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April 22 (UPI) --Tampa Bay Buccaneers star quarterback Tom Brady took to social media Thursday to express his dissatisfaction with the NFL's new uniform number rule.
In a series of posts on Instagram, Brady said the rule change will cause issues for offenses when attempting to identify blitzers or the middle linebacker of opposing defenses.
2 days ago Tom Brady isn't one to let March 28 come and go without some sort of celebration. The former New England Patriots and current Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback marked 3/28 with an Instagram story that's a nod at his 28-3 comeback over the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI.
'Good luck trying to block the right people now!' Brady posted on his Instagram story. 'Going to make for a lot of bad football!'
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Brady then posted a screenshot of a story about the new rule and directed it to the NFL and the NFL Players Association, writing: 'Why not let the linemen wear whatever they want to? Why have numbers? Just have colored jerseys...why not wear the same number?...DUMB.'
The 43-year-old Brady later joked about the jersey number change with a post on Twitter.
'I would like to speak to the manager please,' he wrote.
I would like to speak to the manager please... https://t.co/482q4ysoia— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) April 22, 2021
The NFL's new rule -- which was adopted Wednesday along with multiple other proposals -- unlocks the number of players who are eligible to wear single-digit jersey numbers.
Previously, only quarterbacks, kickers and punters were allowed to wear single-digit numbers. The rule change will allow running backs, tight ends, fullbacks, H-backs and wide receivers to wear numbers 1-49 and 80-89.
Defensive backs can now choose 1-49, while linebackers can use 1-59 and 90-99. Offensive linemen can pick 50-79, and defensive linemen are able to wear 50-79 and 90-99. Quarterbacks, punters and kickers will remain in the 1-19 range.
Tom Brady's social media game remains undefeated.
Former Indianapolis Colts head coach and current media analyst Tony Dungy disrespected the Tampa Bay Buccaneers star by saying the G.O.A.T. is the sixth-most difficult quarterback he ever had to coach against.
Brady, of course, responded with what has to be one of the greatest clapbacks of all time.
— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) December 22, 2020
Dungy's ranking of Brady is quite ridiculous. After all, Brady and the New England Patriots defeated Dungy's Colts twice in the playoffs, winning the Super Bowl in both of those seasons.
Dungy, 65, won one Super Bowl and posted a 7-6 playoff record during his time as head coach of the Colts. Brady, meanwhile, has six titles to his name and could very well win a seventh before his historic career is over.
The responses to Brady's tweet are just as good as the original, too:
hello 911 i’d like to report a murder
— brianna pirre (@bsp_13) December 22, 2020QB also the Tweeter
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) December 22, 2020— Stephen A. Smith Burner (@SASBurnerAcct) December 22, 2020
Brady went to a whole different conference and he STILL manages to murder the Colts
— East Coast Trev (@incredelman11) December 22, 2020Tom Brady Boat Purchase
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