Rams ace taunts Brady over age ahead of Super Bowl
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Rams ace taunts Brady over age ahead of Super Bowl
Atlanta (AFP) - Los Angeles Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman has risked the wrath of Tom Brady after claiming age had finally caught up with the New England Patriots quarterback.
Brady, 41, will overtake Peyton Manning as the oldest quarterback to win a Super Bowl on Sunday if he guides the Patriots to victory over the Rams in Atlanta.
Brady has looked in superb form during the NFL playoffs, leading the Patriots to a lopsided win over the Los Angeles Chargers before a thrilling overtime victory against the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC title game.
Robey-Coleman, whose unpunished pass interference in the Rams win over New Orleans sparked uproar, is adamant that Brady is on the wane.
"Age has definitely taken a toll," Robey-Coleman told Bleacher Report. "For him to still be doing it, that's a great compliment for him. But I think that he's definitely not the same quarterback he was."
Robey-Coleman said he had pinpointed Brady's throwing as a possible area of decline.
"He still can sling it, but he's not slinging it as much," he said.
But speaking at the Super Bowl's Opening Night in Atlanta on Monday, Robey-Coleman sought to downplay his remarks, suggesting his words had been "taken out of context."
"Everybody just made a big deal out of the situation. Tom Brady's a great quarterback. I wasn't trying to say nothing bad about him," Robey-Coleman said.
"I respect him as the G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time) He is the legend. And I think words got misconstrued, and they got spinned out of context," he said.
Robey-Coleman's words are nevertheless likely to be motivational manna from heaven for Brady and the Patriots, who have been eager to cast themselves as underdogs despite another successful season, which has ended with a ninth Super Bowl appearance since the 2001-2002 campaign.
Asked for his response to Robey-Coleman's comments on Monday, Brady paused before telling reporters: "Yeah I don't have much to add."
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When you don't have enough talent, and fear the opponent, you go the psyche route. This is obviously a very lame attempt at such a tactic. If this bozo thinks he can rattle Brady, he's wasting his time. Win or lose, Brady will be on his A-game Sunday.
Better he stayed focused on honing his skills for the upcoming game and keep his pie hole shut.
Robey-Coleman says:
"Age has definitely taken a toll," Robey-Coleman told Bleacher Report. "For him to still be doing it, that's a great compliment for him. But I think that he's definitely not the same quarterback he was."
Then he says:
his words had been "taken out of context."
It's hilarious when players do this, and then they lie about the "context" which makes it all worse. It was smack, plain and simple, and we all know it.
Who knows, perhaps the Rams win anyway. But for sure, what this big mouth did, certainly did not help his team to win this game.
I wonder which way Robey-Coleman prefers his Crow cooked?
George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.
nice to see some smack being talked. Good on the Rams for starting it , the pats never get anything going in that area, that tool bill would Butler anyone that doesn't stick to the script