Tom Brady Had a Really Dark Line About a Grenade in 49ers-Bucs Game

This caught fans by surprise.
Tom Brady had NFL fans scratching their heads over this call in Sunday's 49ers-Bucs game.
Tom Brady had NFL fans scratching their heads over this call in Sunday's 49ers-Bucs game. / Jeff Lange / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Tom Brady is back in the the booth Sunday calling the San Francisco 49ers-Tampa Bay Buccaneers showdown on FOX and it didn't take long for the seven-time Super Bowl champ to have fans buzzing over something he said while describing a play.

Brady, who won a Super Bowl with the Buccaneers before finishing his legendary career with the team, found an unusual way to describe a tight window that Baker Mayfield tried to throw a pass through in the first half.

“There’s four guys right there, one grenade could have killed them all," he said.

That dark turn caught NFL fans by surprise:


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Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.