Former New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady doesn’t want to pick sides in the team’s Week 10 showdown with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.
It makes sense considering he won six Super Bowls with the Patriots and a seventh one with the Buccaneers. Both franchises are obviously special to him in their own way.
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While he didn’t make a prediction for the game, he does view it as a potential Game of the Year matchup.
“This team doesn’t always get mentioned in the same breath as the Eagles, the Chiefs and the Bills. But they should. The Bucs, coming off their bye week at No. 3, setting up a huge showdown with the Pats in Tampa,” said Brady. “We’ve got two teams who might feel like they have something to prove. Yeah, I like that. And that usually results in a great football game. Game of the year alert? I think so. Just don’t ask me to pick any sides here.”
The game features two of the top teams in the NFL with MVP-candidate quarterbacks set to go head-to-head.
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Tampa Bay is a perennial playoff contender with Baker Mayfield under center and Todd Bowles’ elite defense on the other side, while New England has the surging young quarterback in Drake Maye and a proven elite level head coach in Mike Vrabel.
The Patriots are the hottest team in football on a six-game winning streak. They could turn heads in ways they haven’t all season with a win on Sunday.
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This article originally appeared on Patriots Wire: Tom Brady breaks silence on Week 10 game between the Patriots and Bucs