In a bit of a surprising move, Patriots QB Tom Brady sort of defended Odell Beckham’s Miami boat trip before their blowout loss to the Packers. Brady was asked about Odell’s Miami trip and he gave the following response:
“Well, it’s a tricky situation,” Brady said. “Players are off, everyone decides what they want to do in their off time. When I was young I did a lot of things that when I look back, I wish I probably wouldn’t have done — flying cross-country, things like that. It just wasn’t publicized.
Brady was probed a bit more about the details of cross-country trip to California and he responded with the following:
“I flew out because I was from California and when I had off time that is where I went,” he said. “Looking back there was one time I was actually injured pretty good and I decided to do it. I landed and stayed overnight and I realized, ‘[Shoot], I better fly back’ and I flew back the next morning because it wasn’t a very smart decision.
“You’re younger, you don’t have all the experience that you have and I am at a point doing this as long as I have, I cherish the opportunity that we have. I am putting everything into it. I will have time at the end of the year to do things I need to do, but right now it’s focus on what my job is and that is to put everything I have into this week.”
Brady is basically saying that Odell’s Miami boat trip is amplified more in today’s age of social media and instant news, so he was able to avoid the backlash from his cross-country excursion when he was younger.
Brady’s Cali trip was likely a real good time for all involved, but there was no Instagram or Snapchat back then, and he probably would not have posted pictures of his trip anyway. If Odell and his crew kept the Miami boat trip off of social media, it’s a non-story and they still get blown out by the Packers.
