blackglass3

I imagine I am in the minority, but I think he will retire here. I think he will take another contract when this one is up at around a fair value in pursuit of history. The only basis I have for this thinking is rewatching "The Brady 8" a couple of weeks ago. As the end of the day, he is very appreciative of getting drafted at all, and I think he'll repay that by not trying to break the NE bank towards the tail end of his career.

strongside

Its very rare that it ends well for a superstar like Brady. Pretty much 3 categories to choose from:

The Elway - ride off after winning the super bowl

The Montana/farve (GB) - declining but still has some life however, the backup is a stud and is an upgrade even over a legend.

The Marino - Go out struggling. Just can't play anymore

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brdmaverick

The sad part is that more than likely Brady's career will end with him being on another team. Let's face it, there are many QBs who were FRANCHISE QBs that you never could imagine to be on another team and yet it happened (Montana, Favre, Manning, Bledsoe).

But sure, there were also guys like Dan Marino, Troy Aikman, and John Elway who played on only one team, but Brady is more apt to end up like Manning given the "Patriot's Way" of not holding onto guys for sentimental reasons.

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Patriot Missile

It hit me like a sack of bricks today. The Pats Colts rivalry is over. And regardless of where forehead lands up it will not be the same.

There was a couple of times where I imagined Brady up at the podium and how I would feel and I didn't like it. I truly appreciate everything Brady has done up to this point. It's time to appreciate him even more now. "Nothing last's forever" so true.

strongside

ya, didn't think of this. manning gone, wayne (probably), Polian. Whats there to hate or even care about.

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MoLewisrocks

Bledsoe...LOL

The Patriot Way gets perverted here a lot. Troy, Tedy, Rodney, guys who were either realistic or productive get to retire here. I think Tommy will remain productive and as long as he is Bill will not choose to have another QB start here and when he's not Brady won't wallow in denial as some position players tend to and it would be harder to since only one QB gets to play unlike other positions where multiple guys start, rotate, backup or fill in. I think when he senses he may legitimately lose the competition he thrives on he will move on, but not to try and cling to another year or two with total strangers. He will go home and figure out what he wants to do with the rest of his life post football.

Barring injury, I think because of the cerebral nature of his game and the quality of these teams Bill manages to build pretty consistently Brady could easily play another 5 years.

Avenger

I kind of want him to go to the CFL after he is done here, if he heads up north and wins a Grey Cup that would be a great close out to his career.

Joey007

Well, since the Colts-Pats rivalry is over I'd say the biggest out-of-division rivalry is....Pittsburgh? Baltimore? I'd say we've established enough heated, close games with both teams for it to be considered somewhat of a rivalry, and we face them almost every year. (or at least one of them)


*Oh, and one last thing to say about the Colts-Pats rivalry, I think we won!! *

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BlueThunder

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2001-2010(includes 2008)
regular season 6-4
playoffs 2-1

Yep, we won