Ryan Fitzpatrick’s Tom Brady anger goes well beyond ‘motherf–ker’ theory

Tom Brady has been “pissing off” Ryan Fitzpatrick for the reason that former quarterback performed for the Payments over a decade in the past.

Throughout an look on Barstool Sports activities’ “Pardon My Take” podcast, Fitzpatrick stated Brady confirmed him “zero respect” throughout their matchups via the years. The ex-QB — who's now an analyst for Amazon’s “Thursday Night time Soccer” protection on Prime Video — recalled going through Brady and the Patriots on a variety of events throughout his stints with the Payments, Jets, and Dolphins.

“I’ve instructed this story earlier than, however he simply pisses me off. Since you’re in Buffalo, you’re enjoying New England, they’re kicking our ass each single yr they’re beating us,” Fitzpatrick stated. “We lastly in 2011 knocked them off. It was proper at the start of the season. We had this nice begin and he threw 5 interceptions within the sport, which was simply great to see each single one in every of them. Simply great to see.

Tom Brady of the New England Patriots talks with Ryan Fitzpatrick of the New York Jets after the Patriots defeat the Jets 41-3 at Gillette Stadium on December 24, 2016, in Foxboro, Massachusetts.

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“And (Brady would) run straight off. Like, no handshake, no quarterback center of the sector, no, ‘The place are the cameras? OK, hey, keep wholesome buddy.’ Simply ran straight off. So it bothered me a lot as a result of there was no respect there. Each time I performed him after that, I used to be like ‘All proper, let’s make this dude respect me.'”

Fitzpatrick additionally doubled down on his feedback that he was “the mother-f–ker” that Brady spoke about on “The Store” in 2021, when he mentioned a crew that wasn’t taken with his companies throughout free company earlier than he finally joined the Buccaneers in 2020.

“It needed to be me,” Fitzpatrick stated, referring to Brady’s feedback. “Zero respect. He’d by no means shake my hand.”

Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers yells towards the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium on September 11, 2022, in Arlington, Texas.

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Washington quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick rolls out to move throughout the Cincinnati Bengals vs. Washington Soccer Crew NFL preseason sport at FedEx Subject on August 20, 2021, in Landover, MD.

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Fitzpatrick went on to share that he lastly acquired his handshake second with Brady when the Dolphins beat the Patriots in Brady’s final regular-season sport with New England in 2019.

“Ended up in New York with the Jets and with Miami beating him. The final one was particularly candy as a result of it was the Tank For Tua yr. … They beat us by 40-something factors at the start of the season,” Fitzpatrick recalled.

“They wanted to beat us to get home-field benefit and it was his final regular-season sport as a Patriot, and we go and we rating on the finish of the sport and beat them.”

Nevertheless, Fitzpatrick stated he “in all probability initiated” the handshake with Brady on the time, after the Dolphins beat the Patriots, 27-24.

Fitzpatrick introduced his retirement in June after 17 years within the league. In the meantime, Brady is in his twenty third NFL season after un-retiring in March to are likely to “unfinished enterprise” on the sector.

The seven-time Tremendous Bowl winner has not but addressed Fitzpatrick’s feedback publicly.