TAMPA — Antonio Brown said Friday that his friendship with Tom Brady is based on the fact that he could help the future Hall of Fame quarterback win football games.
Appearing on the Full Send Podcast, the former Bucs receiver called Brady the team’s “GM” and a “politician” and wondered why Brady never threw him the football as much as Ben Roethlisberger did when Brown played in Pittsburgh.
“Tom Brady is the general manager,” Brown said. “He’s the guy my agent made the contract with, he’s the middle man and a politician.”
Brown stopped following Brady on Instagram this week. When asked why he said, “It’s nothing personal. Tom is actually my friend, one of my close friends ... Some people have a different definition of friend. Because when I say, ‘I’m your friend,’ that means I got your back. To me, though, that’s what a friend means.
“But a friend is not in this world and how we’re living. You know we’re playing professional sports. Not everybody in sports is going to be your friend. Tom Brady is my friend because I’m a good football player. He needs me to play football, right? These guys called me to win the Super Bowl, not for the Toilet Bowl.”
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