With the announcement of The Match IV: Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady vs. Bryson DeChambeau and Aaron Rodgers today, we thought a bit of smack talk might be in the offing.
We got way, way more than a bit.
It started with the only seven-time Super Bowl winning quarterback just getting off these SCUD’s, courtesy of his social media staffers that are usually pretty good at this.
Two old guys against the young bucks @PhilMickelson. @b_dechambeau better get used to laying up because we know @AaronRodgers12 isn’t going for it https://t.co/f1DQsFn41U
— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) May 26, 2021
— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) May 26, 2021
But then a fifth man ran in from Gorilla Position, and threw the tag-team match into chaos.
Sorry bro @AaronRodgers12
— Brooks Koepka (@BKoepka) May 26, 2021
If you’re unfamiliar with the context, perhaps you don’t use social media or have been in isolation as of late. Suffice it to say the four-time major winner and two-time PGA Champ Koepka isn’t a huge fan of DeChambeau’s, ahem, different personality. Or his metal spikes on cement in the middle of a television interview.
But it merely opened up a window for FIGJAM to fire another shot.
I feel like I’m in the middle of something and should step aside. (Except they want the CURRENT PGA champ:)
— Phil Mickelson (@PhilMickelson) May 26, 2021
UPDATE: 3:10 p.m. BRYSON DECHAMBEAU HAS ENTERED THE CHAT
@TomBrady, once @AaronRodgers12 and I take down you and @PhilMickelson, you will feel just as deflated as those balls were in the AFC Championship game. pic.twitter.com/K3KobiDLya
— Bryson DeChambeau (@b_dechambeau) May 26, 2021
@BKoepka It’s nice to be living rent free in your head!
— Bryson DeChambeau (@b_dechambeau) May 26, 2021
And then here comes Brooks off the top rope with what might be his finishing maneuver:
— Brooks Koepka (@BKoepka) May 26, 2021
And as far as Rodgers, we’ve heard nary a peep from him just as we really haven’t regarding his contract dispute with the Green Bay Packers.
But it’s setting up where the off-course drama and trash talk could be more fun than the actual competition in Big Sky, Montana on July 6th. And maybe that’s not the worst thing for the game of golf, or the charities benefitting from this event.
Update: Aaron Rodgers has entered the chat. The for-now Packers QB posted some retaliation to Brady’s memage from earlier in the day with this beaut inspired by Return of the Jedi.
It begins...#TheMatch #theforceiswithus # pic.twitter.com/SN9QLMm9Jk
— Aaron Rodgers (@AaronRodgers12) May 27, 2021