Brady Challenges Raiders Rookie, Flacco Rips Sanders as NFL Offseason Chatter Heats Up
From a pointed message to Las Vegas' new quarterback to a visor dispute, veteran voices are already shaping storylines ahead of training camp.
Tom Brady had a blunt message for Las Vegas Raiders rookie quarterback Fernando Mendoza this week, saying the first-year player has not earned anything yet and demanding the same accountability and discipline Brady says defined his own NFL career, Fox News reported.
The comments add to a growing chorus of veteran scrutiny aimed at young quarterbacks heading into camp. Joe Flacco used Netflix's "Quarterback" series to criticize Cleveland's Shedeur Sanders for wearing a helmet visor during practice last season, calling the choice impractical. "You look like an idiot," Flacco told Sanders on the show, according to Fox News.
Elsewhere, the debate over quarterback rankings continued as analyst Colin Cowherd argued Lamar Jackson does not belong among the NFL's top 10 quarterbacks, saying he would rather have Denver's Bo Nix in a clutch fourth-quarter comeback situation than the two-time MVP, Fox News reported.
The string of pointed remarks reflects the usual midsummer jockeying among players and pundits before training camps open, with established stars weighing in on how the next generation of quarterbacks is shaping up and where they stand in the league's pecking order.
— Compiled from reporting by Fox News.