Mike Vrabel Gives Cryptic Answer To Tom Brady Question | TMZ Sports

Welcome back to TMZ Sports. Babcock here with Luka Dillon and Alex. Does Tom Brady and Mike Vrabel have beef with each other? That is the question that a lot of people in the football world are actually asking themselves today. Now, you might be saying, like, No. Like, how could that be? The guys are both Patriot greats. Tom's the greatest player ever. Many people believe, obviously, Vrabel was a great linebacker. They had success. They won three Super Bowls together. Dylan just told me, and this just blows my mind, Fine. But- Tom threw 10 touchdown passes to Vrabel. Uh- They would be using sort of goal line packages. And so whatever. They've had all the success in the world together. But. Today, Mike Vrabel made an interesting comment about Tom. Now, Brady is coming into town with his Fox broadcasting crew. He's actually going to be calling the Packers and the Patriots game in Foxborough on Sunday. Also going down this weekend is Rob Gronkowski's Patriots Hall of Fame induction. So a lot of events going down. Presumably, Brady is going to be there. Are the guys going to spend time together? That's what Mike was asked. Listen to this answer. Tom Brady is coming back as a broadcaster for the first time. I'm just kind of curious. A, will you have a chance to catch up with him? And B, have you caught any of his broadcasts? I think I'm required contractually to catch up with him at some point. I'm sure it'll be a Zoom. I'm sure they won't show up here. I'm sure it will be Zoom. Yep, there you go. So, yep, that's contractually. I'll be talking to him, and I'm sure I'll see him at Gronk's induction. Contractually, look. People call it game meet with the coaches. Tom is not allowed to meet face-to-face with those coaches because of his ownership stake with the Raiders, so he does his meeting via Zoom. I don't know. What do you think? What was that? Yeah, it's hard. Is he tiptoeing around some sort of rules about them to, you know, being able to meet? I don't know what it is. Or, yeah, if there's some tension there, because you remember when the Seahawks and the Patriots played, yeah, in February, Tom would not. Back the Pats, which makes sense because, you know, they were thinking about hiring Kubiak in Las Vegas. They did. But also, you know, Tom was involved in the NFL too much. And I don't know. I kind of think this is tongue-in-cheek, but it's definitely weird. Do you guys not make all your friends sign contracts? No, yeah, right? Oh, snap. This is an easy answer. It's because Tom Brady is going to go down as a Tampa Bay Buccaneer. That's the solution to this whole nonsense. He's done with the Patriots. Down, down. That was great. Patriots fans remember that, by the way. They do remember that. And I think some are hesitant to Tom coming back. You know, he's got a statue out front, though, so it's hard. I think there's some hurt feelings about that. And that some people equate his time in Tampa Bay to his time in New England. And obviously, he had a fair amount of success in Foxborough. And this is much ado about nothing, I think. This is just like, I mean, Mike Vrabel, I mean, even when he was addressing the Diana Rossini situation and stuff, he kind of just, I feel like every time I see him in a press conference, he's just kind of like saying some cryptic answer that's like tiptoeing around something that really isn't tiptoe-able around. I don't know. Like, I think Tim and Tom Brady were teammates. That doesn't require them to be friends. I don't need to be, you know, if he catches touchdowns, cool. I mean, you know, Carson Wentz threw a bunch of touchdowns, guys. I don't think they're going and getting dinner every weekend, you know what I'm saying? So, like, I think, hey, that's my gut right there. But I think... When it comes to this, he's a head coach. You know, obviously there's a lot of different levels to what Tom Brady is in the NFL as owner, analyst, insert title here and there. He does everything. I think, you know, this is just something where he was just trying to choose a safe answer, and it just sounds weird because I think Mike Vrabel is just kind of an odd guy like that, and it kind of sounds more intense than, you know, most people do. And this is a whole lot of different things. I will say, as a Pats fan, I'm a little nervous to watch this game and listen to Tom. I think it's going to feel weird, no doubt. So we'll see. Look forward to it.