So, yeah. That Tom Brady guy. He’s still really, really good.
Brady returned Sunday after serving his four-game Deflategate suspension and proceeded to completely destroy the Cleveland Browns, helping the New England Patriots improve to 4-1 with a 33-13 win.
The Patriots quarterback didn’t skip a beat in his first game back, throwing for 406 yards and three touchdowns as New England stomped Cleveland in the Browns’ own barn.
Twitter reacted accordingly throughout the day Sunday.
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— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) October 9, 2016
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) October 9, 2016
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) October 9, 2016
The Tom Brady Double Bird Eff You Reunion Tour is off to a good start.
— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) October 9, 2016
Tom Brady is BACK, baby. And so, not coincidentally, is Gronk.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) October 9, 2016
Tom Brady, at 39 STILL the best quarterback in the NFL after 4 bogus games out. Left rust in the dust.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) October 9, 2016
I feel badly for the NFL. Not just because Brady’s coming for them. But they were cheated out of a month of his awesomeness.
— FitzyGFY 🍺 (brew checkmark) (@FitzyGFY) October 9, 2016
If Brady thinks there was plenty of rust on him today then everybody should be afraid of what happens when he’s polished and tuned.
— FitzyGFY 🍺 (brew checkmark) (@FitzyGFY) October 9, 2016
Oh my Tom Brady…How you like them apples Goodell? #TD #TB12IsBack #FireGoodell @boston_girl79 @KMR31871 @ElizabethO1973 pic.twitter.com/vnG7K1LBGe
— 𝓐𝓵𝓲𝓬𝓲𝓪 (@ALICIAH23) October 9, 2016
Tom Brady fantasy owners hopping off their couch like…https://t.co/QTYLINpCoz
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) October 9, 2016
Tom Brady: still very good. Here's proof. pic.twitter.com/gAXwOptNv8
— The Sporting News (@sportingnews) October 9, 2016
No rust at all for Tom Brady. Speaks to how dedicated he is. Or how bad the Browns are. Or both.
— Jim Rome (@jimrome) October 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/TomBradysEgo/status/785213348170334208
The verdict is in: in the two regular season games that followed a court decision involving Tom Brady, he threw 694 yards, 8 TDs and 0 INTs.
— Michael McCann (@McCannSportsLaw) October 9, 2016
Preview of the rest of the NFL season now that Tom Brady's back
(Video via @FitzyGFY)pic.twitter.com/CU3qidAoPh
— NOTSportsCenter (@NOTSportsCenter) October 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/MarcusRozsa/status/785239240145833984
I'm waiting for an ESPN notification to pop up on my phone saying #TomBrady is being investigated for under-inflated footballs. #CLEvsNE
— Matthew Holda (@Matt_Swolda) October 9, 2016
I suppose, the only #NFL questions this year are – 1) Who will the Patriots play in the Super Bowl? 2) Who do we hate more than Tom Brady?
— Steve Dick (@SWDick) October 9, 2016
It was a vintage Brady performance, suggesting there could be something to the theory that the four-time Super Bowl champion is as motivated as ever after being forced to sit out four games for his alleged role in the Patriots’ underinflated football scandal.
Good luck to the rest of the NFL — especially if Brady really was rusty Sunday, like he claims.
Thumbnail photo via Kevin Jairaj/USA TODAY Sports Images
