NFL legend also reenacted famous Hollywood scene with Denzel Washington

TOM Brady has gone viral after slamming the state of the NFL in an interview with Stephen A. Smith.

But many NFL fans were taken aback by Brady’s appearance on Stephen A.’s popular YouTube show when he made his controversial remarks.

Tom Brady appears on The Stephen A. Smith Show
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Tom Brady appears on The Stephen A. Smith ShowCredit: X/stephenasmith

The NFL legend utilized his appearance to criticize the state of the league
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The NFL legend utilized his appearance to criticize the state of the leagueCredit: X/stephenasmith

Brady also had a table read with Denzel Washington on his podcast
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Brady also had a table read with Denzel Washington on his podcastCredit: X/tombrady
The New England Patriots legend looked almost unrecognizable with his cap and scruffy stubble.

“How much h surgery is Tom gonna get done on his face?? My god,” one fan said.

Brady utilized his appearance on The Stephen A. Smith Show to air his grievances about the NFL.

“I think there’s a lot of mediocrity in today’s NFL. I don’t see the excellence I saw in the past,” he said to Smith.

“I think the coaching isn’t as good as it was, I don’t think the development is as good as it was.

“The rules have allowed a lot of bad habits to get into the actual performance of the game.

“I just think the product, in my opinion, is less than what it has been.”

Brady also believes the rules have caused defensive players to be flagged for making plays against offensive players who don’t protect themselves.

“I think the coaching isn’t as good as it was, I don’t think the development is as good as it was.

“The rules have allowed a lot of bad habits to get into the actual performance of the game.

“I just think the product, in my opinion, is less than what it has been.”

Brady also believes the rules have caused defensive players to be flagged for making plays against offensive players who don’t protect themselves.

“I look at a lot of players like Ray Lewis and Rodney Harrison and Ronnie Lott and guys that impacted the game in a certain way and every hit they would have made would have been a penalty,” he said.

Brady continued: “You hear coaches complaining about their own player being tackled and … why don’t they talk to their player about how to protect himself?”

“We used to work on the fundamentals of those things all the time.

“Now they’re trying to be regulated all the time.”

“Offensive players need to protect themselves.”

Brady also reenacted a famous scene from the Hollywood movie Remember the Titans with Denzel Washington on the latest episode of the Let’s Go podcast.

When the scene wrapped, Brady applauded Washington.

“That’s for your performance, not mine,” Brady said.

“That was f***ing good.”

“I’m coaching Tom Brady,” Washington replied.

“Are you joking?”

Brady also used his podcast to defend the under-fire Patriots head coach Bill Belichick amid the team’s disastrous 2023 season.