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Brady has shown no signs detectable by the average fan or mediot that his skills have begun to decline. If anything he looked younger and stronger than ever last year, which makes the way the regular season ended all the more infuriating...but that's water under the bridge...
As for this year, barring injuries to key players, there is one big unknown: can Garoppolo, with all of 31 Regular Season Passes under his belt, hand Brady a team that is at worst 2--2 going into Week 5?
Let's be honest: the biggest thing that Jimmy has going for him is that BB and Josh have kept him on the Roster for three seasons. Otherwise, he is a shot in the dark; we really know very little about him.
He could be awesome or he could be mediocre...he won't be "bad" because, well, he's still on the Roster. If he's mediocre, will the talent around him be enough to get the Pats to 2--2.? If he's awesome, 4--0 wouldn't be out of the question.
If Brady were starting from week 1, we'd look at this season beginning with three out of four games at home against marginal opponents and be expecting a 3--1 record as the worst case scenario and would probably be reasonably thinking we might be 4--0 at that point.
After Garoppolo, 1--3 would be a deep hole out of which Brady would have to dig. 0--4 would be close to, but not completely, impossible. If we think it will take 11 wins to take the division, 0--4 would mean going 11--1 after week four; 1--3 would mean 10--2.
Otherwise, Brady is entering relatively uncharted territory. He'll be 39 when the season starts. Favre took a team to the Playoffs with a 12--4 record at the age of 40. There's no reason to think that Brady doesn't have at least two more seasons left at a very high level...but, if we're honest, we should be expecting one, hoping for two and praying for "more."
As for this year, barring injuries to key players, there is one big unknown: can Garoppolo, with all of 31 Regular Season Passes under his belt, hand Brady a team that is at worst 2--2 going into Week 5?
Let's be honest: the biggest thing that Jimmy has going for him is that BB and Josh have kept him on the Roster for three seasons. Otherwise, he is a shot in the dark; we really know very little about him.
He could be awesome or he could be mediocre...he won't be "bad" because, well, he's still on the Roster. If he's mediocre, will the talent around him be enough to get the Pats to 2--2.? If he's awesome, 4--0 wouldn't be out of the question.
If Brady were starting from week 1, we'd look at this season beginning with three out of four games at home against marginal opponents and be expecting a 3--1 record as the worst case scenario and would probably be reasonably thinking we might be 4--0 at that point.
After Garoppolo, 1--3 would be a deep hole out of which Brady would have to dig. 0--4 would be close to, but not completely, impossible. If we think it will take 11 wins to take the division, 0--4 would mean going 11--1 after week four; 1--3 would mean 10--2.
Otherwise, Brady is entering relatively uncharted territory. He'll be 39 when the season starts. Favre took a team to the Playoffs with a 12--4 record at the age of 40. There's no reason to think that Brady doesn't have at least two more seasons left at a very high level...but, if we're honest, we should be expecting one, hoping for two and praying for "more."