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Joey007 · Oct 22, 2014

If this Brady trade somehow happens some day, it sure as hell won't be during this season while we are 5-2. Please.

BelichickFan · Oct 22, 2014

Joey007 said:
If this Brady trade somehow happens some day, it sure as hell won't be during this season while we are 5-2. Please.

Agreed. After the season, though, get Hopkins, draft Gurley with Texans #1, draft top OG with our own #1, get more defense and OL with rest of picks. Lordy, that would be a nice way to pick up the pieces after the amazing Brady era. Different from the Colts post Manning but equally intriguing.

Don't hate me, I love Brady With a passion and would be fine keeping him until he retires. But in February if I could get Hopkins and Gurley while having a full draft + (Mankins and comp picks) it would be tough to pass assuming they like The Jimmy as much as they seem to.

Boomer B · Oct 22, 2014

Ya, let's trade Brady when we are sitting on top of the division (and should be for the next few years) and can make some noise in the playoff's

Ivan · Oct 22, 2014

BelichickFan said:
Agreed. After the season, though, get Hopkins, draft Gurley with Texans #1, draft top OG with our own #1, get more defense and OL with rest of picks. Lordy, that would be a nice way to pick up the pieces after the amazing Brady era. Different from the Colts post Manning but equally intriguing.

Don't hate me, I love Brady With a passion and would be fine keeping him until he retires. But in February if I could get Hopkins and Gurley while having a full draft + (Mankins and comp picks) it would be tough to pass assuming they like The Jimmy as much as they seem to.

I think there's a big difference in "liking" Garrapolo as a prospect and believing that he's ready to be the starter and succeed and I believe that they see him as needing a few years of grooming and don't believe that they are looking at replacing Brady any time soon. 3 years from no maybe, now, no way imo.

50-yard-line · Oct 22, 2014

BelichickFan said:
Agreed. After the season, though, get Hopkins, draft Gurley with Texans #1, draft top OG with our own #1, get more defense and OL with rest of picks. Lordy, that would be a nice way to pick up the pieces after the amazing Brady era. Different from the Colts post Manning but equally intriguing.

Don't hate me, I love Brady With a passion and would be fine keeping him until he retires. But in February if I could get Hopkins and Gurley while having a full draft + (Mankins and comp picks) it would be tough to pass assuming they like The Jimmy as much as they seem to.

When i read posts like this, I get the feeling that a lot of people around these parts take TB for granted in a major way. There is NO WAY the Pats trade Brady unless and until he is in major decline - and anyone saying that now is a moron.

Brady, Manning, Brees, Rodgers...you just DON'T trade people like that unless you're in a situation like the Colts (with a once-a-generation QB waiting for you) or unless the decline is obvious.

Ivan · Oct 22, 2014

50-yard-line said:
When i read posts like this, I get the feeling that a lot of people around these parts take TB for granted in a major way. There is NO WAY the Pats trade Brady unless and until he is in major decline - and anyone saying that now is a moron.

Brady, Manning, Brees, Rodgers...you just DON'T trade people like that unless you're in a situation like the Colts (with a once-a-generation QB waiting for you) or unless the decline is obvious.

Right on the money.

Patradomous · Oct 22, 2014

KA- said:
Patradomous, are you Greg Garber?

Hardy f'n har.
Get use to the rumors that day may be closer than you think. And get use to that fact. If BB got a Hershel Walker like deal for Brady he'd do it without thinking twice.
So whistle past the graveyard and guffaw all you'd like but the day is coming.

oldrover · Oct 22, 2014

Brady to the Texans? THIS YEAR?!?!

50-yard-line · Oct 22, 2014

Patradomous said:
Hardy f'n har.
Get use to the rumors that day may be closer than you think. And get use to that fact. If BB got a Hershel Walker like deal for Brady he'd do it without thinking twice.
So whistle past the graveyard and guffaw all you'd like but the day is coming.

So if you do this, you trade a away a QB who, over the next three years, will likely remain the best QB your franchise ever has.

Yes, he's that good.

I'd trade Brady right now...for Aaron Rodgers, maybe, or Andrew Luck maybe, or possibly even Russel Wilson (just love that kid), but NONE of them are as good as Brady RIGHT NOW. I'd be doing it for the extra years.

Seriously, that's it.

primetime · Oct 22, 2014

Peachhead said:
Paraphrasing from the article:"B-b-b-but Garoppolo! He could be better than Romo!"

