When Antonio Brown abruptly left the Buccaneers during the 2021 season, they could have used a veteran wide receiver for the playoffs. And Terrell Owens wrote on social media at the time that He was that wide receiverTwo and a half years later, Owens blames Tom Brady for the Bucs not signing him.
Owens said in the Dub Bubba Show who tried to reach out to Brady to ask for a chance to play for the Bucs in the playoffs, and Brady ignored him.
“Tom Brady ignored me,” Owens said. “The year AB went crazy … they just needed somebody to fill some holes that AB left at receiver. I reached out to him through Randy and some other people, just to have him come in and play third down and in the red zone. This guy ignored me. It just shows the lack of respect that’s there, but then when they get in front of you, they want to act like they respect you.”
At the time, Owens was 48 years old and hadn’t played in the NFL since being cut after three weeks of training camp with the Seahawks a decade earlier. That’s probably less a case of Brady not respecting Owens’ accomplishments as a former NFL receiver, and more a case of Brady not wanting to waste time during playoff preparation talking to someone who had no chance of making the roster.
