Tom Brady perplexed over Bill Belichick failing to make Hall of Fame on first ballot

Sportscaster Jim Gray joins ‘America Reports’ to discuss former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick’s snub from the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Tom Brady was just as perplexed as the rest of the NFL world when it was learned that Bill Belichick wouldn’t be going into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on the first ballot.

The Belichick snub, despite eight total Super Bowl rings in his career, was reported by ESPN on Tuesday night. He needed to get 40 of the 50 votes to earn his place in Canton, Ohio, being on the ballot for the first time.

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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) talks with New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick before the game against the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Divisional round playoff game at Gillette Stadium on Jan. 16, 2016. (Robert Deutsch/USA TODAY Sports)

Brady, who won six Super Bowl titles with Belichick while the two were on the New England Patriots, went to bat for his former head coach.

"To me, I don’t understand it," he said Wednesday in an appearance on "Brock & Salk Mornings" in Seattle. "I was with him every day. If he’s not a first-ballot Hall of Famer, there’s really no coach that should ever be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, which is completely ridiculous because people deserve it. He’s incredible. There’s no coach I’d rather play for. If I’m picking one coach to go out there to win a Super Bowl, give me one season, I’m taking Bill Belichick.

"So that’s enough said. Outside of that, again, when it comes down to votes and popularity, and all that, like, welcome to the world of voting. He may as well go try out for the Oscars or whatever and get a big panel to tell you if you’re good or not. It’s the way it works,