"Mediocrity" in the NFL Right Now: "It's Not the Same Quality I Remember Seeing," says Tom Brady. 

Tom Brady isn't feeling it.The 46-year-old retired quarterback recently appeared ,

on The Stephen A. Smith Show to voice his complaints about the "quality" of the NFL's on-field ,

product declining.Brady remarked of the standard of play in the NFL, "I think there's a lot of mediocrity in today's NFL,"  

and "I don't see the excellence that I saw in the past."Brady gave several explanations ,

for the change in response to Smith's inquiry about the reason behind the league's declining level of brilliance. 

"I believe the level of coaching has decreased. Brady clarified, "I don't think young players' growth is as good as it was.In his conversation with Smith, 

the seven-time Super Bowl champion also blamed "the rules" for having "allowed ,

a lot of bad habits to get into the actual performance of the game.""I just think the product, in my opinion, is less than what it's been." Brady went on.

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