Tom Brady says ‘my feelings got hurt’ amid controversy

By Cory Buck | Jan 26, 2015

Jan 22, 2015; Foxborough, MA, USA; New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady leaves the podium after talking to the media at Gillette Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports /

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said he took the accusations flung at him over ‘DeflateGate’ personally, but he’s since gotten over it.

Even after 14 years of ceaseless exposure to the media and five trips to Media Week, which precedes Super Bowl Sunday, Tom Brady still can’t help but get hurt from time to time by what the public flings his way. After a week spent getting shelled for his alleged involvement in the team’s equipment-related controversy lazily dubbed DeflateGate, Brady admitted via Monday’s radio interview with WEEI’s Dennis and Callahan that the response led to hurt feelings.

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“I personalized a lot of things and thought this was all about me and my feelings got hurt, and then I moved past it because it’s not serving me,” Brady said Monday morning. With the team flying out to Phoenix on Monday, it’s time to get to work and put the past where it belongs. Whatever happened in the AFC Championship Game won’t change what happens on Super Bowl Sunday.

“I think what’s serving me is to try to prepare for the game ahead, and I’ll deal with whatever happens later,” Brady said. “I’ll have my opportunity to try to figure out what happened and figure out a theory like everyone else is trying to do. But this isn’t the time for that, and honestly I’m not interested in trying to find out right now because we have the biggest game of our season ahead.”

It appears that will be the case for everyone else. While some hoped the NFL would come out with some results of their investigation of why 11 out of 12 game balls used by the Patriots in the AFC Championship Game were deflated to illegal levels, it appears the league is slow-playing the investigation with results to be released after the Super Bowl.

“No, no. I believe they’re going to do after the season, so we’ll deal with it after this game,” Brady said per ESPN.

As curious as the whole incident was last week, it really is in the past and it bears no weight on the game this Sunday between the Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks.

Regardless of what Richard Sherman thinks, the NFL will punish the Patriots if they deem the team conducted itself poorly. In the meantime, the teams and fans alike should look forward to what could be one of the best Super Bowls in a long time.

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