- Tom Brady reportedly feels slighted for not being recognized as "Patriot of the Week" at any point during the 2017 season.
- The story comes from Seth Wickersham's bombshell report on tensions within the New England Patriots franchise.
- Brady will have a few more chances to win the award as New England begins their campaign for their second straight Super Bowl championship.
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Tom Brady was reportedly bitter about not receiving 'Patriot of the Week' honors despite his MVP-caliber season
Tom Brady may be the greatest quarterback in NFL history, but he still felt slighted after failing to earn a trivial team honor during the 2017 season.
Tom Brady is likely the most accomplished quarterback in NFL history, and has already proven himself to be the greatest quarterback to ever play the game.
But even with all of his unmatched accolades, Brady was still reportedly angry this year for never receiving what amounts to be a pretty trivial title — that of "Patriot of the Week," an honor bestowed by head coach Bill Belichick — despite leading the race for league MVP.
The story comes from Seth Wickersham's blockbuster report on the most dominant franchise in football, which revealed many of the rising tensions among Patriots leadership.
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With Brady's 17 years under Belichick, you might think that no player in the organization would be more at ease with Belichick's strict, cold, "Do your job" philosophy. But as Wickersham tells it, Brady has embraced the power of positive thinking in the later years of his career, and Belichick's constant cynicism has apparently gotten under the skin of the franchise's quarterback more than once.
Belichick still rides on Brady in film sessions — with Wickersham saying "
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