signbabybrady

So Rodney is a first ballot hall famer but Lynch will get in before him. Lynch retired first so maybe that is what you mean. But if Rodney is a first Ballot Hall Famer than he will get in as quick as possible so you cant do it sooner.

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fair catch fryar

Notice the word "probably" which concludes speculation and opinion. Yours is a total ASSumption based on a very subjective quote from Brady, but go ahead and keep rockin' your secret source.

condon84

con·jec·ture
   /kənˈdʒɛktʃər/ Show Spelled [kuhn-jek-cher] Show IPA noun, verb,-tured, -tur·ing.
–noun
1. the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.
2. an opinion or theory so formed or expressed; guess; speculation.
3. Obsolete. the interpretation of signs or omens.

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Do you have evidence of proof that:

"Brady probably had enough on his hands keeping his finger on the pulse of his offense after losing McDaniels, coming back from a devastating knee injury, and trying to figure out who the defensive leaders would be in the absence of Bruschi, Seymour, and Vrabel. He was probably counting on someone like A. Thomas".

Yes, yours is an opinion, but without evidence of proof, it's pure conjecture.

So..............you criticizing my posts as "pure conjecture" is asinine when you're doing it yourself. Are you following?

FootballCEO

Too many times, the media always focuses on the big names of any franchise, and there are many players that have played that were Pretty Damn Good in their own right.. So the question is:

Who is a former Patriots player that you want fans of other teams to know about?

I plan to do a show called "The Hall of Very Good" which will include a team by team pick of "Who You Should Know About"

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PatsFanSince74

Without taking the side of the person with whom you have been having so fascinating an ongoing debate in this thread , I think there's probably more to what Brady said than you are acknowledging. He tends to be very circumspect, so when he makes a statement such as he made in the referenced link, I think we have to assume there's something more to it than "aw shucks" humility.

The problem, of course, is that we can only speculate about what happens in the locker room, since what really goes on in the locker room is closed even to good beat reporters like Reiss.

But, it was more than reasonable to wonder about leadership when the team lost Rodney, Richard, Brewski and Vrabes at virtually the same time. While those guys were the face of the Pats "Dynasty," all we fans (and most reporters, too) can do is to look at what happens on the field, listen to what players will say on the record and then, well, just plain guess, what, if any, impact a changed locker room might be having.

Listening to things Adalius said and watching the Pats not show up for the Wild Card game, I think it's fair to say that stuff like that didn't happen when those four guys were around. Beyond that, we're just guessing.

But, when a Tom Brady comes out afterwards and says the Leadership wasn't what it should have been, I also think it's fair to connect a few dots and wonder out loud whether there weren't leadership issues as the season wore on last year.

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