'Never throw the ball to Brady': Twitter reacts to Tom Brady slipping, tripping on interception
Tom Brady has had a strange year. But interception in Munich ... as the intended receiver?
His divorce from Gisele Bundchen has been one of the most heavily covered stories of the NFL season. While he has played well, his Tampa Bay Buccaneers have not, though their 4-5 record was good enough for first in a weak NFC South.
His part in the NFL's first game in Germany might have included the strangest of them all. In the third quarter against the Seattle Seahawks, the 45-year-old quarterback lined up as a wide receiver while running back Leonard Fournette took the snap. Fournette tried a trick play, throwing a pass back to Brady. But the seven-time Super Bowl champ slipped and fell, making for an easy interception by Seattle's Tariq Woolen.
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To make matters worse, Brady was penalized for tripping Woolen as he landed.
We'll just leave this here... 👀pic.twitter.com/jOSTwfEPeg
— NFL Network (@nflnetwork) November 13, 2022
Brady had lined up as a receiver earlier in the drive, and no one paid him much attention in that instance.
Seahawks didn't even bother covering Tom Brady 😂pic.twitter.com/xnr3bxL7rg
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) November 13, 2022
Twitter reacts to Tom Brady interception
Twitter had a blast in the absurd play, including former pass rusher Chris Long, who was part of the Philadelphia Eagles when Brady dropped a pass thrown his way in the 2018 Super Bowl.
Never throw the ball to Brady
— chris long (@JOEL9ONE) November 13, 2022
Former Seahawks safety Kam Chancellor, part of the legendary "Legion of Boom," also was up early to weigh in.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂Brady.
Now that was funny.— Kameron Chancellor (@KamChancellor) November 13, 2022
Here are some other highlights of the reactions from fans and NFL experts on Twitter.
No one:
Tom Brady running a passing route: pic.twitter.com/h9103vujaX— BetMGM 🦁 (@BetMGM) November 13, 2022
Who had Tariq Woolen picking off a pass INTENDED for Tom Brady on their Germany Bingo Card?
— Brandon Gustafson (@TheBGustafson) November 13, 2022
Wow, just wow. I would have liked to see Brady high point that though.
— Scott Fish (@ScottFish24) November 13, 2022
Tom Brady needs to go up and make that catch
— Ian Hartitz (@Ihartitz) November 13, 2022
Brady running routes pic.twitter.com/3QBRLJP83r
— kyle (@knicks_tape99) November 13, 2022
The good news for Brady: His QB counterpart, Geno Smith, would fumble the ball away on the ensuing possession, giving the ball back to the Bucs with no harm done.
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