‘Too Firm!’ Aaron Rodgers Throws Shade at Tom Brady’s Deflategate Scandal

Good-natured ribbing. Aaron Rodgers couldn’t assist however take a shot at his pal and fellow Tremendous Bowl hopeful Tom Brady throughout a current interview.

The Inexperienced Bay Packers quarterback, 38, referenced the College of Michigan alum, 44, throughout a Wednesday, January 19, chat with Canadian community Sportsnet. “That is too agency for the Patriots,” he joked, commenting on a soccer handed to him by a journalist.

Rodgers was joking about Deflategate, a scandal that engulfed the NFL in 2015 after Brady was accused of ordering the deliberate deflation of footballs used within the AFC Championship Sport, performed in January of that yr. On the time, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers athlete was the quarterback for the New England Patriots, who gained the championship in opposition to the Indianapolis Colts. The Patriots went on to win the Tremendous Bowl in February 2015.

An investigation was launched in early 2015, ensuing within the Patriots being fined $1 million and forfeiting two draft picks for 2016. Brady, for his half, was suspended for 4 video games. After some forwards and backwards, he finally served his suspension in 2016, lacking the primary 4 video games of that season.

When accusations in opposition to him first arose, Brady denied having something to do with the deflated balls. “I didn’t alter the ball in any approach,” he stated throughout a January 2015 press convention. “I might by no means do something exterior of the foundations of play.”

Although Brady and Rodgers aren’t fairly BFFs, they’re shut sufficient to alternate food plan ideas. In July 2018, the previous Jeopardy! host stated that his NFL colleague had shared recommendation about learn how to enhance his consuming habits.

“We’ve talked concerning the stuff he does,” he instructed Sports activities Illustrated on the time. “I don’t swear off nightshades like he does. However I had a number of room to develop in that space. I really like sweets and meals normally, so being good about what I used to be consuming tied to my efficiency.”

Rodgers additionally respects Brady’s capacity to maintain taking part in professionally effectively into his 40s, which is uncommon in most sports activities and a rarity in soccer. “We play at a excessive degree. And 40 is an attention-grabbing quantity for quarterbacks,” he stated in the identical interview. “There haven’t been a number of guys which have gotten there. [Tom] was clearly unbelievable final yr at 40, however there aren’t a number of guys who can try this.”

If each of their groups win their playoff video games this upcoming weekend, the 2 quarterbacks could face one another within the NFC Championship Sport later this month.

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