Brady is retired now, but he jumped to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020 after 20 years with the New England Patriots. On “Let’s Go,” the podcast Brady does with Jim Gray, he discussed what Rodgers may have been experiencing, and how he thinks Rodgers will feel going into a new season with a new team.
“Well, it’s just, there’s a different energy about it. It’s a newness. It’s a fresh start to try to take where you’ve been, to bring all the good and then not to bring the tough lessons, you know? Because sometimes the tough lessons always remain unless you work through ’em, you know? So it’s like you go through a lot of years at one place and there’s a lot of, I would say, mental scar tissue, from losses or relationships or certain experiences. Oh, this guy had said this once, or that teammate, or this coach or that general manager.
“Now you go to a new place and you have none of that. So now you can just hopefully bring your best knowing that you probably didn’t do everything right where you were, but you tried your best. And now you get to go to a new place with a different type of emotional energy. And I’m excited for him. He’ll be invigorated. Looks like he’s having a good time up to this year. I know he has been engaged in the offseason, which is always great, and really trying to connect with his teammates. So I’m excited to see what he does. They have a really good team. They have a really good offense. And, you know, Aaron’s been, when he’s got good receivers, man, it’s pretty dangerous. … I think he’s gonna have a great year.”
This quote should give Jets fans hope. Brady points out how this will be a fresh start for Aaron Rodgers. That is exactly what Rodgers needed to look more like he has in past seasons.
