Borges Being Borges.... Again

[Rob0729]

I didn't see this posted, but I just heard them mocking the story on 98.5. Borges basically is going to be Borges again on his article in the Boston Herald yesterday:

Thursday night Tom Brady learned this comeback from major knee surgery thing may not be quite as easy as he thought.

Brady hasn’t looked right all summer, except in drills when he knew no one was coming at him with bad intentions. His arm is fine and his surgically repaired knee may be as well, but there is a psychological side to recovery from major surgery that is a complicating factor.

It takes time to convince yourself to plant your leg and drive into your throws with bodies falling all around you. It takes time to get up and dust yourself off after someone like Keith Rivers or Robert Geathers has planted you into the turf, as the two bulky Cincinnati defenders did Thursday night.

The first time Rivers nailed him, Brady immediately grabbed his left knee as he hit the deck. It was a knee-jerk reaction, the kind of human moment he very likely didn’t want to be asked about because he doesn’t like to think of himself as a mere mortal, which was part of the reason he didn’t speak after the game.

More than likely Brady didn’t want to talk because he knew what he’d have to say, which was that after he got hit he began sailing balls over Randy Moss’ head and overthrowing an open Wes Welker because the ball was coming out of his hand sooner than it should have.

This is not unusual. When Peyton Manning first came back from knee surgery, it was not a pretty picture. Same was true of Donovan McNabb. And Daunte Culpepper basically never came back from his 2005 knee injury.

Brady’s struggles, overlooked by many of the sycophants watching him, are not yet anything to be overly concerned about. They are the norm for a player coming back from his injury. They are also his reality, and they may even carry over into the early stages of the season or could resurface after a fast start following a few hits, as happened to the Bengals’ Carson Palmer.

The question Brady has to answer comes not from the media, but his own psyche: Can he overcome the natural inclination for self-preservation following the first serious physical challenge of his career and again plant and throw with danger all around him? As his personal quarterbacking guru, Tom Martinez, told the Herald’s Karen Guregian, Brady faces an adjustment period and moments of self-doubt he must get through if he is to continue to be the best quarterback in the NFL.

One would think he will because his arm is strong and his mind quick, but there is a reason he has so seldom been under center in the first two games. It is because he has not looked good retreating to pass and because in the shotgun he has an extra second to react before trouble arrives.

The worrying thing is that, when Geathers came bearing down on him, there was no sign of the little slide step that allowed Brady to elude so many pass rushers in the past. It’s the same move that kept Dan Marino upright despite his lack of elusiveness. It’s the step Drew Bledsoe didn’t have, which is why he too often resembled a living room sofa when pass rushers came at him full speed.

One of Brady’s strengths has been his uncanny ability to slide a few inches to avoid an oncoming rusher. When Geathers came at him, he had no such step. He froze and took a direct hit.

Perhaps it was merely a case of not seeing the guy coming. Maybe he reacted a second too late because of the rustiness that comes with 11 months away from pro football. Or maybe it was something else.

Only Brady can establish which. It is a process that will take time, a few more throws that sail inexplicably over the heads of open receivers and some nights of silent self-doubt.

Tom Brady’s doubts inevitable - BostonHerald.com

Talking about going overboard based on one series. Brady hasn't looked right all summer?!? Granted I haven't been to camp, but most camp reports I have read is that he was sharp. Other than the over analyzed INT in the first game, Brady looked like the old Brady to me.

If Borges didn't go overboard like usually, he might have had a valid point. But since he took his contrarian standpoint too far, he looks foolish. Comparing him to Culpepper is comical. Culpepper is a dumb QB who relied on his legs to be effective and instead of working out with trainers and the medical staff, rehabbed on his own.

I don't get his stupidity about Palmer who supposably had a fast start and then fell off after a few hits eventhough in the second half of the 2006 season, Palmer had 16 TDs and 4 INTs (talk about hitting a wall). Palmer had a fast start and a strong finish after his injury.

