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Patriots Get the Last Laugh with Vicious Shot at ESPN Critic During Victory Parade

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The Super Bowl champion New England Patriots were fueled in this, their sixth Super Bowl run, by the “haters.”

That was pretty much confirmed by quarterback Tom Brady, who told ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Monday that he’d rather be called “trash” than the greatest of all time.

“I wish you would say, ‘You’re trash, you’re too old, you’re too slow, you can’t get it done no more,’” Brady said. “And I’ll say, ‘Thank you very much, I’m gonna go prove you wrong.’”

So, instead of trashing detractors like ESPN’s Max Kellerman, maybe Brady and Co. should thank them?

That didn’t happen during their victory parade Tuesday through the streets of Boston.

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Instead, the Patriots made a point of calling out one of their biggest critics. Kellerman had doubted the team throughout the season, especially Brady, who he said was “falling off a cliff” with declining production at age 41.

In the rolling rally, Patriots linebacker Elandon Roberts held up a sign that had a picture of Kellerman on it with a red clown nose.

The sign read: “Max Kellerman: Haterade Player of the Year.”

Kellerman got wind of it and said he was “honored to accept the award.”

Roberts’ fellow linebacker Kyle Van Noy was on the same duck boat as Roberts, and the two took turns holding the signs.

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Van Noy called out Kellerman after the Patriots win over the Los Angeles Chargers in the AFC divisional playoff round.

“Well maybe, because everybody says we need to stick to football, he needs to stick to his boxing or whatever he does, his commentating,” Van Noy said of Kellerman on the “Zolak and Bertrand Show” on WBZ-FM in Boston.

The rolling rally was attended by an estimated 1.5 million Patriots fans on an unseasonably warm, 65-degree day in Boston. It was the most well-attended of any of the team’s six Super Bowl victory parades.

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Dave is a lifelong sports fan who has been writing for The Wildcard since 2017. He has been a writer for more than 20 years for a variety of publications.
Dave has been writing about sports for The Wildcard since 2017. He's been a reporter and editor for over 20 years, covering everything from sports to financial news. In addition to writing for The Wildcard, Dave has covered mutual funds for Pensions and Investments, meetings and conventions, money market funds, personal finance, associations, and he currently covers financial regulations and the energy sector for Macallan Communications. He has won awards for both news and sports reporting.
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