Tom Brady The Troll
March 30th, 2022
Ah, ha!
So we know Tom Brady shook the football world 2 1/2 weeks ago when on an otherwise quiet Sunday night, while folks were filling out their NCAA brackets, Brady blew up social media announcing he would return to Tampa Bay for the 2022 season.
And Mike Evans thought he was being played.
Brady texted Chris Godwin and Evans roughly 20-30 minutes before he clicked “send” announcing to the world he would come back, that yes he would be the Bucs quarterback in 2022 and wanted to give them a heads up first. Evans now says Brady was texting him with pretty strong hints what would take place later that day, and Evans didn’t do the math.
In Texas at the time, Evans said around 7 a.m. he started getting texts from Brady that should have tipped him off.
“He just said something about, ‘There are more touchdowns in our future,'” Evans said. “I thought he was just trolling me. I thought he was just playing around.”
But it was not a troll job and Brady wasn’t playing, not even close.
You can see and hear Evans tell the story below.
Hours before Tom Brady announced he’s returning to the #Buccaneers, he told star WR Mike Evans there’s more TDs in their future. Mike thought TB was trolling 😂 Hear more from Mike on the AP Pro Football Podcast – drops Thursday. Full interview on @FaithOnTheField this weekend. pic.twitter.com/u752llqcC5
— Rob Maaddi (@RobMaaddi) March 29, 2022
March 30th, 2022 at 2:13 pm
The Florida fanbois are never going to forgive Evans for this… how can he be ecstatic to have Brady throwing him the ball and not be ecstatic over Trask throwing him the ball?
March 30th, 2022 at 2:14 pm
Pretty sure he was just making a crack about Waddle and Hill speed compared to the Brady bunch if that’s what you’re getting at but don’t want to say Dolphins. Toms crazy now that he doesn’t have a Belicheat stick up his arse.
March 30th, 2022 at 3:16 pm
Speaking of Texas, I remember when Evans was in College in Texas, and his QB was Johnny Manziel.
Manziel was never very accurate, but as long as the ball was within 10 feet of Evans, he caught it!
W/O Evans, Manziel was revealed to be a mere mortal.
March 30th, 2022 at 3:16 pm
More “tuddies” Mike!!!, More ‘tuddies”………
March 30th, 2022 at 3:22 pm
Pretty cool that the GOAT reached out to the all time career bucs goat on offense first
Thats respect!
March 30th, 2022 at 3:23 pm
Would love to really know what was going on with that retirement. My guess is that Brady really was planning to retire, than work a deal out so he could leave Tampa and go to SF or Miami. However, once it became clear that Arians wasn’t going to just let him walk he reconsidered and talked to Licht and Arians about going all in for 2022. If that is actually what happened we should all thank Arians. I loved it when he said it would take 5 first rounders to get Brady.
March 30th, 2022 at 3:26 pm
Rod Munch,
Life long Gators homer here, and a totally delusional one at that.
I ain’t mad.
March 30th, 2022 at 4:36 pm
Brady should have known that no coach in his right mind would allow ANY team have his services without paying out the nose. I love how people always want to push their stoopid little agendas as if Trask fanbois are going to get mad because Brady came back for one more year. Get real
March 30th, 2022 at 4:39 pm
Tampa Bay win it all
March 30th, 2022 at 4:59 pm
maybe tom’s dad had a long talk with tom and his wife, saying it is over when it’s over, but not when your 1st in the league in attempts ,completions yada yada yada yards etc, should have been MVP in my opinion, and maybe Mrs Brady had to eat crow and relent. everyone has an opinion, i am just happy he’s back
March 30th, 2022 at 5:01 pm
Only Trask fan is Oneilbucyall and he’s still in mourning
March 30th, 2022 at 5:08 pm
We’re all glad you’re back Tom! Can’t wait until the draft..
March 30th, 2022 at 6:04 pm
Two years before Brady came The Bucs were 12-20 combined. 29-10 since he came, including playoffs. I’m not complaining. 🤣 GOBUCS!
March 30th, 2022 at 6:23 pm
Those of us from the Muck love FSU and Florida because of what our boys have done there.
Kyle Trask did good at Florida, but Florida is not the NFL.
Kyle could be great, of he could be a bust. QB’s always a gamble.
Chad Pennington, Giovanni Carmazzi, Chris Redman, Tee Martin, Marc Bulger, and Spergon Wynn.
TB12 is the GOAT and a proven commodity.
Anybody would be crazy suggesting Trask over TB12.
March 30th, 2022 at 6:25 pm
Stop with the “Arians wasn’t going to let him walk” nonsense. Brady was only under contract to help clear cap space and if the GOAT, after leading TB to the Promised Land, REALLY wanted to finish out his career in SF, Arians would have ruined his own legacy with such a petty, bush league move. smh.
March 30th, 2022 at 7:12 pm
Great to see Trask get another year of learning behind Brady. Buc fan first above all else. They’re both on the team. I’ll root for Brady as long as he is here. I want a seamless transition to Trask whenever Brady actually does retire, and he will retire as a Buccaneer. He’s not going to start all over again anywhere else.
March 30th, 2022 at 7:16 pm
I’m 100% Trask When Brady leaves
March 30th, 2022 at 7:30 pm
@Bird. AGREED!
March 30th, 2022 at 7:34 pm
I just got sent into mod-timeout for typing just the word a g r e e d. All together in one word. Nothing else. Joe? Why we hating on me? All I do is love.
March 30th, 2022 at 8:44 pm
Anonymous only an idiot would let the GOAT walk away to potinetilly help an NFC rival win a SB. No way in hell you do him a solid and let SF win a SB. You sound like a beaten down Bucs fan. Once they leave the Bucs they are the enemy. F what he did in 2020. You want out the other team is gonna pay through the nose to get you.
March 30th, 2022 at 9:22 pm
BradyBunch,
He doesn’t sound like a Bucs fan but far more a Brady fan…
Personally l am now a Brady fan However I Am a Buccaneers fan first. I don’t blame Anybody for being a Brady fan. The man is “THE MAN” after all. He EARNED THAT! AND he Earned my respect for life concerning the type of human being he is. The man has CLASS… And as long as he doesn’t break that covenant with me, (and my team) then I’ll always buy what he’s selling. HOWEVER….
This IS A BUSINESS… If he indeed wanted to push along, I probably could and would let him do just that BUT DEFINITELY NOT WITHOUT the PROPER amount of COMPENSATION from the (team/ “BUSINESS”) that wants MY (TEAM’S/ “BUSINESS”) BEST PRODUCT/ ASSET…….! Did I mention that it’s the NFL and the NFL “IS” a BUSINESS? Cause if I didn’t I just wanted to make it CLEAR that it IS…
Shake Tom’s hand and wish him the best BUT that “OTHER TEAM” Will Have to Pay UP! NOT TOM! THE OTHER TEAM has to pay up!
I hope that clears it up.
GO BUCS!
March 31st, 2022 at 1:06 am
That’s awesome.