Brady accepting suspension:(

eagle eye said:

I'm certainly not happy that he didn't go all the way to the Supreme Court. Brady giving up just doesn't feel right.

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It's called being a leader and putting the team ahead of himself and doing what is best for the 2016 Patriots.

Better for him and the team to get the 4 games out of the way and know which 4 games it will be then go into the season with a huge question hanging.

Once again Brady puts the team and franchise above his interests. He would rather put everyone else involved with their success in the best position to succeed and did just that by letting Belichick and Garrapolo have almost two months to prepare for September rather than take the chance of Ginsburg giving the stay only to have the full court reject the case and have to sit out during the latter part of the season with no notice. Brady does this knowing that it gives them the best chance to win another Lombardi but also puts him in a situation where if Garrapolo plays well that the idiots will come out with the all of the speculation about moving on from Brady, but he's willing to deal with all the bullsh.t to get the prize in the end.

The upside of all of this crap is going to be a team that's united going into the season, and they will be hungry to prove that they can win without Brady just as they do with him. I would expect Belichick to have one of the most focused team's he has ever had in camp and pre season, and when the season arrives all they really have to do is go .500 to set Brady up to lead them to another ring. I still think they are going to go 3-1 but 2-2 will be good good enough.. And after all Brady has been through think i the chip on his shoulder will be as big as it has ever been and I really think he isn't going to be satisfied with just one more ring and won't be satisfied until he adds two more Lombardi Trophies to their collection. Imo Brady is as good as he has ever been and he still has 4-5 more seasons in him, and if they can keep the team relatively intact he will have the opportunity to get those Trophies. After all of the bullish.t that Brady, the franchise, the team, and the grand have been out its going to be really fascinating to see them play from the first snap of pre-season until Brady kneels down with the last snap of the Super Bowl. I can't wish summer away but I also can't wait to watch this team and this season. I don't believe we will be disappointed. And although I realize we always dream of getting a first rounder in return for a player if Garrapolo plays really well that will be the asking price for him and we actually may get to see them make two, picks in the first round of next year's draft. Another Lombardi will be one extended middle finger to Goodell sms Co., and another first would make it a pair, that would be as sweet a revenge as they get.

stcjones said:

You know .....if Roger contracted AIDS from a cheap crack whore....and got hit by a bus walking to the treatment clinic...,it would still not be just desserts for what HE brought about to Tom Brady. This whole thing was ridiculous, was a witch hunt, and destroyed the image and legacy of one of the greatest ambassadors and role models that the NFL has ever seen. If there was ever a "guy that you hoped every young man (or woman)playing ANY SPORT would emulate their behavior....it was TOM BRADY....the best of the best..,.the guy who always has put TEAM first.....the guy who WINS because he is better than everyone else and prepares better than everyone else...

For us in New England Tom will always be the greatest ever.....he will be a role model for our kids ...and this situation WILL ONLY MAKE HIM MORE LEGENDARY....and more ICONIC! Sadly, the rest of the pathetic fans of every other team who beg year after year to have WHAT we have....to have a team that makes the playoffs nearly every year if NOT every year, who wins 10 plus games a season and who has won 4 Super Bowls in the past 15 years.....they are pathetically JEALOUS of what Tom Brady has brought to NE.,..

And Goodell....the closet Jets fan WITH AN AGENDA....should be fired for his misuse of power and BIASED ACTIONS towards ONE team and one team ONLY!.,..,the NE Patriots

Why?! The rest of the sore ***ed loser teams and their fans.....if they can't BEAT us.....we must be doing something illegal...,must be some illegal action or secret......Nope Belichick is just smarter....,and Tommy is just BETTER than ANY QB to ever play the game........these continued attacks on the New England Patriots, Bill Belichick, and Tom Brady are unfounded, irrational , erroneous and unfair. We beat everyone else because we have the BEST HEAD COACH and QB to ever coach and play the game.......Brady and Belichick's Legend only grows stronger here in NE .....and that is all that counts!!!

Always remember Patsfans......."They Hate us.....because they AINT us!!!!!"

Go Pats!!!!!!

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I may be naive but I simply find it difficult to believe that EVERYONE outside N.E. are complete ignorant, stupid morons...there must be some people who see this whole thing for what it is, and for whom Brady's reputation is not only not tarnished, but in fact enhanced by these baseless attacks by losers...How would Oscar Wilde have put it...to be subjected to one unjust crucifixion ('07) seems like misfortune; to experience another ('15) at the hands of the league's same crooked thugs looks...familiar? repetitive? How about, predictable. I suggest Kraft now, take Wilde's advice: "A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal." I deeply hope Bob Kraft finds these experiences enlightening, preferably to the point where he (and us) are no longer reacting to them, but anticipating, planning for and being ready to deal with them (like Red always did). It's like chess. Old friend Bill Russell's sage wisdom: Act, don't react.

I live outside New England and you are naive about the feelings about the Pats and Brady in other parts of the country, The reputation of both is in the crapper.thanks to the NFL propaganda machine and passivity of the Pats owner when it would have made a difference. By the way the war against the Pats is by no means over and I am confident Kraft is already practicing his turtle posture.

Actual Pats Fan said:

I deeply hope Bob Kraft finds these experiences enlightening, preferably to the point where he (and us) are no longer reacting to them, but anticipating, planning for and being ready to deal with them (like Red always did). It's like chess. Old friend Bill Russell's sage wisdom: Act, don't react.

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We have zero evidence that Bob Kraft is suddenly enlightened.
I deeply hope for a gold meteorite to land in my backyard, but it too is unlikely. The only evidence we have is that the league office, commissioner and 31 other owners remain intransigent. Were BK somehow dealing with this, we'd see some occasional positive statements from these clowns. We don't. Instead, we see photo after photo of Krafts still sucking up to Roger.

PatsWickedPissah said:

We have zero evidence that Bob Kraft is suddenly enlightened.
I deeply hope for a gold meteorite to land in my backyard, but it too is unlikely. The only evidence we have is that the league office, commissioner and 31 other owners remain intransigent. Were BK somehow dealing with this, we'd see some occasional positive statements from these clowns. We don't. Instead, we see photo after photo of Krafts still sucking up to Roger.

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Red always saw his peers as the crybaby adversaries, really enemies, they were. He clearly understood competition, and he saw the dangers of compromise in that context, and we are all fortunate that Walter Brown could get him. Robert Kraft is a really nice man, not a GM or coach. I think the challenge for Robert is NOT to take this stuff personally, but to understand and learn from it...The late Mr. Davis, of course, had no illusions as to the league's agenda...Maybe Kraft needs to incorporate some people like him into the organization at some level.

PatsWickedPissah said:

We have zero evidence that Bob Kraft is suddenly enlightened.
I deeply hope for a gold meteorite to land in my backyard, but it too is unlikely. The only evidence we have is that the league office, commissioner and 31 other owners remain intransigent. Were BK somehow dealing with this, we'd see some occasional positive statements from these clowns. We don't. Instead, we see photo after photo of Krafts still sucking up to Roger.

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If that space nugget does land, sign me up, baby. I'm on board. After buying him out, we'll put him in the HOF.