Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady, who departed the NFL less than a year ago, says standards are slipping in America's most popular professional sports league.
"I think there's a lot of mediocrity in today's NFL," Brady said this week in an appearance on "The Stephen A. Smith Show," hosted by the longtime ESPN commentator.
"I don't see the excellence that I saw in the past," Brady said.
Brady became a byword for NFL excellence in a record-setting 23-year career that included six Super Bowl titles in 20 seasons with the New England Patriots and a final crown with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.