Former Redskins defensive lineman Dexter Manley is doing a media tour to promote his upcoming “A Football Life” episode on NFL Network.
In a Washington, D.C., radio interview Thursday, Manley talked like a man desperate for publicity. He launched into an attack on Patriots quarterback Tom Brady during which he called Brady “garbage” and said he’s “in the toilet.”
Per Boston radio station WEEI, Manley’s comments on Brady went like this: “Let me ask you guys a question: who would you take, Joe Theismann or Tom Brady? I’m taking Joe T. I’ve got a guy [at work], he loves Tom Brady, and I think Tom Brady, I ain’t gonna go there, but Tom Brady can’t even pack Joe Theismann’s jock. This [co-worker], that’s all we debate all day is about Joe Theismann or Tom Brady. I think Tom Brady can’t pick up a first down. He has no athletic skills, he's surrounded by good people, but the guy is in the toilet, in my opinion. In my opinion he’s in the toilet.
“I’ll take Joe Theismann, I’ll take [Matt Ryan], anything over Tom Brady. I’ll take Joe Theismann first, I’ll take Matty Ice second, and I might take Doug Williams third, but I’m not gonna take Tom Brady to lead my team nowhere.
“Tom Brady is garbage. He can’t pick up a first down. He has no athletic skill. He’s surrounded by people, but Tom Brady is garbage. Garbage!”
“Matty Ice is a pure passer. He can pick up a first down. I don’t know if he’s an athlete, he’s from Boston somewhere, but I’ll tell you what, he’s much better than Tom Brady.”
According to Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post, producers of the show on 106.7 The Fan in D.C. dumped a portion of the interview in which Manley referred to Brady as a “queer.”
Manley has a history of doing such things. He was booted from another D.C. radio station in 2013 after he called Troy Aikman the same thing.