Skip Bayless’ recent remarks on Tom Brady come as a dumbfounding shocker, seeing how he used to religiously defend Tom’s legacy in the past.
In fact, his fierce utterances against Shannon Sharpe, while defending Tom Brady, led to the crumbling of his show ‘Undisputed.’ During the show, Shannon Sharpe criticized Tom Brady’s declining play, prompting Bayless to defend Brady fervently. Bayless went overboard, claiming that Sharpe was jealous and that Tom Brady was way better than Sharpe.
Their strained professional relationship led to the crumble of the show, starting with Sharpe’s departure in 2023. It’s now incredible that Bayless has started criticizing a man he showed much admiration for in the past. His take on Brady’s role in snubbing Shedeur in the 2025 NFL Draft is truly shocking.
Skip Bayless Accuses Tom Brady of Snubbing Shedeur Sanders At the Draft
Tom Brady used to be really close to Shedeur Sanders. He’s been with him during training, so he knows how talented and confident Shedeur is. And now that he’s become the part-owner of the Las Vegas Raiders and has been very much involved in talent acquisition for the team, some people expected him to vouch for Shedeur.
So when the Raiders rejected Shedeur Sanders, questions were raised. How could the number one mentor for Shedeur refuse to draft him?
The concern got more intense when Skip Bayless, Brady’s former dear fan, started criticizing him. Bayless outrightly said that Brady warned the Raiders against drafting Shedeur. “You obviously vetoed that kid to Spytek!”
Bayless couldn’t make sense of how Brady had no power to help Shedeur, after training and mentoring him in the past, and being a part-owner of the Raiders.
Brady Responds to Skip Bayless’ Claims
In his defense, Tom Brady claims he had nothing to do with the evaluation process during the NFL Draft. He also shared castigating remarks on Skip Bayless’ claims, arguing that the media has given everyone the opportunity to share their views, no matter how untrue or biased they are:
“That’s a problem with media because everyone is entitled to say whatever the f* they want and get away with it. It’s kind of unfortunate because actually there used to be a lot of integrity in the media, but there’s way less now because everyone needs their crazy voices to get heard. And it actually probably hurts a lot of relationships, which is not the goal of broadcasting.”
Tom Brady also said that he took it upon himself to prepare Shedeur Sanders for the draft via text. He claims to have asked Shedeur to be content with whatever may happen during the draft.
Skip Doubles Down on Tom Brady
After Tom Brady shared his version of the story on Logan Paul’s podcast, Skip Bayless got back at him again, this time, straight up calling him a liar. To him, Tom Brady cooked up the lie to fool fans about how his hands were tied during the NFL draft. However, Skip Bayless claims that he knows 100% well that Brady was hands-on at the draft:
“Tom Brady on Jake Paul’s podcast (mistaken for Logan Paul’s podcast) blasted me for saying he obviously told Raiders’ GM John Spytek not to draft Shedeur. That’s my opinion and I’m sure I’m right! So, Tom Brady wants us to believe that his good friend Spytek, that GM of the Raiders, wouldn’t ask him one thing about Shedeur?”
Skip Bayless is unspeakably agitated by Brady’s reactions. And he wants him to own up to his mistakes. He concluded by asking Brady to stop being a hypocrite, pretending to care for Shedeur, while deep down he knows very well he took part in preventing Shedeur’s selection by the Raiders.
What’s your take on these accusations? Could Bayless be saying the truth?
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