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IMO Bledsoe should be a choice. The team reached its first SB in a decade with him at the helm, and he got people excited about the Pats when he was here.
IMO Bledsoe should be a choice. The team reached its first SB in a decade with him at the helm, and he got people excited about the Pats when he was here.
IMO Bledsoe should be a choice. The team reached its first SB in a decade with him at the helm, and he got people excited about the Pats when he was here.
I think Brady is the most important person regarding the team being a 3-time SB champ. But without him, I think the team would be much better than the Jets, Bills or Fish...probably closer to Pittsburgh: A playoff mainstay that gets derailed by a tough playoff opponent in the 3 (or 4) game run to a title. Would they still be considered a powerhouse? I think so. Just not a dynasty.Honestly, it's either Brady or Mo Lewis. You could easily say BB or Kraft, but if Brady doesn't get the starting job here and turn into the QB he turned into in such a short time, who knows what would've happened?
Kraft made the Pats a successful FRANCHISE, the Brady/BB combination has made it a successful powerhouse team...but just look at the teams around the league now and you'll see it's this simple - teams with a good quarterback win and teams that don't have one suffer.
If there's no Brady, this team is probably looking more like the Jets, Bills or Dolphins for the past 6 years, and while maybe it wouldn't be the laughingstock that two out of three of those franchises are, it certainly wouldn't be anywhere near a powerhouse.
I think Brady is the most important person regarding the team being a 3-time SB champ. But without him, I think the team would be much better than the Jets, Bills or Fish...probably closer to Pittsburgh: A playoff mainstay that gets derailed by a tough playoff opponent in the 3 (or 4) game run to a title. Would they still be considered a powerhouse? I think so. Just not a dynasty.
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Chris
I guess I'd agree with that - though I guess it depends on who they end up getting to replace Bledsoe...But we are talking about the fact that they are a dynasty, so I do think TB is the most important part in that.
An interesting and related Q would be to think of who had a better chance of success:
-TB without BB/Kraft
-Kraft without BB/TB
-BB without TB/Kraft
I think ultimately, TB is the one who finds success more easily outside of the others...reason being that at the end of the day, it's the players who decide the outcomes of games, and no matter how smart a coach BB is or how great a businessman Kraft is, it took Brady to turn the franchise into what it is now.
It's true, but where did that ultimately lead us in the "powerhouse" scheme of things? What happens if their 6th round draft pick doesn't turn out to be the best QB in the history of the game? Well, the entire 2000 decade is likely a failure for Kraft and BB.
I agree. Brady's ability to read a defense goes way beyond any coaching he's received. Even BB knows it. In one of the many Pats books, there's a bit about how BB chewed out Brady for a decision he made, Brady defended his actions by reciting exactly how the play unfolded, pointing out what each defender did. BB reviewed the film and Brady was 100% right.I guess I'd agree with that - though I guess it depends on who they end up getting to replace Bledsoe...But we are talking about the fact that they are a dynasty, so I do think TB is the most important part in that.
An interesting and related Q would be to think of who had a better chance of success:
-TB without BB/Kraft
-Kraft without BB/TB
-BB without TB/Kraft
I think ultimately, TB is the one who finds success more easily outside of the others...reason being that at the end of the day, it's the players who decide the outcomes of games, and no matter how smart a coach BB is or how great a businessman Kraft is, it took Brady to turn the franchise into what it is now.
That is true but how much credit can go to Kraft, BB and co. for Brady's growth? He didn't come into the league as a great QB and had to work hard to transform into what he is today.
I think it's perfect matches and nobody really knows how each would do without the others.
Brady's ability to read a defense goes way beyond any coaching he's received. Even BB knows it. In one of the many Pats books, there's a bit about how BB chewed out Brady for a decision he made, Brady defended his actions by reciting exactly how the play unfolded, pointing out what each defender did. BB reviewed the film and Brady was 100% right.