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Belichick has 3-4 more years of coaching at a high-level.

Brady has 3-4 more years of playing at a high-level. However he needs help.

They need a stud running back that can make game-changing plays

They need another WR on the outside

They need 2-3 impact players on defense. DT/DE/CB/SS/OLB who cares. Go find 'em.

I seriously question Matt Patricia's future as defacto-DC of this team.
 
Iam sure lot of people on this board might be wishing this to happen :mad:
 
What's BB gonna do ...golf in his jeans.
 
BB hanging it up? I want to laugh.. He lives for coaching and that's his life.. He's going to be here for a long time and we'll see a few more SBs before he's done. The man is always thinking, working and rarely reveals his thoughts to anyone - let alone the media, who get crumbs at best in any interview.
 
Comming this close to a fourth SB & being empty handed has got to leave a bad taste in their mouths. I don't believe they CAN walk away now, too many pieces for another great team are in place now.
 
Iam sure lot of people on this board might be wishing this to happen :mad:


believe it or not , not me.. belichick stepping down would be disaster.... the loss is still fresh in every ones minds.. so i think they will be back at it in a few weeks getting ready for 12
 
When is a QB reaching 35 years old in the prime of his career??

When that 35 year old is Tom Brady, coming off one of the most prolific seasons a QB has ever had in the National Football League.

I don't see him having too more of these dominant seasons, but because his peak is so high, even when he starts the inevitable descent, his "down" years probably will still look something like this: 65%, 3600 yds, 28 td, 12 int.

In other words, what his #s looked like at the beginning of his career. And that would still put him in the upper tier of QB in the NFL. No, he won't be the uber-QB we're used to, but still.

What it means is that they *really* need to start rebuilding a dominant defense and running game...not because Brady is slowing down now, but because he will be, and they need to be ready for when his arm alone cannot carry the team.
 
When is a QB reaching 35 years old in the prime of his career??

Make sure you weren't dropped on YOUR head!

Show me how many QBs have been championship QBs at this age?...John Elway is the only one that rings a bell.

Despite an outstanding season,Brady is on the downside of his career and if Belichick does not get him a stud running back like a Corey Dillon who can take over a game when Brady is not doing well, he can't keep up this 5,000 or even 4,000 yards passing streak....the time for Championships is closing by the year.

This team needs another Corey Dillon type destroyer runner before the Brady era has ended....Brady at 35 can't continue to carry the team,he needs help at RB and defense.

Well, he was the first unanimous MVP in league history last year, and he broke Dan Marino's yardage record this year. I guess I must have slept through his prime, if this isn't it.
 
Dear Rodney:

You retired because you couldn't run any more, something of a problem for a defensive back. Win or lose, you were gone after 2007.
 
What's BB gonna do ...golf in his jeans.

I would guess fish, but I would think he wants to rename the boat one or two times before that.
 
He's not stepping down, not if he took a look at next year's schedule.
 
Neither BB nor Brady is going anywhere. In terms of organizational goals, the Pats hit 2 of 3 (division and conference) this year. There is a young base and good veterans following the team-oriented approach of the organization. And add 4 picks in the first two rounds to next year's prospects.

If BB was ever feeling worn, I expect that was after the 2009 season with a team that lacked the desire or chemistry to win as a whole. BB is most certainly disappointed, as would be Brady, with the fact a championship was lost by a play or two, but BB has repeatedly said that he wants a team capable of competing for a championship year after year.

If you read The War Room and Bruschi's comments on the subject, 2007 was a different animal. As much as fans cheer against the Pats now, that season stood for an "up yours" to the NFL and all the talking heads for questioning prior championships and BB. This year will be difficult to swallow given how close the game was, but it ended a very different season with far fewer core veterans from 2001, 2003 and 2004.
 
Brady and Belichick have to be viewed separately when it comes to any decisions about retirement.

I think that Brady will play for as long as he feels he can contribute at a high level. It's the rare SB-era HOF QB who hangs around more than one or maybe two years after his skills begin to decline OR until the cumulative impact of the game on his body or brain becomes too great (the exceptions are Warren Moon and some of the old timers from the 1950's and 1960's, the latter who played in an era of lower salaries, lousy pensions and when few lucrative media or celebrity careers were available post retirement). The average retirement age for an SB era HOF QB is 37, and that includes some old timers and Moon who hung around into their 40's.

