Tom Brady may want a removal.
The future Hall of Famer did not kindly welcome former Colts coach Tony Dungy, scoring Brady as the sixth toughest defender in front of the game plan and, in response, posted on Twitter an image of the banner “AFC Finalist ”By Colts since 2014.
It would have been pretty burned if Dungy, not Chuck Pagano, had been the head coach of the Colts that season, when Brady’s Patriots battled Indianapolis, 45-14, in the AFC title game, on their way to fourth of the six Super Bowls.
Dungy retired in 2008 – two years after coaching the Colts to an AFC victory over the Brady-led Patriots.
The Colts won the Super Bowl to end the 2006 season. Years of playoff pain at the hands of the Patriots followed, so maybe Brady shuffled them.
“Who I put in front of Tom Brady: Aaron Rodgers, John Elway, Steve Young, guys who might move,” Dungy said on Shannon Sharpe’s podcast. “Not to say Tom wasn’t great, but that extra dimension meant something to me.”
Dungy, 65, is currently an NFL analyst for NBC, while Brady, 43, left the Patriots for the Buccaneers last spring. Tampa Bay is 9-5 and is looking for a playoff spot.
The Colts’ unusual habit of raising banners denoting a trip to the conference championship game is due to the fact that “recognizing an NFL playoff season – no matter the end – is an achievement to be proud of,” said Pete Ward, COP. , for NFL.com in 2015.