Ex-NFL quarterback reveals why Tom Brady 'p----s' him off
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Ryan Fitzpatrick thinks he is the quarterback Tom Brady referred to as "that mother f-----" last year.
However, Fitzpatrick thinks that's just the tip of the iceberg of the lack of the respect Brady showed him throughout his career.
He played for nine teams during his 17-year career, but Brady was apparently never a fan.
Tom Brady of the New England Patriots, right, talks with Ryan Fitzpatrick of the New York Jets after the Patriots defeated the Jets 41-3 at Gillette Stadium Dec. 24, 2016, in Foxboro, Mass. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
Fitzpatrick played for all three of Brady's AFC East rivals, and Brady took care of business pretty easily almost every time. But the 39-year-old recalled a time when Brady did struggle and didn't show sportsmanship afterward.
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"I’ve told this story before, but he just p----s me off. Because you’re in Buffalo, you’re playing New England, they’re kicking our a-- every single year, they’re beating us," Fitzpatrick said on "Pardon My Take." "We finally in 2011 knocked them off. It was right at the beginning of the season. We had this great start, and he threw five interceptions in the game, which was just wonderful to see. Every single one of them. Just wonderful to see.
"And (Brady would) run straight off. Like, no handshake, no quarterback middle of the field, no, ‘Where are the cameras? OK, hey, stay healthy buddy.’ Pat me on the head and let me go. Just ran straight off. So it bothered me so much because there was no respect there. Every time I played him after that, I was like ‘All right, let’s make this dude respect me.'"
Ryan Fitzpatrick of the Miami