Tom Brady Delivers Message To Patriots Following Return to New England

Tom Brady has delivered a message to the Patriots after coming back to New England. He had quite a bit of interesting things to say.

“I still have a lot of great friends (in New England), but they know I want to kick their butt this week,” Brady told reporters in Tampa. “They’ll know exactly how I feel once I’m out there.”

“I think preparing is one thing,” he said Thursday. “I think playing is a whole other thing. (The Patriots have) a lot of great players. They’re obviously well-coached. They all play hard, tough, smart. I know those guys really well. They’re great friends. It’ll be fun to compete against them. I’ve done it on the practice field quite a bit. But obviously, a game’s going to be quite a bit different.”

He added: “I’m just going to try to do what I always do — go be a great quarterback. Obviously, I understand the opponent and I know all those guys. They’re some of my great friends. They will be for the rest of my life. I know a lot of coaches, players, the owner, the staff. It’ll be great to see everyone after the game. But up until the game, I’m focused on trying to go win a football game.”

Tom Brady Delivers Message To Patriots Following Return to New England

He continued.

“They’re really well-coached,” Brady said. “Obviously, they’ve got a lot of great players, smart players. They’re going to be in the right spot. They prepare really well. Obviously, being there for a long time, I know how well they prepare, and I think if you put great preparation with great players, it makes for a great defense.

“They have one of the great defenses in the league. Dont’a, Kyle (Van Noy), Ja’Whaun (Bentley). Matt Judon’s a great player. Obviously the guys up front — Lawrence (Guy), Deatrich (Wise) — I know those guys real well. Jon Jones, Devin, Kyle Dugger, Adrian. J.C. (Jackson)’s a great player. Jalen Mills, I’ve played against. So I’m pretty familiar with who they are, what they do.

“We’ve just got to go do a great job against it. But they’re going to make it challenging. It’s going to be a very, very, very tough game.”

What do you think about what he said?