PFT Bizarrely Invokes 3rd-World Dictator in Reporting Tom Brady Documentary News and Gets Roasted

Following the lead of "The Last Dance," Tom Brady announced the creation of a nine-part ESPN documentary entitled "Man in the Arena," which details his two-decade stint with the New England Patriots.

While plenty red-blooded football fans would be thrilled to get an inside look at one of the best players ever, Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio wasn't a fan. In fact, he compared TB12 to a third-world autocrat for retaining creative control over a documentary about himself.

Florio comparing Brady to the Idi Amins and Kim Jong Ils of history was not the type of thing many expected to come across on NFL Twitter today, but here we are.

ESPN's "The Last Dance" consistently painted Michael Jordan in a sympathetic light and his "enemies" in a negative one, but most viewers knew that going in. It was the essentially the price of getting all that direct access to the man. In the same vein, this new project isn't automatically pro-Brady propaganda. We can anticipate a winding narrative told from Brady's perspective, and no matter what, we're better off reserving judgment until there's a finished product.

Even if fans are sick to death of being hammered with Brady coverage every single day, this documentary looks like a sure-fire ratings hit. Complaining about it at this earliest of stages just seems odd.

The documentary likely won't expose tons of hidden secrets about Brady's life, but it could still make for solid entertainment for a month or so. If you don't want to watch it, just don't watch it! Leave the dictator comparisons at the door.