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Tom Brady trolls himself after loss to Aaron Rodgers in The Match 4

ByCody Williams|
BIG SKY, MONTANA - JULY 06: Tom Brady (L) and Aaron Rodgers meet during Capital One's The Match at The Reserve at Moonlight Basin on July 06, 2021 in Big Sky, Montana. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images for The Match)
BIG SKY, MONTANA - JULY 06: Tom Brady (L) and Aaron Rodgers meet during Capital One's The Match at The Reserve at Moonlight Basin on July 06, 2021 in Big Sky, Montana. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images for The Match)

Tom Brady and Phil Mickelson came out on the losing end of The Match 4 and he took to Twitter to poke fun at himself for his poor performance. 

After competing in The Match 4 on Tuesday, seven-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Tom Brady has now played in two separate iterations of Capital One’s: The Match, paired with Phil Mickelson on both occasions. But after fellow NFL signal-caller Aaron Rodgers sunk an ice-cold putt on hole No. 16 on Tuesday, Brady is also now 0-2 in his appearances.

Rodgers joins retired Peyton Manning as the other NFL player to have beaten Brady on the golf course in front of millions of people (all in the name of charity, it should be noted). But unlike the match with Manning, Brady and Mickelson had an early lead in The Match 4 but saw Rodgers and Bryson DeChambeau dominate on the back-nine to secure the win.

Brady, however, was far from a bad sport about it. And the day after the loss, he took to Twitter to poke fun at his golf game (blaming himself for the loss) using the DeChambeau-Brooks Koepka eye-roll meme that he used for trash talk leading up to the golfing spectacle:

Seeing Tom Brady in this type of light makes the GOAT a bit more humanized.

While Brady certainly had his struggles in The Match 4, he also had some highlight moments, not limited to driving the green with a beautiful shot on a par 4. But the big takeaway is how likable he comes away from appearances like this, a major thing for someone who inspires a healthy amount of disdain.

Seeing the Buccaneers quarterback joking on the phone with Rob Gronkowski or on the course with Rodgers or even shanking drives, among other moments, makes him exceptionally more relatable and easy to root for. It’s refreshing to see from a player with his clout and stature that he can truly let his guard down while still in the spotlight for something like this.

This also might be one of the only times we see Tom Brady sitting with an 0-2 mark such as this. Of course, my guess would be he’s more concerned about a run at his eighth Super Bowl ring than whether or not he can best Rodgers on the golf course.

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