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Tom Brady has given his opinion on the Daniel Jones situation.
The seven-time Super Bowl champion spoke during Thursday’s New York Giants-Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving matchup about the former Giants quarterback’s decision to request his release after being demoted to the fourth quarterback on the depth chart. Brady stated that he may have made a different decision if he was in a similar situation.
“I don’t know how the whole situation went down, but to think that you would ask for a release from a team that committed a lot to you is maybe different than how I would’ve handled that,” Brady said on the Fox Broadcast.
“I always felt I wanted to get the trust and respect of my teammates, regardless situation, knowing that I was doing the best I could for the team because that was the most important thing.
“There’s just some different things that happen in the NFL, and everyone makes individual choices. And I think we’re all at points in our career, face different challenges. I faced them in college. Some things didn’t go the way I wanted, but the people that mattered the most to me were the guys in the locker room. I showed up every day. I don’t care if they asked me to be scout team safety, scout team quarterback. I was going to do whatever I could to help the team win.”
Jones would sign to the Minnesota Vikings practice squad prior to Week 14. He had thrown for 2,070 yards with eight touchdowns and seven interceptions. The Giants were 2-8 with him under center and avoided a $25 million guarantee if he were to be injured before the season’s end.
Fans took to social media to discuss Brady’s comments on Jones.
Kevin Seifert @SeifertESPN
Interesting comment from Tom Brady referencing Daniel Jones’ request to be released by the Giants. The 🐐did not seem to approve. Said even if you’re the scout team safety, the team has committed financially and the job is to help the team. Of course when did that happen to TB12?
Mione @PotterFave
Tom Brady completely missed the mark about Daniel Jones.
The Giant’s locker room spent that entire week defending their QB1 and making it very clear that he was a team player first and foremost. He was even willing to waive his injury guarantee if it meant he could play for them
Art Stapleton @art_stapleton
Tom Brady with an interesting take on Daniel Jones asking for his release from the Giants. Doesn’t sound like he liked it from Jones.
Sean Pendergast @SeanTPendergast
Brady taking Daniel Jones to task for asking for his release is some of the best stuff he’s done as an analyst yet.
Pat James @PatJamesDFS
Tom Brady dogging on Daniel Jones saying he’d be a scout team safety before asking for his release pic.twitter.com/4vCCuUvWVJ
Agent Silverstone @romello_jordan
Tom Brady to Daniel Jones: pic.twitter.com/zK4z5zBxPI
Tommy @TommyG105
“To think you ask for your release from a team that put a lot into you. I don’t believe I would have handled it like that”
Tom Brady on Daniel Jones asking for his release from the Giants.#Giants100
Brian Fitzgerald 🍀 @BryFitz
God do I not want to hear Tom Brady throw shade at Daniel Jones and how he handled his benching. Just go away. Fox had a great announcer in Greg Olsen and now we get a partial owner saying how he would handle it — suggesting Jones gave up on teammates. Get out of here. #Giants100
Doug @Doug_1ey
Tom Brady throwing shots at Daniel Jones pic.twitter.com/fOjXirlJ3V
Brady had an illustrious NFL career, earning 15 Pro Bowl nods, three MVP trophies and 89,214 career passing yards. While he was never in a situation in his NFL career that Jones was in, he did notable lose his starting job to Drew Henson during his time at Michigan, so he has some ability to relate.
Dallas would win the game 27-20 and New York fell to 0-2 in the post-Jones era.
