Brady's dejected pose in the immediate aftermath of the Super Bowl serves as the model for the Bradying pose. (AP)

Earlier this season, “Tebowing” — a pose in which someone drops to one knee with his/her head bowed — swept the nation. The pose mocks Tim Tebow‘s signature stance, in which he drops into when praying on the field or sidelines. In the aftermath of the Super Bowl, Tebowing seems to have given way to a new pose: “Bradying.”

This pose mocks the way Tom Brady sits dejectedly with his head down and legs outstretched after losing a game. Although the exact origins of the trend are still unclear, a website dedicated to posting pictures of people Bradying — the aptly named Bradying.com — has collected over 125 entries since Wednesday. The website’s motto reads: It’s all about winning and hair. and winning hair. upload your best Bradying photo.

Submissions include shots of people Bradying at work, home and even one on Hollywood Boulevard, but some of the most hilarious Bradying images are the photoshopped submissions. One image has a picture of Brady in his dejected post-Super Bowl pose sitting on a water slide, a nod back to an image of Brady from last May sliding down a water slide with his long hair flowing behind him. People have also submitted pictures of various animals, including cats, dogs, a panda and a stuffed monkey, in the pose.

The phenomenon is catching on so quickly that, as of Thursday morning, there were already a few columns criticizing the trend. Simon Samano from NFL.com wrote a brief post on the trend, saying it comes from people with “too much time on their hands and nothing better to do” and calls the move lame. Drew Magary from NBC Chicago implores Americans to refrain from Bradying, arguing that the move is unoriginal and done by people who are “behind the times and lame.”

“Just be like me and enjoy the Pats loss by sitting in your TV room and guffawing out loud for a full week,” Magary writes.

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