Baker Mayfield raised some eyebrows earlier this month when he said that Tom Brady made his Buccaneers teammates feel “stressed out” during his time in Tampa, which included a Super Bowl win over the Kansas City Chiefs.
“The building was a little bit different with Tom in there. Obviously, playing-wise, Tom is different. He had everybody dialed in, high-strung environment, so I think everybody was pretty stressed out,” Mayfield said. “They wanted me to come in, be myself, bring the joy back to football for guys who weren’t having as much fun.”
On Sunday, Brady was calling the Eagles-Bucs game for FOX and addressed the claim with a savage line about how seriously he took his job while he was in Tampa.
“I thought stressful was not having Super Bowl rings,” Brady said. “This wasn’t daycare… If I was going to have fun, I was going to Disneyland with my kids. There’s a way to approach this game and it’s with the right mindset to push teammates.”
The Buccaneers are on their way to a 3-1 start, leading the Eagles, 33-16.
