Skip Bayless Releases Surprising Statement On Tom Brady’s April Fools’ Day Joke

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady knows how to make people talk about him. The last time he intrigued everyone was two days ago. TB12 took to Twitter to announce his retirement. It was a joke, of course, and Skip Bayless defended him.

“When you are the greatest football player in history, you can pretty much do whatever you want to do on social media,” he said on FS1’s “Undisputed.” We don’t really think that Shannon Sharpe will like this. Moreover, he hated Brady’s joke.

“Hate it with extreme passion,” Sharpe said. “Tom, you’re not funny. You’ve been so adamant about how you’re gonna play ’til you’re 100. The whole key about an April Fools’ joke, I thought, was to have it be somewhat believable. Nobody believed you when you’ve said ‘I’m doubling down. I’ve already talked to my wife and everybody knows that I’m gonna play ’til I’m 45. It’s gonna be tough but I’m gonna do it.’ And you come out with this lame?

“Does Tom need that much attention? Here’s a guy that’s got six rings, four-time Super Bowl MVP. What’s he missing? What is the void of his life? The guy’s got a beautiful wife, got kids, got money, got cars — he’s got everything and he’s playing these corny, lame jokes? That’s not in him. Peyton Manning can get you because Peyton Manning has personality. You see how he does those commercials, Skip (Bayless)? You saw him on ‘SNL.’ He has it. Everybody can’t do that. Everybody doesn’t have that personality, and that’s OK.

“The one thing you can’t do is force humor. Either you have it or you don’t. It’s as simple as that, Skip, and he don’t have it. He has other attributes — great, historically transcendent quarterback. Being funny ain’t it. Playing jokings ain’t it. He ought to be ashamed of himself. When I saw this yesterday I was like ‘Oh, please.’”

Bayless is a vocal supporter of Brady. According to him, Brady is the reason for Patriots’ success.

“I believe this is 75% Tom Brady and 25% Bill Belichick, that’s what’s happened with this New England dynasty… Brady is going to play until he’s 45.”

“There has never been a more mentally tough player in NFL history than Tom Brady.”

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