some will see this as blasphemy, but...

[patsbrasilpatriotas]

Bear with me. There is absolutely nothing more Brady & Belichik need to so to cement their legacy as the GOAT QB/Coach tandem of all time... Unless you are brain damaged like Marshall Faulk, this is no longer in dispute. All that's left is individual accolades.

All the haters can come up with now is Brady made Belichick (look at his record in Cleveland!) or Belichick made Brady (he's a system QB! The pats went 11-5 with Matt Freakin' Casssell!). So its time to break them up and build their legacies on their own. Consider:

Brady is a So. Cal boy, Montana was his hero, his mom (in California) has cancer. He's taken below-market contracts for years. With his buy-in, trade him to the 49ers for a king's ransom, with a pre-agreed contract to pay him the money the GOAT QB deserves. He gets to be paid like he should, be near his mom, Giselle gets to be in a place better for her career, and he gets to add to his legacy by getting a sorry franchise out of the dumpster.

The 49ers sell tickets, because this is a major PR coup... they also don't have much at QB at the moment.

Jimmy G gets the reins and Belichick will prove his greatness by bringing a championship to the Pats without Brady.. the trade compensation will help this (two #1s plus maybe more from a high-picking crappy team?). Belichick wins (or goes deep into the tournament with Jimmy, proves again his incredible skill, and turns over the team to his successor.

Kraft gets his franchise QB for the next decade... you know he must be thinking beyond the GOATs for what the next 10-12 years will bring. Certainly Jonathan is. It must eat at him that we have a potential star QB that he invested in, coached by Belichik, and mentored by Brady... that may take his greatness to some other team. As awesome as he is, Brady is 40, and down to a couple or three superior years.. he will be gone too soon, then what?

Under this scenario:
Brady wins
Belichick wins
Krafts win
JAG wins
49ers win (or some other team)
Even we fans win for the long haul... our franchise should be secure and we can still root for Brady

The NFL is theater... here to entertain, not cure cancer, drive world peace or anything else. Wouldn't this be entertaining? I picture Belichick, Brady, and Kraft smoking cigars and mapping this all out. While we think JAG is tee'd up for a trade, I wonder if a classic misdirection play will unfold.

What do you think?

How Brady wins? Going to a garbage team with no OL? 49rs are worse than Cleveland. They are 10 pieces aways of being competitive. One RB, one WR, garbage OL, no TE's

Nice try Jimmy.. We are gonna ship you..

 

[sb1]

99% of those who say Brady is a system QB don't actually believe it, they are saying it only to get a rise out of Pats fans .

Why even pay attention to that kind of talk never mind dream up a scenario to "prove" them wrong?

Brady isn't going anywhere.

 

[IllegalContact]

 

[RelocatedPatFan]

This is one of those moments where you type something out and read it before clicking submit...and then decide it's sheer lunacy to do so and delete.

Or

It's a cry for help.

 

[Hammer of Thor]

Seriously, we just watched this man almost single-handedly will the rest of his team to the greatest comeback in NFL history (yes, greater than the Bills given the implications). I know - let's trade him!!!

(no offense is meant.... I'm just not keen on your idea....)

 

[tasmlab]

I wanted to check "like" "agree" "winner" "useful" all at the same time, but it wouldn't let me.

C'mon, we're creating a legend here.

And yea, I see it as blasphemy...

 

[DarrylS]

I would bring him into camp ( or a week before camp starts) to sit down and watch film with the QB whoever that is and share his wealth of knowledge of how to recognize formations and how to react. That is priceless.....
I remember a few years ago a QB who had been around the league in 3-4 organizations talked about sitting down and reviewing game tape with Ron Jaworski for a TV show. The QB ( can;t remember who it was) said he learned more in that hour with Jaws than he had from his 3 QB coaches.... TFB can do that and more for years....

.

As much as this is a great idea, I think it will be a bigger role that this, maybe not John Elway big.. but the business side of Mr. Kraft knows how his empire has expanded, and who have been the major players..

#12 is the face of this franchise as is BB...

 

[Ivan]

I stopped at "Bear with me...."

I feel like that was the right thing to do.

 

[Tony2046]

I think that is the worst post in the history of this board.

History? That's a tall order after what I've seen over the last few days.

The range is astounding. From "Trade Brady because he sucks" to "Trade Brady because he's the Goat and will get a lot of picks".

 

[mihap]

What do you think?