Carson Palmer: Game Logs

 

[RobertWeathers]

I didn't see this posted, but I just heard them mocking the story on 98.5. Borges basically is going to be Borges again on his article in the Boston Herald yesterday:



Tom Brady’s doubts inevitable - BostonHerald.com

Talking about going overboard based on one series. Brady hasn't looked right all summer?!? Granted I haven't been to camp, but most camp reports I have read is that he was sharp. Other than the over analyzed INT in the first game, Brady looked like the old Brady to me.

If Borges didn't go overboard like usually, he might have had a valid point. But since he took his contrarian standpoint too far, he looks foolish. Comparing him to Culpepper is comical. Culpepper is a dumb QB who relied on his legs to be effective and instead of working out with trainers and the medical staff, rehabbed on his own.

I don't get his stupidity about Palmer who supposably had a fast start and then fell off after a few hits eventhough in the second half of the 2006 season, Palmer had 16 TDs and 4 INTs (talk about hitting a wall). Palmer had a fast start and a strong finish after his injury.

Carson Palmer: Game Logs

There is certainly a mental aspect to recovering from a knee injury that simply requires truly knowing that the knee can take the same ype of punishment prior to experiencing the injury. No one doubts that.

He is simply using drama to state the obvious.

TB will be fine. Might take a few more games, but in the end because he is so damn mentally tough he'll be fine.

 

[shmessy]

"Brady’s struggles, overlooked by many of the sycophants watching him, are not yet anything to be overly concerned about."

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Either he completely contradicted himself in just one sentence, or he is calling himself a sycophant.

Has there ever been someone more in need of a shrink?

 

[shmessy]

Now that he isn't allowed to plagiarize anymore, he has to go a bit further further field for material.

 

[efin98]

"Brady’s struggles, overlooked by many of the sycophants watching him, are not yet anything to be overly concerned about."

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Either he completely contradicted himself in just one sentence, or he is calling himself a sycophant.

Has there ever been someone more in need of a shrink?

He's doing neither...What he means is that there are problems but nothing to be concerned about. He just makes it in a snide manner to insult the fans and media who put faith in him regardless of his performance(or possible lack there of) in the preseason and practices.

 

[PATRIOTSFANINPA]

If anyone watched yesterdays broadcast of Comcast NE Sports tonight, they saw Felger,Zolak and another guy totally making fun of Borges column,In fact they went further with Zolak to demonstrate on a monitor of how Brady culd NEVER avoid the sack by Geathers

 

[PATS68]

This story is just speculation and all he did was try to put words into Brady's mouth. BB put it best that they have only been at this for 3 weeks and there is going to be rust.

 

[PATRIOTSFANINPA]

If you take away 2 short offensive possessions against KC then you realize that until 2 weeks ago, Brady has not really played a game since the SB disaster of February 3rd 2008 - Thats 18 months of almost no pro football outside of practice.
Rusty? - How could Brady be Rusty?

By week 5 we should have the old Brady back,How the rest of the team helps him in achieving wins from there on out is to be determined.

 

[Patriot 37]

In the 2nd preseason game in 2007, Brady threw 2 picks and looked bad.
He went on to have a pretty good season.

He played two series against the Bengals !!!!!

Borges is a joke.

 

[MoLewisrocks]

I didn't see this posted, but I just heard them mocking the story on 98.5. Borges basically is going to be Borges again on his article in the Boston Herald yesterday:



Tom Brady’s doubts inevitable - BostonHerald.com

Talking about going overboard based on one series. Brady hasn't looked right all summer?!? Granted I haven't been to camp, but most camp reports I have read is that he was sharp. Other than the over analyzed INT in the first game, Brady looked like the old Brady to me.

If Borges didn't go overboard like usually, he might have had a valid point. But since he took his contrarian standpoint too far, he looks foolish. Comparing him to Culpepper is comical. Culpepper is a dumb QB who relied on his legs to be effective and instead of working out with trainers and the medical staff, rehabbed on his own.

