Brady Calls David Tyree's Super Bowl Catch His Career's Low Point
Tom Brady named the referee's confirmation of David Tyree's "helmet catch" in Super Bowl XLII as the worst moment of his NFL career, responding to a fan question in the latest edition of Fox Sports' #AskTom series. "The catch on the field has been confirmed," Brady recalled the official saying. "That was the worst thing I could've ever imagined."
The question arrived in the wake of the NFL suspending two officials this past week over their conduct toward players, prompting Fox to ask Brady about the worst thing he ever heard a referee say during his playing days. Rather than citing a personal exchange, Brady pointed to the single play that defined his most painful defeat. Tyree's catch came in Super Bowl XLII, when the New York Giants upset Brady's previously unbeaten New England Patriots. Trailing 14-10 late in the fourth quarter, Eli Manning escaped what appeared to be a near-certain sack and threw deep down the middle, where Tyree pinned the ball against his helmet with Patriots safety Rodney Harrison draped over him. New York scored the winning touchdown four plays later, denying New England a 19-0 finish that would have made it the first team in the Super Bowl era to complete a perfect season. bet365 water polo
Brady, now a Fox Sports NFL analyst, said he still believes the Patriots should have had multiple defenders in position to knock the pass away. "We had one of the greatest defenders in Patriots history, Rodney Harrison, covering him," he said. "I thought, 'There's no way the ball's getting caught.' And if it was deflected, there were probably three or four Patriots that were there to catch the ball." He also reiterated a long-standing grievance about the play that preceded the catch, saying Giants lineman held Patriots defensive end Richard Seymour at the line of scrimmage - a non-call he described as "still a little bit of a sore subject."
The same #AskTom segment covered lighter territory, including Brady's explanation for accidentally muting his broadcast headset during Sunday's Rams-Eagles game, his picks for the toughest trash talkers he faced as a player - Ray Lewis, Richard Sherman and Rex Ryan among them - and his assessment of Patrick Mahomes' pocket movement. Brady also said he would pick LeBron James to play wide receiver for the Las Vegas Raiders if given the chance to insert one current NBA player into an NFL lineup.
