Tom Brady's Super Bowl stance called out by former Patriots - ESPN

Tom Brady said he doesn't have a «dog in the fight» in this year's Super Bowl, and his former New England Patriots teammates are calling «bullcrap.»

Vince Wilfork and Rob Gronkowski, who teamed with Brady during the Patriots' recent dynastic run, both called out the seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback's comments on a podcast this week.

«I don't have a dog in the fight in this one,» Brady said on the latest edition of the «Let's Go!» Sirius XM podcast with Jim Gray. «May the best team win.»

Wilfork, who won two Super Bowls during his 11-year run with the Patriots, chided Brady for a «political» stance and mentioned Brady's role as a minority owner with the Las Vegas Raiders.

«That's bullcrap, Tom,» Wilfork said during an interview this week with Boston radio station WEEI. «All that political — this ain't political. It ain't political, what it is. Raiders ain't in it. Say what it is, what you see.»

Wilfork then responded to a comment from one of the WEEI hosts, who said Brady should be rooting for New England if he wants to be «a Patriot for life.»

«At the end of the day, if you're a Patriot for life, you know what it is,» Wilfork said. «Don't give me that political bullcrap. That just what it is. If you don't think we're gonna win, just pick Seattle then. Don't straddle the fence.»

Brady, who led the Patriots to six victories in the Super Bowl and nine AFC championships, said during his podcast appearance that it was a «new chapter in New England» and that he simply wants «to see a good game» that includes «good plays, good throws, good strategy, good decisions.»

«We did it for 20 years,» Brady said. «There was a little bit of a hiatus in there, but the Patriots are back, and it's a very exciting time for everyone