I don't get his stupidity about Palmer who supposably had a fast start and then fell off after a few hits eventhough in the second half of the 2006 season, Palmer had 16 TDs and 4 INTs (talk about hitting a wall). Palmer had a fast start and a strong finish after his injury.

Carson Palmer: Game Logs

Did you honestly think this would have gone un noticed on Friday...

Maybe the server problem ate it like ken's analysis...

 

[Rob0729]

"Brady’s struggles, overlooked by many of the sycophants watching him, are not yet anything to be overly concerned about."

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Either he completely contradicted himself in just one sentence, or he is calling himself a sycophant.

Has there ever been someone more in need of a shrink?

I took it as a swipe at the media who kisses Brady's arse and the fans who blast Borges for some of the stupd things he writes. I forgot to mention this in his original post.

Personally, I think since Borges has moved to print purgatory in the Herald, he is looking for a controvesial piece to get his name out there.

 

[efin98]

Did you honestly think this would have gone un noticed on Friday...

Maybe the server problem ate it like ken's analysis...

Search feature may still be down Mo, he may not have seen it while it was active.

It's buried at the bottom of the page, easy to miss it: http://www.patsfans.com/new-england-patriots/messageboard/10/263304-article-made-me-mad-first.html

 

[Fixit]

I'm trying to talk myself out of writing an article about the mental hurdles that an author has to overcome after getting caught plagiarizing and then sending it to Borges.

 

[RobertWeathers]

I'm trying to talk myself out of writing an article about the mental hurdles that an author has to overcome after getting caught plagiarizing and then sending it to Borges.

Thats pretty funny...LOL

 

[farn]

I, for one, am not too worried about TFB. If I were to list things I thought would hamper NE's chances of reaching their goal, Brady's passing accuracy in pre-season would be pretty low.

If it comes down to Brady as the key to winning or losing, I think we're OK.

 

[NovaScotiaPatsFan]

This is what I'd like to say to Wrong Borges.

 

[BradyManny]

Hey, how come Borges didn't write this article after the Eagles game? Oh, that's right, b/c Brady looked damn near as good as 07 and threw for 2 TDs in 4 drives. :bricks:

 

[lostjumper]

Wait, people still read hacks like Borges? Why bother. The only good material he ever had he stole from someone else, and his public, deapseated hatred for Bill taints anything he actually writes...

 

[borg]

Does Wrong even attend training camp....or do the restraining orders from other sports reporters prevent him from attending live events.

WHEN BOXING WRITERS ATTACK BORGES, KATZ HIT EACH OTHER, DECK

This all started when Arum, during an impromptu press conference, began ripping Hopkins for threatening to pull out of his fight with Robert Allen. Hopkins made the threat because he did not want Joe Cortez to referee the bout.

Borges, sitting to the right and slightly behind Katz - who was covering the fight for the New York Times (which owns the Globe and is thus also Borges' employer) - basically said it was about time for somebody to draw the line with Hopkins and stand up to him. That's when Katz injected his unique, and renowned, brand of venom into the mix.

Katz: "Yeah this sounds like a Don King toady, a Don King writer, attacking a guy (Hopkins) Don King hates."

Borges: "You need a punch in the face, I'm really sick and tired of your . . ."

Katz: "Shut the (expletive deleted) up."

This is when the words turned into actions. Borges reached around and landed a hard open-handed blow on Katz's right cheek. Katz never saw it coming. The shot sent Katz reeling back, separating his head from his beret, which went flying through the air.

Katz: "You shmuck. How can you hit a cripple?"

Borges: "You been getting away with that (hiding behind an infirmity) for years."

 

[patfanken]

Like I said in another thread, EVERY time Ron Borges generates a thread like this....he wins. The best revenge is to not only ignore him, but the rag who hired him.

From what I understand Borges no longer goes to Foxboro, he pontificates from afar, and when he doesn't have a story, he makes it up....like a lot of guys in the media do. We keep on forgetting that this isn't about the players, its all about them.

God Bless, Mike Reiss the last true reporter standing....may TV not screw him up.