{"id":463819,"date":"2026-02-07T05:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T05:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/463819\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T05:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T05:56:11","slug":"tom-brady-to-patriots-robert-kraft-know-i-got-your-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/463819\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Brady to Patriots&#8217; Robert Kraft: &#8216;Know I got your back&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/2330\/tom-brady\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Brady<\/a> apparently has run a reverse ahead of Super Bowl LX.<\/p>\n<p>The longtime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/ne\/new-england-patriots\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patriots<\/a> star, who was widely criticized this week after he said he didn&#8217;t have a &#8220;dog in the fight&#8221; in Sunday&#8217;s Super Bowl between New England and the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"3767a23c-a17d-294f-288a-9086ad1f0680\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/sea\/seattle-seahawks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Seahawks<\/a>, indicated in a social media post Friday night that he is backing his former team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know I got your back RKK,&#8221; he wrote as part of an Instagram story, referencing Patriots owner Robert Kraft. &#8220;Get that seventh ring so we can match.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/p>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<p>Brady won six Super Bowl titles in New England (and then a seventh with the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"13e8b157-a75a-ff24-ae91-fa3d52ddf204\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/tb\/tampa-bay-buccaneers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a>), leading many to expect he&#8217;d back his former team Sunday against the Seahawks.<\/p>\n<p>But that wasn&#8217;t the case earlier this week, when, during the latest edition of the &#8220;Let&#8217;s Go!&#8221; SiriusXM podcast with Jim Gray, he said: &#8220;I don&#8217;t have a dog in the fight in this one. May the best team win.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fans, ex-teammates and some current Patriots <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/47839224\/tom-brady-super-bowl-stance-called-former-patriots\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">have criticized Brady&#8217;s stance since<\/a>. Vince Wilfork called it &#8220;bullcrap.&#8221; Rob Gronkowski pondered whether Brady was fueled by ulterior motives. And Asante Samuel accused Brady of being jealous of current New England quarterback <a data-player-guid=\"2fbd2f9e-624d-3e63-9bb5-9bb965782b68\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4431452\/drake-maye\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Drake Maye<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After Brady&#8217;s post Friday night, Samuel, who won Super Bowls in his first two years in New England, questioned if it was too little, too late.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What do you think&#8230; Tom Brady got the message and corrected his foolishness <\/p>\n<p>Do we forgive him??? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w1yXW7tgcz\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/w1yXW7tgcz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Asante Samuel (@pick_six22) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pick_six22\/status\/2019957074378318057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 7, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Brady is currently an NFL analyst for Fox and a part-owner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/lv\/las-vegas-raiders\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Raiders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tom Brady apparently has run a reverse ahead of Super Bowl LX. 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