FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady countered the characterization in an ESPN The Magazine story that he "seemed liberated" after the team traded backup Jimmy Garoppolo.
The ESPN The Magazine story said "some players and staffers noticed that Brady seemed especially excited, hollering and cajoling."
"I think that's just such a poor characterization of anything. In 18 years, I've never celebrated when someone has been traded, been cut," Brady said Tuesday in his weekly interview on sports radio WEEI's Kirk and Callahan Show. "I would say that's disappointing to hear that someone would express that, or a writer would express that, because it's so far from what my beliefs are about my teammates
"I think I'm very empathetic toward other people's experiences.