Future Pro Football Hall of Famer Tom Brady made an appearance at Fanatics Fest in New York City on Friday. He spent some of his time at the star-studded event with ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith. 

At one point during a sit down with Smith, Brady began discussing a hypothetical interception — which is when he brought up New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones.

“Let’s say Daniel Jones throws an interception,” Brady said as some of the attendees laughed. The crowd’s reaction seemed to make the seven-time Super Bowl winner realize how his comment was being interpreted. 

“I didn’t mean to say it like that. I wasn’t even being critical of Daniel Jones,” Brady clarified. “Maybe I was a little.”

Smith and Brady also discussed the legendary NFL player’s gameplan for his broadcasting career. Brady cautioned that he hopes to avoid being overly critical of quarterbacks when he is in the broadcast booth.

“That was horrible,” was an example of a phrase Brady said he might have an inclination to say into the microphone, but he acknowledged, “I just can’t say that on TV.”

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Smith followed up by asking, “Why not?”

Daniel Jones #8 of the New York Giants looks to pass under pressure by Derek Barnett #95 of the Houston Texans in the first quarter during the preseason game at NRG Stadium on August 17, 2024 in Houston, Texas. (Tim Warner/Getty Images)

Brady cited his concerns for players’ loved ones.

“Well, because there are parents and there are family members and I don’t want to always necessarily say it in that way,” Brady said. “But if I was doing it myself and let’s say I threw a really bad interception, I would walk to the sidelines and say, ‘You are the worst quarterback in the world. How could you possibly make that throw? Terrible!’

“But I don’t want to be so critical because in some ways I don’t necessarily know exactly what the problem was on that play. Let’s say Daniel Jones throws an interception …”

Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots shakes hands with Daniel Jones #8 of the New York Giants after their game at Gillette Stadium on October 10, 2019 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)

The Giants are the only team to defeat Brady in the Super Bowl twice, which is something he has brought up on more than one occasion in recent years.

Jones will begin his sixth regular season with the Giants in September. He appeared in just six games in 2023 due to injuries. He finished last season with two touchdowns and six interceptions. 

The former Duke football standout struggled in New York’s preseason game against the Houston Texans on Saturday. He threw two interceptions, including a pick-six.

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Tom Brady made winning the Super Bowl look easy at times. Now he’s facing the pressures of ever-evolving parenthood. Even for the most accomplished player in NFL history, being a dad is still “challenging,” he admits. 

“And all the parents out there know that it’s a challenge to be a good parent,” Brady said during an interview with Stephen A. Smith at Fanatics Fest NYC Friday. “I got a lot of things that keep me busy, but still trying to be a great dad and be there for my kids.”

Brady shared that he often doesn’t hear from his 14-year-old son Benjamin, 16-year-old son Jack or 11-year-old daughter Vivian unless they want something. 

“Every time they call me I know there is a request because when they don’t call, I don’t hear from them. And when I don’t hear from them, I know they don’t want anything,” he said. 

One bright spot for Brady in seeing his kids grow up is that they have become more understanding of why he’s spent so much time away from the family throughout his career. Brady played in the NFL from 2000 to 2022. 

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“They begin to appreciate …. as they get older and start to have the responsibilities of an adult,” Brady said. “When you’re working hard to be a dad and also provide for the family, that does come with being away a bit and being really focused on my job.”

Brady’s career, and his time away from family, was famously and unexpectedly extended in 2022, and it preceded his divorce. In January of that year, Brady said on his Sirius XM podcast “Let’s Go!” that taking hits on the field at that point wasn’t ideal for him or his marriage to Gisele Bündchen.

Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers celebrates with Gisele Bündchen after winning the Super Bowl at Raymond James Stadium Feb. 7, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. (Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

“My wife is my biggest supporter. It pains her to see me get hit out there. She deserves what she needs from me as a husband, and my kids deserve what they need from me as a dad,” Brady told host Jim Gray at the time. “We think we’re going to live forever. We’re not. We think we’re going to play forever. We’re not.”

Then, just 40 days after announcing his retirement in February that year, he revealed he was returning for another season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Bündchen, the mother of two of his three kids, filed for divorce later that year. 

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Brady’s divorce from Bündchen was the subject of a highly personal roast on Netflix in May. The special included jokes by comedians Nikki Glaser and Kevin Hart about Brady’s divorce from Bündchen that touched on her rumored affair with her jujitsu teacher while she and Brady were still married.

Nikki Glaser roasts Tom Brady. (Getty Images)

Brady later said the event affected his children, and he doesn’t plan on doing another roast. 

“I didn’t like the way that it affected my kids,” Brady told former NFL players Ryan Clark, Fred Taylor and Channing Crowder on the “Pivot Podcast” May 15.

“So, it’s the hardest part about the bittersweet aspect of when you do something that you think is one way, and then, all of a sudden, you realize I wouldn’t do that again because of the way it affected the people that I care about the most. … Like I said, when I signed up for that, I love when people were making fun of me.”

Former New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady stands with daughter Vivian during a ceremony honoring Brady at halftime of New England’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Gillette Stadium Sept. 10, 2023, in Foxborough, Mass.  (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Brady did not specify which jokes affected his children. 

Benajmin and Vivian were born to Bündchen. Jack, who’s full name is John “Jack” Edward Thomas Moynahan, is Brady’s son from a previous relationship with actress Bridget Moynahan. 

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Archie Griffin was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, where he rose to stardom at Ohio State, winning a pair of Heisman Trophies. He still lives there.

Now he’s also a permanent resident of Pasadena.

The Rose Bowl unveiled a statue of the decorated running back Saturday, honoring Griffin as the stadium did with monuments to Jackie Robinson, Terry Donahue, Keith Jackson and the 1999 U.S. Women’s World Cup team.

“It means so much it’s indescribable,” said Griffin, one of two players to start in four consecutive Rose Bowl games. “I was very fortunate to be in the right place at the right time with the right people to allow me to be on great teams that did so well. With me having a statue, I look at it as an honor to the teams that I played on.”

Griffin, who turns 70 on Wednesday, is the only two-time Heisman winner and won four Big Ten titles with the Buckeyes from 1972 to 1975. Legendary coach Woody Hayes called him “the best football player I’ve ever seen.”

Ohio State went 1-3 in those Rose Bowls, going 1-2 against USC and losing the last to UCLA.

“This place has special memories,” Griffin said. “Every time I come out here what comes to mind is the Rose Bowl because we would always come out 2½ weeks early and train here, because back in Ohio it was not set up for training in the winter.

“We got a chance to do a lot of things, enjoy all the attractions around and that was good sometimes, and sometimes it was bad because you couldn’t concentrate on what you were trying to do. But we enjoyed it out here.”

The Rose Bowl gifted an identical Griffin statue to Ohio State.

“While this statue will celebrate Archie’s football greatness, I see this as an even bigger symbol — a permanency of Archie’s greatness as a human being,” said Dedan Brozino, president of the Rose Bowl Legacy Foundation and the stadium’s chief development officer.

“Archie’s heart and desire to give back in so many ways post-football has impacted countless lives. This statue will stand for a man that represents how we can all pay it forward in life.”