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Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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In each of the aforementioned seasons, a single thread emerges. The Offense (Yes, the Offense) could not make a play to turn the tide. The absolute dearth of playmakers on the Offensive side of the ball has killed the Dynasty, such as it existed. Against elite teams, they cannot sustain drives and control the clock. This drains the Defense, leading to their inexorable collapse.
In each hearbreaking loss, Brady has been left to make key plays to sustain drives with the likes of Troy Brown (8th Round draft Choice) in the Broncos loss and Colts loss (not to mention castoff Reche Caldwell), an aging Kevin Faulk (4th and 2), an alligator armed spent Randy Moss (SB 42), UDFA Wes Welker and Danny Woodhead (beloved overachievers both but complementary players at best) as well as an old and slow Deion Branch (a shadow of his former self). Granted there have been playmakers, but any Defense worth it's salt will take away the best ones. Where are the Blue Chip athletes on Offense? They are on the line and at TE. Both work between the lines. Yet, BB and Caserio will spend late April proving how "smart" they are by playing the draft board as if it's a chess board. Sometimes Football is just checkers; have the most Kings on the board and you'll Win.
Brady is getting injured more and more. Soon, he'll be gone. Some of his best years will have been wasted. At some point he has to ask himself why he goes through all of this? He has it all. He can walk away reasonably healthy, very wealthy and undoubtedly wiser for the experience but no more decorated in glory than he is today.
Next year we will go to Training Camp, watch games in person and on TV and be fully invested as if those old glory days will return, but at the end of the day I am confident that they will not. This is because the fate of this team is determined primarily by one man, and that man is not Tom Brady, it is BB. His legacy is being diminished by his hubris. Every Dictatorship always has a period of short lived glory, a slow decline and a miserable ending. The timeline will be decided by how long the Kraft's can endure this perpetual Ground Hog Day. BTW, I'd love to be wrong...
In the meantime, can someone just take out Bernard Pollard's knees?
It hurts but overall we have it better than everyone but 5 franchises in the SB era. By the time Brady/BB are done, we could potentially move into the top 5. Can't complain about that.
The only tihng that bugs me is seeing the haters getting to rejoice and talk ****. Absolutely makes my blood boil. All I ask for is one more ring for BB/Brady, they deserve better.
Enough with the tough talk already. I too have been a Pats fan since the late 70s and have experienced the spectrum of emotion with this team, but as fans, we are only 12 hours removed from a gut-wrenching loss in the SB. It's okay to feel bad for a little while. Sorry that my grieving process is a little different than some of you. This loss sucks.
Ever since 2006 we pats fans have been through soo much
2005 the mile high playoff loss
2006 the colt collapse
2007 the superbowl
2008 the loss of brady
2009 the raven massacre
2010 the defense couldn't stop a nosebleed
AND now this superbowl
I don't know how much more this we can take only to start it again next season.
Yet he got this team to the Super Bowl. A team that finished last in the NFL in total defense... In the Super Bowl. Not just *in* the Super Bowl, they were a play or two away from WINNING the Super Bowl.
Sorry, but you are way, way, WAY off.
It hurts but overall we have it better than everyone but 5 franchises in the SB era. By the time Brady/BB are done, we could potentially move into the top 5. Can't complain about that.
The only tihng that bugs me is seeing the haters getting to rejoice and talk ****. Absolutely makes my blood boil. All I ask for is one more ring for BB/Brady, they deserve better.
Hey man, we make a choice whether to be happy or unhappy on a daily basis. I'm not going to let something I have ZERO control over ruin even one of the precious few days I have left on this Earth.
Grieving process? It's just a game. Nobody died. No one is going hungry because the Pats lost the Super bowl. There won't be a military coup in your city tomorrow, you won't be forced into labor camps.
I'm just as disappointed as anyone, but it just boggles my mind how anyone would let it effect them that much. Seriously, just step back and think about it. It's a football game we are talking about. It literally has no bearing on anything that will happen in your life. If you let it, you are only cheating yourself.
I hear you and appreciate the sentiment, but this loss was heartbreaking.
That's called karma.