Terrell Owens has opinions. That’s not breaking news. But this time, his opinion landed squarely on Tom Brady, the most decorated quarterback in human history. And yes, it’s as wild as it sounds.
According to Terrell, Tom Brady should not go into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot when he’s eligible in 2028. Not because Brady isn’t great, not because he doesn’t deserve it, but because, well, he believes if Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft doesn’t go in first ballot, either should Tom too.
During a sitdown interview with The California Post on Wednesday, Owens said that following Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft’s reported Canton snubs this week, Brady, too, should have to endure an uncomfortable wait for a gold jacket when it’s his time for the call in a few years.
“Honestly, if you’re looking at it,” said Owens, who appeared at Super Bowl LX Radio Row on behalf of Sharpie, “if Belichick doesn’t go in and Robert Kraft doesn’t go in first ballot, Tom Brady shouldn’t go in.
“I’m just being real. It’s nothing against him. How can you have Tom Brady go in when he’s up in 2028? Why would he go in if Robert Kraft and Bill Belichick don’t go in on the first go-around?
“Because to be quite honest, yeah, is Tom Brady a good quarterback? Yeah. He’s not the quarterback he is without Robert Kraft drafting him. He’s not the quarterback he is without Bill Belichick. They all go hand-in-hand. So to me, why would he go in and those two don’t?
“He shouldn’t go in either.”
“If you want to bring up the idea of cheating, Tom Brady did the Deflategate,” Owens said. “Like, he had to serve a suspension because there was something he was doing. That’s cheating. That was proven. He got suspended. He did something. Otherwise, he would have never got suspended.
“So, how do you put Tom in on the first go-around, but you don’t put these two in?”
Still, the idea is funny. Terrell Owens telling Tom Brady to humble himself. That’s content, that’s offseason fuel and that’s the NFL without football.
In the end, Brady will be first ballot, the crowd will cheer, the gold jacket will fit perfectly and Terrell Owens will still have opinions, as always.
