from there. “Tom Brady still finding new ways to cheat. He truly is the goat,” one commenter wrote.
“Definitely Brady. Since he worked with McDaniels he probably gave him all his quirks and tricks. What a scumbag,” another user claimed.
“If there is proof it is indeed Brady? Dismantle the damn statute and never speak his name again in civilized society,” one fan said.
“Tom Brady smh, he’s the ultimate traitor can’t believe we suck up to him when he doesn’t give 2 s**ts abt us,” someone else wrote.
For all the noise, there’s still no evidence Brady was the person Macdonald meant. The only thread fans have been able to tug on is a possible connection through Klint Kubiak. Brady, now a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders, reportedly pushed the franchise to hire Kubiak before Kubiak ended up in Seattle, which has only added fuel to the speculation about Brady’s ties to the Seahawks’ coaching staff.
Brady also stirred things up when he said he wasn’t rooting for his old team in the buildup to February’s showdown.
But as of now, that’s where it stands: a lot of chatter, a lot of assumptions, and no confirmation that the seven-time Super Bowl champion gave Seattle any advice before its victory over New England.
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