Patriots Get the Last Laugh with Vicious Shot at ESPN Critic During Victory Parade
The Super Bowl champion New England Patriots were fueled in this, their sixth Super Bowl run, by the “haters.”
That was pretty much confirmed by quarterback Tom Brady, who told ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Monday that he’d rather be called “trash” than the greatest of all time.
“I wish you would say, ‘You’re trash, you’re too old, you’re too slow, you can’t get it done no more,’” Brady said. “And I’ll say, ‘Thank you very much, I’m gonna go prove you wrong.’”
So, instead of trashing detractors like ESPN’s Max Kellerman, maybe Brady and Co. should thank them?
That didn’t happen during their victory parade Tuesday through the streets of Boston.
Instead, the Patriots made a point of calling out one of their biggest critics. Kellerman had doubted the team throughout the season, especially Brady, who he said was “falling off a cliff” with declining production at age 41.
In the rolling rally, Patriots linebacker Elandon Roberts held up a sign that had a picture of Kellerman on it with a red clown nose.
The sign read: “Max Kellerman: Haterade Player of the Year.”
Patriots are having fun with @maxkellerman pic.twitter.com/CYSjSenVlp
— Nicholas W. Goss (@NickGossNBCSB) February 5, 2019
Kellerman got wind of it and said he was “honored to accept the award.”
Honored to accept this award https://t.co/Kykp6gcFti
— Max Kellerman (@maxkellerman) February 5, 2019
Roberts’ fellow linebacker Kyle Van Noy was on the same duck boat as Roberts, and the two took turns holding the signs.
DAVID ANDREWS JUST ROCKED the #Patriots rally with this phenomenal look! #EverythingWeGot #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/swTvu7Hq1g
— Mike Petraglia (@Trags) February 5, 2019
Van Noy called out Kellerman after the Patriots win over the Los Angeles Chargers in the AFC divisional playoff round.
“Well maybe, because everybody says we need to stick to football, he needs to stick to his boxing or whatever he does, his commentating,” Van Noy said of Kellerman on the “Zolak and Bertrand Show” on WBZ-FM in Boston.
What a day! The weather was perfect and an estimated 1.5 million fans came out to celebrate with the @Patriots at Tuesday’s rolling rally. pic.twitter.com/Wvn4XIn6qd
— WEEI (@WEEI) February 6, 2019
The rolling rally was attended by an estimated 1.5 million Patriots fans on an unseasonably warm, 65-degree day in Boston. It was the most well-attended of any of the team’s six Super Bowl victory parades.
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