Tom Brady was never afraid to give his teammates an earful when they weren’t performing up to par in the heat of battle. But every now and then, one of those teammates would give it right back to the legendary quarterback.
Count former New England Patriots offensive tackle Matt Light as one of those guys.
The NBC Sports Boston Camera Guys, Moose Messina and Glenn Gleason, appeared on the “Pats Interference” podcast with Andrew Callahan to share some of their favorite stories from working Patriots games over the years. One story included a sideline blow-up between Brady and Light.
“Brady’s obvious in the stuff that we saw, right? But there was a dynamic that would go on where he would come off and he would scream at the players, which we’ve seen,” Messina said. We’ve seen that video, right? We were in Jacksonville. Brady goes down, horrible sack, and he’s like, ‘What the [blah, blah, blah], wake up.’
“So he goes and sits down, and you see Matt Light stewing. …That crew was a different crew with [Logan] Mankins and all those guys. And he gets up, and now, he goes down to Brady and says, ‘You get your head out your ass. You get us going, [blah, blah, blah].’ And you could tell the other guys were like, ‘Yeah, Matt. You tell him.'”
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There was always a profound respect between Brady and Light, who is one of the Patriots’ all-time great offensive tackles. Fast forward past the shouting match and the two were back on the football field building a dynasty that will be remembered and praised for years to come.
