Tom Brady’s name is back in the middle of a Patriots firestorm, and this time the spark came from Seattle.
During a Thursday appearance on The Dan Patrick Show, Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald said he had gotten help while preparing for Super Bowl LX, including advice from someone he couldn’t name because of a possible conflict of interest. “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 send Patriots fans into full detective mode. A lot of them immediately landed on Brady, even though Macdonald never identified the person he was talking about.
The speculation only picked up from there. Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy jumped in on the clip, writing, “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 previously pushed for the Patriots to get rid of Brady’s statue, and the reaction online was just as sharp. One fan wrote, “Tom Brady still finding new ways to cheat.
He truly is the goat,” while another said, “Definitely Brady. Since he worked with McDaniels he probably gave him all his quirks and tricks.
What a scumbag,” one user claimed.
Others took the anger even further. “If there is proof it is indeed Brady?
Dismantle the damn statute and never speak his name again in civilized society,” one fan said. Another added, “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”
For all the noise, there’s still no evidence Brady was the person Macdonald meant. The only link fans have pointed to is Brady’s connection to Klint Kubiak. Brady, now a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders, reportedly pushed the franchise to hire Kubiak before Kubiak eventually ended up in Seattle.
Brady also stirred things up earlier when he said he wasn’t rooting for his old team in the lead-up to February’s showdown. But as far as this latest round of speculation goes, that’s all it is: speculation. Macdonald never named Brady, and there’s been no confirmation that the seven-time Super Bowl champion gave Seattle any advice before its victory over New England.
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