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If Brady's good enough to start he will start here, until the day he isn't and that's when he will depart football.
Not saying it will happen, but the Seahawks gave up a lot to acquire Charlie Whitehurst.
Seattle Seahawks acquire San Diego Chargers' Charlie Whitehurst - ESPN
"The Seahawks swapped the 40th pick in the second round with San Diego's 60th pick and also will send the Chargers a third-round pick in the 2011 draft."
If Mallet end up being the next Aaron Rodgers i can't see BB not trading TB for 2 facts. 1st tom is getting older and 2nd he is the highest paid QB, that is a huge hit in our salary cap. A possible 3rd is that we would get a better trade return with TB than Ryan Mallet.
BB is that type of person, and he always says it that he will do what's best for this team. He traded plenty of player like Seymour, Bledsoe, Milloy, Samuel lots of players if they were in other teams, they won't dare to trade them, but that would be around the end of his contract year. That is IF he feels Mallet is our guy, down the road.
This is the list of 3rd rounders the mid 60's.
Really? Belichick confirmed this? Even if someone on the roster gives them a better chance of winning than Brady?
If you say so, but I guess I really had Belichick pegged wrong. I always thought of him as a "best guy gets the job" guy. I seem to remember that happening before when the last franchise QB's skills were beginning to fade.
Drew was 29, he was in his prime, his skills weren't beginning to fade, he was what he was...tall with a strong arm and his own stubborn, entitled convictions. Bill chose to go with the QB who had the far superior skillset (part of which was mindset...) to run this offense and lead this team by example. Mallett's skillset is a lot more similar to Drew's than to Brady's... And like Bill says all the time, there is no other QB he'd rather have than Brady. 85-90% of Brady is so coachable and adaptable it still beats the hell out of 110% of a Bledsoe in this offense.
One of the things I think he and Bill admire about each other is they care so much about doing their level best and winning and the legacy they have built here that neither will hang around ala Brett Favre to try and squeeze the last paycheck or kudo out of the game. They will go out when that little voice inside them whispers it's time buddy...
Drew was 29, he was in his prime, his skills weren't beginning to fade, he was what he was...tall with a strong arm and his own stubborn, entitled convictions. Bill chose to go with the QB who had the far superior skillset (part of which was mindset...) to run this offense and lead this team by example. Mallett's skillset is a lot more similar to Drew's than to Brady's... And like Bill says all the time, there is no other QB he'd rather have than Brady. 85-90% of Brady is so coachable and adaptable it still beats the hell out of 110% of a Bledsoe in this offense.
One of the things I think he and Bill admire about each other is they care so much about doing their level best and winning and the legacy they have built here that neither will hang around ala Brett Favre to try and squeeze the last paycheck or kudo out of the game. They will go out when that little voice inside them whispers it's time buddy...
After BB called him up to talk to him, Kevin told me that BB said, "Here at the Patriot's organization we are pretty good at picking out quarterbacks (which many of you surely can't refute =P); stick next to Tom and in a few years you'll be our starter." While I am hesitant to believe such good news...
O'Connell is VERY different from Matt Cassell. They are in different leagues.
Unless someone here, or any of these writers, can say with some certainty where Brady, the Patriots and Mallett will be - health and skill-wise - in 3-4 years, then any arguments about what might or might not happen is pointless.
It might be worth reminding folks that Mallett has yet to practice, let alone show he can dethrone Brady... we have no idea what Brady's skills or health will be like in a few years, let alone whether Mallett would be able to compete with him for a starting position or be worth a trade.
As has been noted, Belichick does what's best for the team. If there's a young QB who is a better present and future option than a current franchise QB, he'll play the young QB. That's about the only thing here we know for sure.
I don't think too many people looked at Bledsoe circa 2000 - 2001 as playing at the top of his game... whether the dropoff was physical, psychological, or having to deal with the 3rd coach of his career, as a big Bledsoe fan I'd not suggest he was playing his best when Brady came on the scene.
But suggesting that Brady displaced Bledsoe in his prime only makes my point for me.
Belichick won't let the better QB sit because of sentimentality or loyalty.
Belichick is loyal to winning - and whoever that is at the time - Brady, Mallett, Hoyer or some unknown entity - that's who he'll play.
There seem to be a lot of folks who have the Psychic Network on speed dial who know that Brady will avoid injury and Father Time for the foreseeable future.
One thing about Mallet is that he brings character issues that none of the other NE QBs had since BB has been HC that I can recall.
The NFL has random drug testing.
You might mean that quite literally as if Brady were to pick another team to play for, it'd be the Niners.
... and I don't rule it out.
If Belichick manages this team right then at one point we will have a QB - Mallett or perhaps someone else - who will begin to exceed Brady's aging skills
Brady's skills may still be starter quality however and it would be a win win to trade him for value at that time.
None of this is sacriligious - it's the way football is played. And if it's done well the fans won't hold it against Brady for wanting to continue to start - especially if its for his hometown 49ers.
I have a theory that the 49ers will do whatever it takes to move up and get Andrew Luck next draft. It all just makes too much sense IMO.
New QB and HC, SF would be set up for the future.
What about Kaepernick?