Tom Brady destroys Surface tablet on the sidelines instead of opposing defense on the field
Following a fourth-quarter interception, Tom Brady tossed a Surface tablet on the sidelines.

What you need to know
- NFL quarterback Tom Brady destroyed a Surface tablet on the sidelines of a game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the New Orleans Saints.
- Surface devices are used to study game film and still images to improve in-game performance.
- Brady scored zero points for the first time in 15 years.
Tom Brady is one of the most successful NFL quarterbacks of all time, but no one is perfect. Last night, while being shut out (scoring zero points within a game) for the first time in 15 years, Brady took his frustration out on a Microsoft Surface tablet.
The future hall of fame quarterback grabbed a Surface device — one that appeared to have already been damaged — in frustration and threw it at a trunk. Considering Brady's throwing inaccuracy throughout the game, it's difficult to tell where he intended to toss the tablet. There's a chance that he was trying to get it to a teammate.
Tom Brady destroyed one of the Microsoft Surface tablets on the Buccaneers' sideline pic.twitter.com/NOaT1sAwIhTom Brady destroyed one of the Microsoft Surface tablets on the Buccaneers' sideline pic.twitter.com/NOaT1sAwIh— Ben Brown (@BenBrownPL) December 20, 2021December 20, 2021
Brady may have picked up the tendency to destroy Microsoft hardware from his former head coach Bill Belichick, who has criticized the tablets in the past. Belichick has also thrown Surface devices on the sidelines, though his form was more like a spike by Rob Gronkowski than a toss by Brady.
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Microsoft Surface Disrespecters pic.twitter.com/vbc9KJvMiq— ChrisCipollone (@NASAchairman) December 20, 2021December 20, 2021
Microsoft has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to have NFL teams use Surface hardware on the sidelines. The tablets are used to review game film and to show still images for in-game study. The partnership has run into bumps in the past, including many calling the Surface devices iPads.
Earlier this year, Brian Hall shared the story of Microsoft's partnership with the NFL surrounding the Surface tablets in a series of tweets. Hall now works at Google but spent over 20 years at Microsoft. Hall runs through the risk that Microsoft took pursuing the partnership and how people calling Surface devices iPads ultimately was a good thing.
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Someone should tell him to hold the power button to shut it off if it froze LOL
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Who wouldn't take out their frustration on the thing that's showing you how badly you played?
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Because they're rich and entitled and don't value the things they have
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If he concentrated on throwing the football instead of the Surface......
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Don't know which is worst...Tom Brady destroying it or AL Michael's calling it an Ipad?
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Someone at MS marketing threw his iPad at seeing that.
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You don't mess with Surface. Cue death threats.
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