Tom Brady trolls Raiders fans over infamous tuck play

Usually reserved New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady took to Facebook before Sunday's game against Oakland to prod Raiders fans over the most infamous play in the two team's history: The Tuck Play.

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Extra Mustard
Publish date:
Sep 21, 2014

Brady wrote, "Tomorrow is my 6th time playing the Raiders. What's your favorite Patriots vs Raiders memory? I know mine..." beneath a photo of him spiking the ball after the scoring the game winning touchdown against the Raiders in the 2001-02 playoffs.

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That touchdown was made possible by the Tuck Rule, which referees invoked after it appeared Brady's former college teammate Charles Woodson stripped the ball from Brady, forcing a fumble and all but sealing a Raiders win. Instead, Brady's arm was ruled to be headed in a forward-throwing motion, and the Patriots kept possession of the football.

Brady's high-level trolling (and some interesting responses) are below:

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Is the polished, poster boy Brady getting a little chippy in his old age?

Tom Brady and his Incredible Hair

Tom Brady

Tom Brady's hair has undergone a number of different styles since the Patriots quarterback first entered the NFL in 2000 - from high and tight to long and shaggy. The latest incarnation is short and low maintenance with a touch of Jim Carey from 'Dumb and Dumber.' Here's a look back at Brady's evolving hairstyle through the years.

Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen

Tom Brady's hairstyle was a hot topic around the NFL during the 2010 season, and it looks like it will continue in the offseason as well. The Patriots quarterback showed off his new, diminutive ponytail at a parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with supermodel wife Gisele Bundchen.

Tom Brady

The National Enquirer reported in December that Brady visited a hair-transplant specialist in Rhode Island to see about hair plugs.

Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen

The hoopla began in August, when Brady showed up to Patriots training camp with his new look. Most people suspected the woman behind the long locks was his wife, Gisele. Brady confirmed this during a radio appearance when WAAF's Greg Hill asked if there were anything he could do to make Brady cut his hair. The QB responded, "You'll have to speak to my wife about that."

Julian Edelman

Of course, a hairstyle of this magnitude is bound to attract copycats. One example is Patriots second-year receiver Julian Edelman, who came to training camp with a style eerily similar to his star QB's.

Detroit Lions Fans

As if his battles on the field weren't enough, Brady suddenly found himself at odds with a force known as the Justin Bieber Army, who took offense to the QB copying their hero's hairstyle. Even Bieber himself took a shot at Brady when he posted a freestyle video in early October with the line, "Sacked like a sacker. Call up Mr. Brady. Tell him to leave his hair to the guy who sings 'Baby.'"

Tom Brady and Randy Moss

Brady's hair took center stage in September after Randy Moss' trade to Minnesota. According to CBS' Charlie Casserly, Moss and Brady had a heated argument during which Brady told his receiver to shave his beard. Moss responded that Brady should cut his hair because he looks like a girl.

Damien and Nicole Woody

Most NFL players have been silent on their criticism of Brady's hair, perhaps fearing on the field retribution for their words. Damien Woody (pictured here with his wife, Nicole) couldn't resist a jab at his former teammate. While leaving a charity fundraiser for New York's Pierre Hotel, Woody laughed when a TMZ reporter asked about the QB's coif, "That long stuff Tom's got. That ain't happening."

Tom Brady

It didn't always start out like this. While attending Michigan from 1995 to 2000, Brady kept his hair high and tight.

Tom Brady

Brady appeared in animated form on The Simpsons in 2005. Through the magic of Photoshop, we were able to create an animated version of what the QB would look like if he were on the show today.

Mike Elgin, Justin Rogers and Clint Oldenburg

Brady knows a thing or two about bad hair. During training camp in 2007, Patriots rookies Mike Elgin, Justin Rogers and Clint Oldenburg were given these atrocious looks by the team's veterans.

Tom Brady

What does Brady say about his much-maligned hairdo? "I'm not one that's ever really cared too much about the length or the non-length of it," he told the NFL Network's Rich Eisen. "Whatever I really feel like doing, I'll do. and I'll say I'll cut it short and I'll grow it long and everywhere in between." He later said he will cut it, he just "doesn't know when it'll be. As long as it doesn't keep me from seeing the open guys."

- Will Green