Tom Brady’s retirement from football is a major event, but NFL Network analyst Shaun O’Hara completely bungled an effort to put a numerical value on it.
Many people felt compelled to express their appreciation for Brady when he declared his second resignation from the NFL on Wednesday morning. Former New York Giants offensive lineman Shaun O’Hara went on NFL Network and made a blatantly insulting comparison between Brady’s revelation and the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the killing of John F. Kennedy.
“This is a huge moment, not just for Tom Brady, not just for the NFL, but for all of us,” O’Hara stated. “Look, people remember where they were when JFK was assassinated. They remember where they were for 9/11.”
Bro a quarterback retired he didn’t get his head blown off lol pic.twitter.com/9jby416VTv
— Kyle From San Francisco (@kylepaganCB) February 1, 2023
O’Hara was arguing that people would always remember their exact location on the day Brady finally hung up his cleats. There was no intention to draw parallels between Brady’s retirement and the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S. history or the assassination of the president. But, it always demonstrates a lack of moral judgment to use 9/11 or JFK’s killing as part of a sports comparison.
O’Hara tried to draw parallels between how the public found out about Brady’s retirement via a video that shows the quarterback chilling off on a Florida beach and how they remember the horrible events he brought up. Leaving football is definitely not as significant to society as Brady’s choice.
There’s more to life than just football, as shown by the fact that individuals can pinpoint their exact location on the days of tragic events like 9/11 and the killing of John F. Kennedy. It’s likely that when I look back on Brady’s second retirement, I won’t be able to pinpoint the precise location where I was when I first heard the news.
One would think that O’Hara, who spent most of his NFL career with the New York Giants and grew up in New Jersey near the World Trade Center, would have a greater feel for current events surrounding 9/11.
