The big announcement on Monday was that this year’s version of The Match will be an NFL quarterback showdown pitting two young stars (Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen) against two legends at the tail-end of their NFL careers (Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers). Naturally, the age gap was going to make for some solid ribbing material and it looks like the shots have already started.
We tried to make this a tag team cage match but the lawyers said our contracts wouldn’t allow it…#CapitalOnesTheMatch is back, June 1st. Let’s kick their ass @AaronRodgers12 | @JoshAllenQB @PatrickMahomes pic.twitter.com/3ByQqBkIJR
— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) April 18, 2022
The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback came out swinging on Monday, saying that he and Allen should have no problem winning against “old Tom and old Aaron.”
Patrick Mahomes to me on why he & Josh Allen will beat Tom Brady & Aaron Rodgers. Or “old Tom and old Aaron” as he called them
"whenever we can really open it up and use the drivers it’s going to be nice to be able to use our little wedges while they’re using their six irons" pic.twitter.com/VrHhlDchP4
— James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) April 18, 2022
“I think the reason we’re going to win is, we’re going to be able to play the course a little differently than old Tom and old Aaron over there,” joked Mahomes. “They’re going to be playing it nice and easy. They might get us on a couple of par 3s and stuff like that, but whenever we can really open it up and use the drivers it’s going to be nice to be able to use our little wedges while they’re using their six irons. That’ll help us a little bit.”
Obviously, the 26-year-old Mahomes is having some fun with the age difference between the two sides, but there’s always room for those in the NFL world to react very strongly, especially when it comes to people who love the 44-year-old Brady and 38-year-old Rodgers.
Patrick Mahomes calls @TomBrady and @AaronRodgers12 "old"! https://t.co/9Eb8HjluSF
— Andrew Siciliano (@AndrewSiciliano) April 18, 2022
I know nothing of golf, but this smells like trash talk and I'm here for it. https://t.co/yQdh64egRE
— DaynaOG (@DaynaOG) April 18, 2022
Patrick Mahomes called Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers "old."
— Robert 'Blue Checkmark' Rimpson (@Rimpsanity) April 18, 2022
Brady/Rodgers should be heavy favorites based on how Mahomes and Allen have played at the American Century Championship in Lake Tahoe the last few years.
Mahomes in 2021: 50th
Allen in 2019: 63rd https://t.co/n19IZVJlNF— Ben Heisler (@bennyheis) April 18, 2022
We tried to make this a tag team cage match but the lawyers said our contracts wouldn’t allow it…#CapitalOnesTheMatch is back, June 1st. Let’s kick their ass @AaronRodgers12 | @JoshAllenQB @PatrickMahomes pic.twitter.com/3ByQqBkIJR
— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) April 18, 2022
Mahomes may want to pace himself on the smack talk. Brady proved the last time he participated in The Match that he might be “old” but he’s still Tom Brady.
Tom Brady was pretty bad for six-plus holes in #TheMatch2.
Then he hit this shot.
A reminder of what we love about sports (🎥: @thecomeback)pic.twitter.com/mLHbRj9zYe
— Ben Fawkes (@BFawkes22) May 24, 2020
The sixth edition of The Match will air Wednesday, June 1st in primetime on TNT.