We may never know whether Tom Brady helped the Seattle Seahawks ahead of Super Bowl LX, but one prominent New England Patriots voice has an opinion on the matter.
Patriots radio analyst and midday radio host Scott Zolak addressed the speculation that Brady was the person with a “conflict of interest” who helped Seattle prepare to face New England in February. Zolak believes Brady was the person McDonald was referring to in a recent interview and tried to offer insight on what that could have looked like.
“Yeah, (I think it was him),” Zolak said on the July 13 episode of “Zolak and Bertrand” on 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston. “I think it supports the ‘I don’t have a dog in the fight’ comment because that’s how he truly feels then.”
Scott Zolak Wonders How Tom Brady Could Help Seahawks in Super Bowl
If Brady did indeed give the Seahawks intel, Zolak doesn’t believe it was the difference in the game. It’s hard to argue that, too, given how one-sided the Super Bowl played out.
“No, you’re beat up,” Zolak added. “Your left tackle you know you had a mismatch there, your quarterback was hurt, you had no speed on the outside. That team was bigger, stronger, faster, they were built for it. That’s what you want to be in two years.”
Asked what sort if information Brady could provide, Zolak hinted at Brady’s knowledge of Josh McDaniels’ offense and might have tipped off Seattle about some of the Patriots offensive coordinator’s tendencies.
“It could have been on third down, like ‘Hey, this is what Josh likes to do on third down.’ And ‘If you’re blitzing, and you’re getting to the quarterback, and (they) can’t protect, here’s what Josh likes to go to,'” Zolak said.
Tom Brady’s Loyalty to Patriots Questioned Again
Brady raised eyebrows and ruffled feathers in the days and weeks leading up to the Super Bowl when he declined to take a side. Certainly, Patriots fans believed the man who became an international superstar with the Flying Elvis on his helmet should be rooting for his former team (not to mention his friend and Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel). Of course, Brady is now part-owner of the Las Vegas Raiders, who just so happened to hire Seattle offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak ahead of the Super Bowl.
Brady insisted he had “no dog in the fight” before finally wishing Kraft — and Kraft alone — luck ahead of the Super Bowl.
“If he didn’t have a dog in the fight, and he truly feels that way, I think he doubled down,” Zolak said. “He’s had multiple, multiple opportunities to back off it. He wished Robert luck to go get his seventh, and that was it, period. Not the team, so his allegiance is with Robert.
“I’m not shocked by this if he really feels that way. Then it’s the whole territorial ego thing … Mike’s one of your buddies, you talk to him a ton. Every damn away game we went to, the buses were delayed 45 minutes because him and Vrabel were talking long. What do you mean you don’t have a dog in the fight?”
Did Tom Brady Help Patriots? Scott Zolak Offers Super Bowl Theory