TAMPA, Fla. -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady opened his Thursday weekly news conference apologizing for a comment he made in his "Let's Go!" podcast with Jim Gray Monday, comparing the NFL season to military deployment.
"Earlier this week, I made a statement about playing football and the military and it was a very poor choice of words," Brady said before taking questions. "I just want to express that to any sentiments out there that people may have taken it a certain way. So I apologize."
On the podcast, Brady told Gray and Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant, "I almost look at like a football season like you're going away on deployment in the military, and it's like, 'Man, here I go again.