{"id":163899,"date":"2026-02-04T18:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T18:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/163899\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T18:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T18:45:08","slug":"tom-brady-shouldnt-be-first-ballot-hall-of-famer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/163899\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Brady shouldn’t be first-ballot Hall of Famer"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 Terrell Owens believes Tom Brady<\/a> should not get into the Hall of Fame when he\u2019s first eligible in 2028.<\/p>\n

During a sitdown interview with The California Post on Wednesday, Owens said that following Bill Belichick<\/a> and Robert Kraft\u2019s reported Canton snubs<\/a> this week, Brady, too, should have to endure an uncomfortable wait for a gold jacket when it\u2019s his time for the call in a few years.<\/p>\n

Terrell Owens told the California Post on Wednesday Tom Brady should not be a first-ballot Hall of Famer. Edward Lewis\/NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, if you\u2019re looking at it,\u201d said Owens, who appeared at Super Bowl LX Radio Row on behalf of Sharpie, \u201cif Belichick doesn\u2019t go in and Robert Kraft doesn\u2019t go in first ballot, Tom Brady shouldn\u2019t go in.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just being real. It\u2019s nothing against him. How can you have Tom Brady go in when he\u2019s up in 2028? Why would he go in if Robert Kraft and Bill Belichick don\u2019t go in on the first go-around?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause to be quite honest, yeah, is Tom Brady a good quarterback? Yeah. He\u2019s not the quarterback he is without Robert Kraft drafting him. He\u2019s not the quarterback he is without Bill Belichick. They all go hand-in-hand. So to me, why would he go in and those two don\u2019t?<\/p>\n

\u201cHe shouldn\u2019t go in either.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brady\u2019s resume, of course, says otherwise. In 23 NFL seasons, he won seven Super Bowls, earned MVP honors three times and was selected to the Pro Bowl on 15 different occasions. He also ended his time in the league with numerous records, including most-ever passing yards (89,214) and passing touchdowns (649).<\/p>\n

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Tom Brady will be eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2028. Getty Images for Fontainebleau Las Vegas<\/p>\n

But Belichick\u2019s resume was just as a strong, and once he didn\u2019t get in on his first go-around this week, Owens made it clear Brady shouldn\u2019t either, especially if things like Spygate and Deflategate played roles in the coach\u2019s slight.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want to bring up the idea of cheating, Tom Brady did the Deflategate,\u201d Owens said. \u201cLike, he had to serve a suspension because there was something he was doing. That\u2019s cheating. That was proven. He got suspended. He did something. Otherwise, he would have never got suspended.<\/p>\n

Terrell Owens didn\u2019t get into the Hall of Fame until his third try. AP<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, how do you put Tom in on the first go-around, but you don\u2019t put these two in?\u201d<\/p>\n

Owens famously had his own battle with the Hall of Fame nearly a decade ago.<\/p>\n

Despite statistics that suggest he\u2019s one of the greatest receivers to ever play in the league, it took until his third try in 2018 to get his bronze bust.<\/p>\n

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He said on Wednesday the whole selection process is still \u201cridiculous\u201d and a \u201ctravesty,\u201d and he\u2019d love to see big changes going forward. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey need to put something in place in order for the Hall of Fame to be legit,\u201d Owens said. \u201cBecause at this rate, it\u2019s getting out of hand.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe writers, they\u2019re having too much power of the pen.\u201d<\/p>\n

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