Tom Brady teammate: No difference between TB12 and Auburn legend

Former New England Patriots cornerback Jason McCourty doesn’t see Tom Brady as anything special — even going as far as to say on Good Morning Football on the NFL Network (h/t Sportskeeda) that there’s no difference between him and Auburn football legend Cam Newton or former Tigers quarterback Jarrett Stidham.

“I was in New England for the post-Tom Brady (transition), we got Cam Newton and we had Jarrett Stidham,” McCourty prefaced before saying, “We’re like, ‘What the hell is going to be the difference?’ Guys down in Tampa this year saying, ‘Now we got Baker, we got Kyle Trask.’ Who cares about Tom Brady? I’m all for it.”

McCourty won a Super Bowl with Brady in 2018/2019 with the Patriots, but he also saw some of the quarterback’s worst seasons in New England before the highly publicized breakup between him and head coach Bill Belichick. Had McCourty been a teammate to Brady in the 2000s or early 2010s, he likely doesn’t say that.

Auburn football legend receives an offer he should refuse

Noted provocateur and former NFL star wideout Antonio Brown offered Newton the chance to be featured under center for his AFL team, the Albany Empire. As Deadspin’s Anthony Locicero outlined without directly saying, though, the offer was one the Auburn football legend should absolutely refuse.

“The Albany Empire already lost eight players — including its lone quarterback Sam Castronova —after new owner Antonio Brown was allegedly behind on payroll and otherwise a dick,” Locicero prefaced before saying, “The mercurial wide receiver said he’s willing to give Newton — who’s made $68.6 million in career earnings — $150,000 to suit up for a single game. Whether he pays on time or not is a whole other deal.”

Newton doesn’t need to be involving himself with a glorified sideshow at this point in his career. Being retired is a fate with more dignity than potentially getting scammed by a player with seemingly no regard for anyone else.

Just ask Brady how Brown is as a teammate. Maybe that’ll be enough to have Newton block Brown’s number and all of his social media profiles.