Tom Brady is as good a teammate as they come and if you're having doubts, then look no further than his exchange with former Patriots wide receiver Demaryius Thomas.
The six-time Super Bowl champ greeted Thomas ahead of the Patriots and Jets’ Monday Nighter with a gift. We’re not sure what exactly was in the box, but the two hugged it out after Brady delivered the present.
Christmas came early for DT!
The veteran wide out was signed by New England over the offseason but was traded to the Jets after the organization acquired Antonio Brown from the Oakland Raiders. Thomas has voiced his frustrations with how the situation unfolded and didn’t appear to be happy with the way Bill Belichick handled things. But leave it to ‘Terrific Tom’ to go full-out hero and calm the storm.
The following is an excerpt from New York Daily News article written by Manish Mehta:
“It was insulting, for sure,” Thomas told the Daily News Wednesday in a candid discussion about his time in Foxborough. “Once I got cut (on August 31), I could have just come here (to the Jets) and not stayed there and re-sign. When they re-signed me, I was thinking that I was good. Two weeks later, I was gone. So, it’s like, ‘Why did I waste my time?’ Because at the end of the day, it was kind of a waste of time for me.”
“They took a chance to bring me in and helped me get healthy,” said Thomas, who was cut by the Texans in the offseason after suffering a torn Achilles in late December. “I always knew I was going to be able to still play… and it would have worked out because I was still learning their offense. Josh McDaniels drafted me. So, I felt like I was cool. But even having conversations with him and couple other people, it was like, ‘You’re going to be okay.’ Two weeks later, AB gets cut… and then they kicked me (to the curb) and shipped me out like I’m just a rookie.”
It couldn’t have been easy for Thomas to watch the Pats smack the Jets 33-0 but hey, at least he came away with something.
(H/T FTW)
