The results from the past several years have forced the New York Jets fans to accept that there will often be more heartbreaks than heroics when it comes to their team. Thankfully, they’ve at least been able to find some solace in the fact that the man who was responsible for the majority of their misfortune, Tom Brady, is no longer competing.
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Having won 31 of his 39 outings against the Jets, many jokingly regard the former New England Patriot as the unofficial owner of the New York franchise. And Brady recently had an encounter with a lifelong Jets fan at the opening of his latest CardVault store in San Francisco, California.
The GOAT made sure to remind the fan of his sway over the Jets. Or shall we say, decades’ worth of trauma that he caused for the AFC East.
“It’s okay. We’ve forgiven him for that,” Brady cracked when introduced to one of the hobby’s biggest collectors, who happened to also be a New York super fan. “I respect the hell out of you,” the fan prefaced.
“But, you’ve put me through a lot. And now we’re in the same industry, we’re in the hobby together. I want to love you, but if we’re gonna do business together, we’ve got to handle this gentlemanly and kind of get past what we’ve been through and let bygones be bygones. So, I actually brought a sympathy card for you to sign,” he added.
The seven-time Super Bowl champion signed the sympathy card with a blue pen and a beaming smile, suggesting that his thrashing of the Jets was always business and never personal. Of course, it’ll never make up for the pain.
This comes just a few months after the former quarterback famously took a dig at Jets fans during the unveiling of his 12-foot-tall bronze statue outside of Gillette Stadium.
“In the end, this statue isn’t just for Pats fans,” Brady had said. “It will also give all the Jets fans something to throw their beers at as they leave the stadium every year, probably in the second quarter, maybe the third.”
Given that the Patriots were able to return to the Super Bowl this year while sweeping the Jets in the regular season yet again, it looks as if the misery is set to continue in New York. So while it certainly helps to no longer have to see Brady’s face on Sunday afternoons, it doesn’t seem as if there’s any end in sight for one of the most faithful and patient fan bases in sports.
