Tom Brady finally explains not shaking Nick Foles’ hand after Bears-Bucs game

Two times now, Tom Brady and Nick Foles have failed to shake hands at postgame. 

Old habits are hard to break, just ask Tom Brady in shaking hands.

The last time fans saw Nick Foles and Brady are the same field, it was the Super Bowl LII MVP picking up another win with the Chicago Bears. Following Tampa Bay’s 20-19 loss, Brady departed to the locker room, failing to greet the winner for the traditional postgame handshake.

Some consider it an insult as following the Eagles incredible victory in Minneapolis, Brady refused to shake hands with Foles then. However when asked, the Buccaneers quarterback simply “forgot” to exchange congrats in the Windy City.

“I didn’t even think about that,” Brady said, according to the Chicago Tribune’s Colleen Kane. “Nick Foles is a hell of a player and a Super Bowl champ, and I don’t know one reason or another why I wouldn’t do that. Sometimes I run off the field, sometimes I haven’t. Sometimes if I have a personal relationship like I have with Drew (Brees) and Justin (Herbert) and Aaron (Rodgers) over the years, I don’t know.

“I don’t think it’s anything in particular other than I have great admiration for Nick and I think he’s a hell of a player. They’re off to a great start.”

Tom Brady addressed the situation of “handshakegate”

Avoiding people due to the COVID-19 pandemic wouldn’t be strange. That said, after defeating both the Los Angeles Chargers and Green Bay Packers, Brady met with the two gunslingers to wish them the best on the season.

So, why not Foles?

Considering the stat line of Foles’ career, one would certainly say that the two aren’t in the same category. In head to head matchups though, the veteran journeyman is 2-0 against a man who almost single-handily reset the most Super Bowl victories during his time in Foxborough.

If you couldn’t tell there was a bit of bad blood, never forget “The Match”, last May when Peyton Manning said he should have brought Eli or Foles as his caddie.

Brady’s response? “That was a cheap shot.”

Foles continues to be a good sport throughout the jokes, saying one day the two Lombardi winners will laugh it off as a sign of respect.

“There’s obviously history there from a big game we both played in once and then the other day on Thursday night,” Foles said Thursday. “But it is what it is, and I think he’s a tremendous player. Someday we’ll have a good conversation.”