Tom Brady throws a 'Disneyland' jab after Baker Mayfield claims he 'stressed' Bucs

Tom Brady reunited with his former team on a football field – although he hasn't returned to playing… at least not yet.

The seven-time Super Bowl champion also watched as his replacement at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Baker Mayfield, shut out the Philadelphia Eagles for a 24-7 halftime lead.

Earlier this week, Mayfield discussed the difference between his and Brady's quarterbacking styles.

Mayfield said the Bucs told him: “They wanted me to come in, be myself and bring the joy of football back to the guys who weren't having as much fun.”

Brady responded in kind on air when the quote was presented on the Fox broadcast.

“I found it stressful not having Super Bowl rings,” Brady said in response to Mayfield’s comment in the locker room. “There was a champion attitude that I went to work with every day. This wasn't a daycare center. If I wanted to have fun, I would take my kids to Disneyland.”

Encouraged to keep going by play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt, Brady added more information, explaining his process and why “fun” wasn't necessarily valuable to him – at least not as a substitute for winning.

“There's a way to approach this game,” Brady said, “and that's with the right attitude and trying to push each other out of our comfort zones, and great teammates do that. “You come in, I've got teammates like (Rob ) Gronkowski, I have someone like (Mike) Evans, the expectations are high for us, we have to make sure we go out and deliver.”

Burkhardt replied: “The competitive juices are still flowing.”

Brady added: “They’re still in there. No excuse.

Earlier this week, regarding the difference between his tenure with Tampa and Brady's between 2020 and 2022, Mayfield said that “the building was a little different with Tom there.”

Mayfield continued: “Obviously Tom is different in terms of play. He was talking to everyone, the atmosphere was tense, so I think everyone was pretty stressed.”

To conclude the conversation, Brady would of course be holding up his Super Bowl ring here, as he helped lead the Bucs to a Super Bowl ring in his three seasons, and it's only the second in franchise history.