Yeah, like that's high praise.

I want Garoppolo to succeed as much as the next Pats fan, and compared to some starting QBs in the league Romo...well let's just say he isn't the worst. But when Brady finally does ride off into the sunset. I hope Garoppolo isn't even in the same paragraph as Romo. Nevermind the same sentence.

This is silly. You're letting ESPN narrative get in the way of rationality. Romo has consistently been a top quarterback in the league for the last decade (http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/2...boys-qbs-these-stats-could-surprise-you.html/).

If Garropolo turns out to have a career on par with Tony Romo's for the Patriots, we should all be very, very happy.

Patradomous · Oct 22, 2014

50-yard-line said:
So if you do this, you trade a away a QB who, over the next three years, will likely remain the best QB your franchise ever has.

Yes, he's that good.

I'd trade Brady right now...for Aaron Rodgers, maybe, or Andrew Luck maybe, or possibly even Russel Wilson (just love that kid), but NONE of them are as good as Brady RIGHT NOW. I'd be doing it for the extra years.

Seriously, that's it.

Nice post.
Hard to argue with anything you said. But...The Pats are known to get rid of a player a year to early rather than too late.
The way Tom is playing it is also conducive to a Herchel Walker type deal.
As far as Russel Wilson goes i agree with you a 100%. If I was starting a franchise today he'd be my number one pick.

DaBronxPats14 · Oct 22, 2014

I don't see a trade happening with Brady at any time. When his skills diminish, i'm sure he will be first to acknowledge it and step aside because that's type of person he is. Also if he was to in his standards would mean that "He Sucks" and wouldn't hold on just to further his career (see Favre).
If Brady continues to play at level he is now, PROVIDING HE HAS REAL RECEIVERS (see Peyton), Brady can play as long as he wants and from what I can see he is still better than majority of starting QBs out there.

KA- · Oct 22, 2014

BelichickFan said:
Agreed. After the season, though, get Hopkins, draft Gurley with Texans #1, draft top OG with our own #1, get more defense and OL with rest of picks. Lordy, that would be a nice way to pick up the pieces after the amazing Brady era. Different from the Colts post Manning but equally intriguing.

Don't hate me, I love Brady With a passion and would be fine keeping him until he retires. But in February if I could get Hopkins and Gurley while having a full draft + (Mankins and comp picks) it would be tough to pass assuming they like The Jimmy as much as they seem to.

Share the kool-aid you're drinking, you have the good stuff

JayNM · Oct 22, 2014

I will play along, let me make a insane trade proposal:

JJ Watt + 1st round pick for Brady

Would you do it?

Joey007 · Oct 22, 2014

I think Brady's safe for this year and likely next year. After that I think it's definitely up for discussion. But not now.

KDPPatsfan85 · Oct 22, 2014

SVN said:
http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story...om-brady-houston-texans?ex_cid=espnapi_public

just stupid.

Peachhead · Oct 22, 2014

primetime said:
This is silly. You're letting ESPN narrative get in the way of rationality. Romo has consistently been a top quarterback in the league for the last decade (http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/2...boys-qbs-these-stats-could-surprise-you.html/).

If Garropolo turns out to have a career on par with Tony Romo's for the Patriots, we should all be very, very happy.

Screw stats. Romo sucks. In past years he's had a penchasnt for blowing it at the last second. The anti-Brady. Belichick can make it work with almost any kind of QB. Except a gunslinger who crumbles under pressure. Which is what Romo is. I want Garappolo to be very different than that.

And ESPN is not influencing my opinion at all. I've thought Romo is severely overrated for years. A strong dislike for the Cowboys doesn't hurt either.

New England Pride · Oct 22, 2014

Trade Brady for a mid thirties wide receiver? Really? Everyone at ESPN is cool with publishing that? Noted..

Tom meets Kaepernick · Oct 22, 2014

Just because a quarterback isn't the most clutch doesn't mean he sucks. That's the equivalent of saying Peyton sucks because he chokes in big games. He might be a choke artist but that doesn't mean he isn't one of the greatest to ever play. Your dislike of anything Cowboys might be affecting your brain.

Fencer · Oct 22, 2014

Steve Young spent several years on the SF bench, and also had been NFL MVP, before SF traded Montana.

Aaron Rodgers had been groomed for years before Green Bay decided they preferred Favre.

Only Manning/Luck is remotely comparable, and that's not the closest of analogies either.

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