Is it me or are people tilting at imaginary windmills?
The "worst" I read is that one poster hopes Tampa loses. That's not so different that where I am, which is indifferent to how they do. I also get why some Pats fans would hope that Tampa wins and Brady gets another title.
But here's the thing. It's not ungrateful to Tom Brady for all he did in NE to not give a shit about how he does in Tampa. A person can have endless gratitude to Tom, revere him as a Patriot and feel some resentment that he chose to leave. Certain iconic players -- such as Jeter, Rivera, Russell and Bird --played for only one team, and Tom Brady sure seems like a player who could or even should fit into that category. Sure, Brady earned the right, in spades, to choose whether to be such a player. But you can love Tom, appreciate him and feel grateful to him and, at the same time, think he made a crappy choice, and feel some bitterness about that aspect of him.
This is not me ghost writing for myself. I do well understand that emotion even though I am not there. Like others, I'm not rooting against Brady, and am glad that I will have another team that I will be legitimately interested in. Someone wrote that they have ordinarily focused on two games -- Pats and Jets -- every Sunday and that describes me well. In recent years, I've had an eye on the Niners and Jimmy G, too. This year, if there is a this year, the Bucs will slot into the Jets territory, and I will DVR or watch Tom's games.
But I dunno, it seems harsh to be so judgmental of fans who look at Brady differently than you. Said differently, I call BS on the notion that rooting against the Bucs indicates a lack of gratitude.