Given the pounding he's taken these last three years and thinking about the changes some purport to have observed in his performance after the Tuck hit last Sunday, I don't think he'll be too far off that average. He'll turn 35 this August, but, in QB years I personally don't think he's a "young 35." If I had to bet (and making it clear that I'm just guessing), I'd bet that he retires after the season that he starts when he is 37 or 38, the ages at which Montana and Elway retired respectively; Elway retired at the top of his game, Montana probably one or, arguably, two seasons after he began to decline.

So, that would give TB three or four more seasons, hopefully at least two of which will still be at the highest level. I really don't think we can kid ourselves any more that he is another Favre, who was never seriously injured and played at a high level until he was 38 or 39, before winding down for two final years in Minnesota. Way too much is understood now about the impact of multiple head and body traumas later in life for a guy with Brady's money and prospects/interests outside the game to hang around longer than it would be prudent for him to do so.

Belichick? I don't know. He is an intensely private person when it comes to what he thinks or how he feels about anything important, so none of us can know what is going on.

My personal gut feeling is that he will hang it up when he just plain gets tired of the mental and emotional grind and pounding. He looks like he's in pretty good physical shape, so, with some adjustments to his working hours, he could probably coach well into his 60's, which he turns this year. Tom Coughlin will be 66 this summer and he's still going strong and wants to keep coaching, which, clearly, nobody is about to say he shouldn't do.
 
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I would like him to stay but will remain a fan if he goes.....

I survived fairbanks and parcells leaving....I would survive this one, too

there is some intrigue regarding how the pats would look like post BB.....
 
I would like him to stay but will remain a fan if he goes.....

I survived fairbanks and parcells leaving....I would survive this one, too

there is some intrigue regarding how the pats would look like post BB.....

Yes, intrigue. Is that the new word for 5-11?
 
Great reverse logic... Brady wants to play until he's 40 because nothing in his life will ever replicate the competitive thrill he gets playing this game. Only injury or rapidly declining skill will drive him from the game sooner. Barring either expect to see an incremental extention that takes him to that point. Although by the new formula two tags would likely suffice and he'd be fine with that if they are. As for Bill, with him it's all about enjoying the process and not burning out over the coaching grind (and he's been grinding for almost 40 years now), frustration or expectations. And he refuses to quantify it, so could go any time, but I think he will last at least as long as the QB. I have a feeling they will leave the game within a year or two of each other. There are some benchmark legacy issues both subconsciously would probably like to wrap up. And as long as they have a shot at those and competing, discussion of their departure is significantly premature.
 
funny......I guess when he goes, you can go too, and take mo with you

No, you know what will really be funny? When the inevitable DOES happen and you get a little taste of your "intrigue" served with a heaping, steaming LOAD of reality.

I'm not going anywhere. I've been around since Eason. But I'll be so very ah, intrigued by what your posts will say when we're back to struggling and these incredible glory years are long gone.

Anyone who can contemplate the post BB era with the nonchalance your post has doesn't have a clue.
 
No, you know what will really be funny? When the inevitable DOES happen and you get a little taste of your "intrigue" served with a heaping, steaming LOAD of reality.

I'm not going anywhere. I've been around since Eason. But I'll be so very ah, intrigued by what your posts will say when we're back to struggling and these incredible glory years are long gone.

Anyone who can contemplate the post BB era with the nonchalance your post has doesn't have a clue.

big whoop....I've been to a game at harvard stadium....you're a late-comer

you do realize that as a starter, eason had a winning record, don't you?

the pats have been to the superbowl each of the last 4 decades......only the steelers can also make that claim
 
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big whoop....I've been to a game at harvard stadium....you're a late-comer

you do realize that as a starter, eason had a winning record, don't you?

Big whoop? Ok, you've shown yourself to definitely be an old timer.:D

But seriously? I can't help when I was born. Outta my hands. Eason lead us to a Superbowl, he was a shell after the game but fairly promising at one point. However, those days and the ensuing disasters provide enough of a contrast to my newbie mind for me to conclude the following:

Those days: Losing. Bad.
Nowadays:perennial contenders. Good.
 
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