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Tom Brady: NFL Now 'A Little More of a Skills Competition' Than a Football Game

The NFL is filled with elite young quarterbacks, but Tom Brady believes rule changes have made the game easier for the new generation of passers.

"I think the game's changed a little bit from when I started," Brady told Erin Andrews on Fox NFL Sunday. "I think it's a little more of a skills competition than necessarily a football game."

Though the New England Patriots quarterback clarified the sport is "still hard-hitting and hard-nosed," he argued that defensive penalties help reward bad offensive play.

"For a quarterback, I should be responsible for protecting my receivers.