Aside from recognizing that he's had a brilliant career and that his life could be much worse, we confess to not having — before Monday — a whole lot of opinions about Tom Brady.
But we have to say, after reading his quotes about swearing on the football field … well, we have a new appreciation and respect.
Per his appearance Monday on WEEI, Brady was talking about the mother of all swear words:
A Boston Globe editorial called out Brady for his (cursing) the Sunday before in Green Bay. Brady said he doesn't curse at home, but swearing allows him to show his feelings on the field.
"I wish I did have a better mouth out there at times, but there's nothing that quite expresses the way I feel like that word," he said. "It is, it is [a great word], especially in the heat of the moment. … Blame CBS and NBC for putting it on TV. Don't blame me."
Added Brady: "We're not choirboys, I know that. You bring us up to a certain level of intensity to the game, you're job is to go out there and physically, emotionally, mentally dominate the game. You don't do that at church on Sunday. You've got to go to the football field for that."
You're [redacted] right, Tom. Sometimes it is the perfect word. The football field is your office. And in your office, it's OK to swear. If TV or the Boston Globe has a problem with that, that's their problem.
If you're afraid of what the children will think, this is what they will think: sometimes it's OK to swear. And that will be the correct thing to think.