What if they trade Garrapollo, he signs 4 years with that team. Meanwhile BB and Brady gets 4 more, and then Jimmy comes back when his contract expires.

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

Precisely this type of thinking is why the 49ers have only 5 SB's instead of 7 or 8.

 

[Deus Irae]

All the haters can come up with now is Brady made Belichick (look at his record in Cleveland!) or Belichick made Brady (he's a system QB! The pats went 11-5 with Matt Freakin' Casssell!). So its time to break them up and build their legacies on their own. Consider:

Brady is a So. Cal boy, Montana was his hero, his mom (in California) has cancer. He's taken below-market contracts for years. With his buy-in, trade him to the 49ers for a king's ransom, with a pre-agreed contract to pay him the money the GOAT QB deserves. He gets to be paid like he should, be near his mom, Giselle gets to be in a place better for her career, and he gets to add to his legacy by getting a sorry franchise out of the dumpster.

I think Gillette would lie in ruins if the Patriots tried this.

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

“When a warrior fights not for himself, but for his brothers, when his most passionately sought goal is neither glory nor his own life's preservation, but to spend his substance for them, his comrades, not to abandon them, not to prove unworthy of them, then his heart truly has achieved contempt for death, and with that he transcends himself and his actions touch the sublime. That is why the true warrior cannot speak of battle save to his brothers who have been there with him. The truth is too holy, too sacred, for words." - Steven Pressfield, Gates of Fire

That describes Steve Grogan. The utter insulting ignorance and stupidity of the flying elvis should have been expunged a long time ago.

 

[SVN]

I thought the game thread was closed...

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

What if they trade Garrapollo, he signs 4 years with that team. Meanwhile BB and Brady gets 4 more, and then Jimmy comes back when his contract expires.

I've got news for anybody who thinks Tom, Bill or the Patriots are going anywhere...

 

[FrodoBagginz]

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

Seriously, we just watched this man almost single-handedly will the rest of his team to the greatest comeback in NFL history (yes, greater than the Bills given the implications). I know - let's trade him!!!

(no offense is meant.... I'm just not keen on your idea....)

This ain't no Tiny Thompson-Frank Brimsek deal

Hey, did you know Tiny was the first goalie to be pulled for a sixth skater, by our own Art Ross?

 

[mosslost]

Bear with me. There is absolutely nothing more Brady & Belichik need to so to cement their legacy as the GOAT QB/Coach tandem of all time... Unless you are brain damaged like Marshall Faulk, this is no longer in dispute. All that's left is individual accolades.

All the haters can come up with now is Brady made Belichick (look at his record in Cleveland!) or Belichick made Brady (he's a system QB! The pats went 11-5 with Matt Freakin' Casssell!). So its time to break them up and build their legacies on their own. Consider:

Brady is a So. Cal boy, Montana was his hero, his mom (in California) has cancer. He's taken below-market contracts for years. With his buy-in, trade him to the 49ers for a king's ransom, with a pre-agreed contract to pay him the money the GOAT QB deserves. He gets to be paid like he should, be near his mom, Giselle gets to be in a place better for her career, and he gets to add to his legacy by getting a sorry franchise out of the dumpster.

The 49ers sell tickets, because this is a major PR coup... they also don't have much at QB at the moment.

Jimmy G gets the reins and Belichick will prove his greatness by bringing a championship to the Pats without Brady.. the trade compensation will help this (two #1s plus maybe more from a high-picking crappy team?). Belichick wins (or goes deep into the tournament with Jimmy, proves again his incredible skill, and turns over the team to his successor.

Kraft gets his franchise QB for the next decade... you know he must be thinking beyond the GOATs for what the next 10-12 years will bring. Certainly Jonathan is. It must eat at him that we have a potential star QB that he invested in, coached by Belichik, and mentored by Brady... that may take his greatness to some other team. As awesome as he is, Brady is 40, and down to a couple or three superior years.. he will be gone too soon, then what?

Under this scenario:
Brady wins
Belichick wins
Krafts win
JAG wins
49ers win (or some other team)
Even we fans win for the long haul... our franchise should be secure and we can still root for Brady

The NFL is theater... here to entertain, not cure cancer, drive world peace or anything else. Wouldn't this be entertaining? I picture Belichick, Brady, and Kraft smoking cigars and mapping this all out. While we think JAG is tee'd up for a trade, I wonder if a classic misdirection play will unfold.

What do you think?

Um no