Peter King: Still likes the Colts

[Buchanty]

and we wonder why Brady hasnt won a mvp yet ! here we have pats fans thinking maybe someone else should win it this year besides BRADY !

Sorry - my response was somewhat tongue-in-cheek backing Favre. Obviously my British sarcasm is too opaque

I do think Tom is due one and this year more than ever. However if its a question of League MVP or Superbowl MVP I have no hesitation in choosing the latter.

 

[NYPatsFan]

Factoid of the Week That May Interest Only Me

In the windowless Gillette Stadium office of New England vice president of player personnel Scott Pioli is a 2000 Fleer football card with the "New England Patriots Rookie Stars'' of that season. On one half of the rectangular card is Boise State tight end Dave Stachelski, the 141st pick in the draft, a fifth-round choice. On the other half is Michigan quarterback Tom Brady, the 199th pick in the draft, a sixth-rounder. The 2000 draft was the first New England draft run by Bill Belichick and Pioli.

Stachelski never played a down for New England. Brady is Brady.

Just a little reminder for Pioli: When he starts thinking how brilliantly the Patriots' draft room has been run over the years, he can think back to the day his team chose a no-name tight end who never got out of training camp 55 picks before they picked one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time.

Peter King is a real American A-hole.

Do you really think Belichick and Pioli walk around thinking, "We are so brilliant!"?

OR, do you think that they'd be the first ones to tell you that the draft is a crap shoot and they do the best they can with the information they have?

I can guarantee you it's the latter because there is no complacency in that entire organization.

King makes Pioli sound as arrogant and irrelevant as he is.

 

[alamo]

Peter King is a real American A-hole.

Do you really think Belichick and Pioli walk around thinking, "We are so brilliant!"?

OR, do you think that they'd be the first ones to tell you that the draft is a crap shoot and they do the best they can with the information they have?

I can guarantee you it's the latter because there is no complacency in that entire organization.

King makes Pioli sound as arrogant and irrelevant as he is.

Many people here purposely read the media with a chip on their shoulder. Silly.

I interpreted that line as complimenting Pioli, that the fact that particular card is on the wall is Pioli's reminding himself not to believe how great everyone says he is. As well as a bit of a dig at the media who praise him without thought.

 

[bradmahn]

Many people here purposely read the media with a chip on their shoulder. Silly.

I interpreted that line as complimenting Pioli, that the fact that particular card is on the wall is Pioli's reminding himself not to believe how great everyone says he is. As well as a bit of a dig at the media who praise him without thought.

That's how I interpreted it as well, but I've also read Halberstam's book, The Education of a Coach, where that tidbit originally appeared.

Rereading it, the wording is contemptuous and actually reads like pontificating on King's part (ie, advice to Pioli).

I don't think that's his intent, though, but readers not familiar with that story may read into it as such.