Ivan

Brady's game is and always has been based upon his football intellect and his accuracy, and after another off the charts season it makes no sense not to believe he will be great in the coming years. QB's take a beating and that may lead Brady to hang them up in five years or so, but in the meantime I believe he will continue to be one of the top QB's in the game and won 't start seeing him as less than that until he shows it for an extended period on the field. I really don't see the sense in continually predicting the demise of the best players in the game based solely upon how old they will be in 3-4 years, people do this to justify shorting them on contracts or bringing in players they think are prettier, but getting rid of the best players only makes sense when they are showing the signs of being done, and not several years ahead of that. Brown, Bruschi, McGinest, Harrison, and Vrabel all showed the signs that they were done being great players when Belcihik made the move to change, and the Patriots should follow the same course with Brady, Welker, Wilfork, and the best players on this team.



What do i expect for Brady? I expect him to lead the Patriots to the final four pretty much every season for the next 4-5 years, and i believe he will get at least 1 if not more SB rings doing that. Where he will be when that time is up should be left until that time comes imo.


*I also expect Brady to be closing in on the all time wins record, and he will break the overall wins record that includes play-off wins.

Enjoy it Patriot fans, it will be almost impossible for the post Belichik/Brady years to be as good as these are, so make the most of it while it lasts.

Deus Irae

I expect excellence from Brady for years to come. I expect BB to keep straddling the fence between building for a championship right now and planning for the future. And, as a result, I expect BB will make some brilliant moves and some really bad moves, just as we've been seeing since the offseason post-2008.

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Tunescribe

This has been my assumption. But the temptation to want to think they'd do some extra just because of Brady's dwindling shelf life is there for me as a fan.

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ctpatsfan77

Fixed that. . . .

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reflexblue

I think his arm strength will slowly diminish, we might already be seeing that when he goes for the long bomb. So i think the TE offense is more important as he gets older, that being said he Still does need a legit down field threat to keep opposing defenses honest along with a potent running attack.

ay-yo

6 more years
78 reg season wins
3 rings
24,000 passing yards
200 td's

ivanvamp

I really think the running game is more than capable of playing. But when push comes to shove, BB decides that he wants the ball in Brady's hands much more than he wants it in his RBs' hands. And usually, that's a winning strategy, as over the course of the past 7 years (since their last SB victory) the Patriots have gone 86-26, a .768 winning percentage, which is the highest in the league, and they've been to two Super Bowls.

So it works far more than it fails.

But I'm with you: I'd like to see them commit to the run more, because there are going to be days when Brady is off and they have to have other ways to win.

ivanvamp

I think over the next 3-4 years the Patriots will have the overall best record in the NFL, will make the playoffs every one of those years, and will make it to at least one more Super Bowl. I think they will win one more before Brady retires, and when he does, he will go down as the greatest of all time.

I think in the end, they'll look at his statistical dominance over Montana, the same number of SB wins, but they'll say that his two SB losses aren't negatives; they're a testament to the fact that he got there two more times than Montana did. Kind of like in golf; it's better to have a 2nd place finish where you lose in a playoff than to not crack the top 10 in the first place....when all is said and done, you give the guy credit for the 2nd place finishes and don't hold them against him.

Halifax_Pats_Fan

I don't know if this is a trick question but I expect his best, next year, and beyond.

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It is what it is - BB

stcjones

I think at the MOST Brady will play 4 more years (maybe less as physically he is wearing down.) I would expect him to win at least 2 more AFC East championships and hopefully go deep into the playoffs at least 1-2 more times as well. I think that we have seen Brady play in his last SB for the Patriots. I think that it will take the Pats awhile to get back to the SB (took 4 years to get back after losing to the Gints) and by that time it will be with a new QB.....and most likely a new coach......Sad to think of.......Obviously, BB and Pats missed golden opportunities this past year and in 07....wish they could have at least gotten one SB win there....but it is what it is.....