INDIANAPOLIS — Super Bowl quarterbacks Tom Brady and Eli Manning are hardly what you’d call brash or loud-mouthed. So it might take a bit of creativity to pump up the volume this week.
Leave it to New York’s tabloid newspapers to get things rolling: The Daily News and Post had front- and back-page photos and headlines Monday about what Brady said at the New England Patriots’ sendoff rally before flying to Indianapolis.
The Post’s back cover blares “TOM’S TAUNT,” and another headline reads, “Brady tells pep rally: Come back for bigger party after Supe.”
The front cover shows a picture of Brady in his helmet and uniform, his mouth agape, and carries the tag, “Patriot games: Tom talks trash.”
Not to be outdone, the Daily News teases its story with a box on the front page showing a head shot of New England’s QB and its own all-caps title, “BRADY’S BASH.” It also reads, “QB already planning Super parade” — with the word “already” in italics.
The outlandish and bragging (wink, wink) statement by Brady that brought all of this attention? Speaking to a crowd of about 25,000 Patriots fans at the team’s stadium Sunday, Brady said: “Hopefully, we’ll have a lot more people at our party next weekend.”
