{"id":554695,"date":"2026-03-23T05:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T05:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/554695\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T05:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T05:32:11","slug":"logan-paul-sends-not-so-loving-apology-to-patriots-legend-tom-brady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/554695\/","title":{"rendered":"Logan Paul Sends Not-So-Loving Apology to Patriots Legend Tom Brady"},"content":{"rendered":"

The pseudo-war of words between content creator and WWE star Logan Paul and New England Patriots<\/a> legend Tom Brady<\/a> continues to escalate \u2014 with the former playing the sports-entertainment \u201cheel\u201d role to near perfection. <\/p>\n

Both Brady and Paul were among the stars \u2014 which included several NFL greats \u2014 who participated in this weekend\u2019s first inaugural Fanatics Flag Football Classic<\/a> at BMO Stadium. Although Paul\u2019s \u201cWildcats\u201d and Brady\u2019s \u201cFounders\u201d proved to be no match for the eventual champions Team USA, the WWE personality could not resist cutting a promo on the Patriots Hall of Famer \u2014 a man who many consider to be the greatest NFL player of all time. <\/p>\n

\u201cI’d like to apologize to Tom Brady for applying so much pressure on you play after play after play that had you literally fearing\u00a0for your life,\u201d Logan sarcastically said via social media. \u00a0‘I understand you’re older, it’s not like you could go anywhere, and you got frustrated, which is why you threw the ball at me. And I want you to know that I forgive you for that, because that’s what real men do.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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While Brady was universally praised for a stellar showing \u2014 despite his 48 years of age \u2014 Paul was repeatedly penalized for his misinterpretation of the rules, as well as repeatedly taunting his opponents. The 30-year-old raised the ire of fans when he ripped the sunglasses off Team USA star Darrell \u201cHoush\u201d Douchette’s glasses off of his face and throwing them at the ground.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Douchette was named tournament MVP, as Team USA went 3-0 on the day \u2014 beating the Wildcats, 39-16, and the Founders, 43-16.\u00a0Paul\u2019s Wildcats fell to the USA flag footballers 24-14 in the championship matchup. <\/p>\n

Tom Brady and Logan Paul Appear Headed for a Showdown<\/p>\n

Brady\u2019s involvement with the Flag Football Classic has made headlines throughout the week, due largely in part to his heated trade of verbal barbs with WWE star and podcaster Logan Paul.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For nearly a month, the pair have engaged in mutual trash talking, stemming from Paul questioning the toughness of NFL players. Since that time, the WWE star has taken his opportunities to engage such league standouts as Cleveland Browns defender Myles Garrett and former NFL running back LeVeon Bell. The\u00a0verbal sparring reached its crescendo<\/a>\u00a0at the Fanatics Inaugural Draft event in Beverley Hills, CA, just three days prior to their on-field showdown.<\/p>\n

Still, Brady proved that he still has the tools to be among the game\u2019s best when it comes to on-field performance. On his first drive of the game, the seven-time Super Bowl champion connected with former\u00a0Patriots<\/a>\u00a0receiver Stefon Diggs on a fourth-down touchdown \u2014 demonstrating some impressive pocket mobility by making his defender miss a tackle and then delivering a strike to Diggs in the corner of the end zone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brady\u2019s touchdown was the first throw of the Founders\u2019 game against the U.S. men’s national flag football team. Brady replaced Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts on the drive. Shortly after his initial scoring throw, the man who many consider to be the greatest quarterback in NFL history found his former teammate and fellow legend tight end Rob Gronkowski to put additional points on the board for his squad. Unfortunately, the Founders would finish the day going 0-2 \u2014 leaving both Brady and his teammate, Philadelphia Eagles\u2019 quarterback Jalen Hurts, open to Paul\u2019s indignity. <\/p>\n

\u201cI’d like to apologize to Jalen Hurts for sacking you and later deflecting a pass that then got intercepted by my team, allowing us to score on the very next possession,\u201d Paul said. ‘If you get traded or your contract gets cut down, now we know why, and it’s probably pretty embarrassing, so I am sorry.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘And lastly \u2026\u201d Paul added. \u201c I want to apologize to everyone that said that I was not a great athlete, because you all look stupid as hell right now. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Make sure you bookmark New England Patriots on SI for the latest news, exclusive interviews, film breakdowns, and so much more!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The pseudo-war of words between content creator and WWE star Logan Paul and New England Patriots legend Tom…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":554696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-554695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}