by: Nick Kosko 8 hours ago nickkosko59
Terrell Owens claimed Tom Brady shouldn’t be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, in light of Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft not getting in the Class of 2026. Belichick was shockingly not elected this year, his first on the ballot.
He’s still coaching though, preparing for Year 2 at North Carolina. But, Owens shifted the conversation to Brady, who’s been retired since post-2022 season and now works at FOX as the top color analyst.
If Belichick and Kraft aren’t in during their first try, neither should Brady, Owens claimed. Owens has his own beef with the Pro Football Hall of Fame, to which he is a member of ironically.
“Honestly, if you’re looking at it,” Owens said, via the New York Post.“If Belichick doesn’t go in and Robert Kraft doesn’t go in first ballot, Tom Brady shouldn’t go in. I’m just being real. It’s nothing against him. How can you have Tom Brady go in when he’s up in 2028? Why would he go in if Robert Kraft and Bill Belichick don’t go in on the first go-around?
“Because to be quite honest, yeah, is Tom Brady a good quarterback? Yeah. He’s not the quarterback he is without Robert Kraft drafting him. He’s not the quarterback he is without Bill Belichick. They all go hand-in-hand. So to me, why would he go in and those two don’t? He shouldn’t go in either.”