Giants troll Tom Brady for throwing shade at Eli Manning
Tom Brady just can’t seem to shake Eli Manning — not even in retirement In a video posted Tuesday on X, formerly known as Twitter, Brady was answering a question for a new marketing campaign by the NFL. “Do I think the NFL is scripted?” Brady asked. “You think I would really have played along with a script that had me losing to Peyton’s little brother Eli twice in the Super Bowl?” But the Giants whacked back at Brady on X with a tweet of their own: “Seems like a perfect script to us.
” As quarterback of the New England Patriots, Brady won six Super Bowl titles. Tom Brady lost a pair of Super Bowls to Eli Manning. Tom Brady lost a pair of Super Bowls to Eli Manning.
But he was denied another two rings thanks to Manning and the Giants, who beat the Patriots, 17-14 in Super Bowl XLII and 21-17 in Super Bowl XLVI. Manning earned Super Bowl MVP honors in both games. Brady still added a seventh title when he left the Patriots for the Buccaneers and led Tampa Bay to victory in Super Bowl LV, beating the Kansas City Chiefs, 31-9.
Brady officially retired in February, three years after Manning called it quits. Perhaps Brady’s video dig was in response to the ManningCast’s quest for a third host. In a separate video making the rounds Tuesday on X, Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions leaked clips of the “auditions” to join the Manning brothers on ESPN’s alternate broadcasts of “Monday Night Football.
” Brady doesn’t appear until almost two minutes into the video and it shows him in the waiting room next to a dog, when Brady turns to the pooch and says, “Been waiting here a long time, too?” Brady had been 3-0 in Super Bowls until facing Manning in Super Bowl XLII. Brady had been 3-0 in Super Bowls until facing Manning in Super Bowl XLII. AP Then the lights go out on Brady and his canine companion.
Seconds later, Brady broke the news, “No, I didn’t get the ManningCast job. I guess I’ll just come back and play football again. ” Brady "auditioned" to be the third co-host on the ManningCast.
Brady “auditioned” to be the third co-host on the ManningCast. Omaha Production While you can never say never with Brady, the 46-year-old legend appears ready to move on with his life, taking a minority stake in the Las Vegas Raiders, dating supermodel Irina Shayk and preparing for his career as a broadcaster with Fox Sports. .