Martellus Bennett admits there's one thing he doesn't like about Tom Brady
The Patriots' new tight end wants Tom Brady to keep his head to himself
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John Breech
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Seven months after he was traded to New England, Patriots tight end Martellus Bennett finally caught his first regular season pass ever from Tom Brady. Actually, he caught his first six passes.
During the Patriots' 33-13 rout of the Browns in Week 5, Bennett caught six passes for 67 yards and three touchdowns. As you can imagine, Bennett is a big fan of his new quarterback; however, there is one thing that he's not a huge fan of: Brady's headbutts.
Brady's headbutts have become notorious in New England. After throwing a touchdown pass, the quarterback usually bolts straight to the receiver who caught it and drops a WWE-style headbutt. As a matter of fact, things got so out of hand in Super Bowl XLIX that Brady actually ended up with a chipped tooth.
Bennett was on the receiving end of three touchdown passes in Cleveland, which means three headbutts.
"I was not prepared for [the headbutts]! I was like, oh (expletive)," Bennett told NESN.com this week.
Apparently, Bennett got his headbutt-fill after just one touchdown.
"I told [Brady], I was like, 'Bro, you might need to stop on that one.' I did not expect that," Bennett said. "When he hit me twice, ooh (expletive)! He was like, 'Yeah!' Boom. 'Yeah!' Boom. 'All right, all right.' He caught me off guard."
Brady appears to have listened to Bennett's request, because on Bennett's second touchdown, it looks like Brady came in a little slower on the headbutt (around the 20-second mark).
Brady to Marty B.
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Brady to Marty B.
Brady to Marty B.
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There is one upside to getting all these headbutts: It means that Bennett and Brady have good chemistry.
According to Bennett, building up chemistry with his new quarterback was one of the most important things he did during the offseason.
"From Day 1 when I got here, it was just showing that he could trust me," Bennett said. "(He) gives you little cues, this or that, makes sure I'm picking up on every single thing, so I'm where he wants me to be and I'm getting there on time. That was the biggest thing, just the foundation that we built in the offseason of trust and continuing to build on that. I think that's going to continue to grow for us both as we get more game experience and more live experience together, but I think it's something we started establishing in the summer."
Anyway, after bashing Jay Cutler for not being a leader, and calling his former Bears teammates some not-so-nice-things, you can bet that Bennett will never have anything negative to say about Brady, because if he does say something, Brady might hunt him down and headbutt him.
