When Tom Brady went into this season with the Buccaneers, he probably didn’t anticipate battling for his playoff hopes against the Carolina Panthers in Week 17 … with both teams holding sub-.500 records.
But that’s exactly where he found himself on Sunday, and he really tried anything to give the Bucs an edge. And by that, I mean he tested the officials’ tolerance for *any* contact on Brady.
Earlier in the season, the Bucs were the beneficiaries of a soft roughing call that effectively ended the Falcons’ hopes of a win against Tampa. Against Carolina, the crew wasn’t falling for Brady’s antics despite an over-the-top flop and lively reaction to the no call.
— sportsvids99 (@sportsvids991) January 1, 2023
Brady tumbled over after a light touch from Derrick Brown and went looking for a flag. When that didn’t come, he got into the face of Brown and Bravvion Roy.
NFL fans, of course, had jokes about the entire sequence.
This was how Twitter reacted
Brady with the worst flop this year
— Kurt Benkert 🧑🏽🚀 (@KurtBenkert) January 1, 2023
Brady flop and tantrum 😂
— NFL Philosophy (@NFLosophy) January 1, 2023
Brady with a neymar level flop and roll
— Eric 👨🏻💻 (@emanatee) January 1, 2023
HAHA BRADY WITH THE FLOP COME ON
— lauralynnbear (@lauralynnbear) January 1, 2023
Tantrum Tom https://t.co/zFupyd3fdl
— Nick Russo (@N_Russ0) January 1, 2023
“Stop touching me☹️”
— Shelbye (@ShelbyeOTR) January 1, 2023
Tom Brady channeled LeBron James on that flop…
— Keith Bennett (@KeithB980) January 1, 2023
My one year old did the same thing earlier
— Stevey (@SpipheySteven) January 1, 2023
I love him but what 😭 https://t.co/8HhPippphU
— mimi ⁷🇭🇷 (@gwangiljo) January 1, 2023
