Tom Brady snubbed Jimmy Garoppolo after his first career touchdown

This year in overreact to anything Tom Brady does, we have the story between the future hall of famer and rookie Jimmy Garoppolo.

Garoppolo lit things up in preseason (after an atrocious start to training camp) and thrust himself into the backs of the minds of an already bored an apathetic fanbase. A shiny new toy.

So, when Brady was benched after an abysmal performance in a 41-14 loss, how he reacted to Jimmy Garoppolo getting a touchdown was put under the microscope.

Boston Globe:

Coming off the field, Garoppolo got some pats on the head from teammates and had a nice conversation with offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels.

But not everyone was outwardly happy for the kid.

Tom Brady gave passive high-fives to the other offensive players coming off the field — Gronk, Julian Edelman, the offensive linemen — but stayed clear of Garoppolo. Brady didn’t offer him any congratulations or daps.

When they returned to the bench, McDaniels sat in between them — Brady on the bench, Garoppolo on a water cooler. The two quarterbacks didn’t appear to speak. Brady watched the rest of the game silently with his arms folded, with no teammate coming within 20 feet of him.

Garoppolo tossed the meaningless score to Rob Gronkowski, and Brady's reaction probably had less to do with jealousy and more to do with self loathing.

It's great that Garoppolo got a touchdown for the first time, but Brady has often made it clear he has no concern for individual accomplishments, whether it be his own or others. He was pissed off about losing the game, and likely couldn't find it in him to get excited over a garbage time score.

That of course is seen as a social injunction and thus spun into a story of Brady's possible resentment for the QB breathing down his neck. C'mon.

Brady on WEEI, via NESN.com:

“I was happy for Jimmy. I was happy for our team. We kept fighting at the end. That’s a good thing. The more good players we have, the better we will be as a team. So, I didn’t pay attention to any of those things. I was obviously disappointed that the outcome of the game was what it was. It’s been very frustrating all season the way that we have performed offensively. But we are trying to figure it out to become a better offense.”