2000army
Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Absolutely. You never know what you have. No way do you move on from someone you know well--especially Brady. 85% of the GOAT is a Pro Bowl QB.
By the way, I draft Christian Hackenberg in the 5th round because I'm trading Jimmy Garopolo in the offseason.
If the Patriots can trade Jimmy for perhaps the first pick in the 2nd round next year they should seriously consider it.
I don't give one f.uck about Jimmy, we ride with Brady until the end like Thelma and Louise.
It's not talked about enough, but it may be the most important development for the New England Patriots in years: Brady's mobility training prolonged his career.
It's literally a gamechanger. He has said recently that he adopted the tethered leash training after the 2013 season.
Last year before the Pats-Redskins preseason game down here, my nephew and I watched him for a good 90 minutes before the game run sprints in all directions tethered on a elastic leash like a rabid dog. He wasn't going to play that night (1st PS game in 2014) but he was easily the hardest working person on that field in the early evening.
I'm not sure what his future would look like right now if he didn't adopt that training.
Watch any game last year or this year and you can see his progress and development with his mobility in the pocket. I thought it reached its height in the Playoffs/SB last year (that 3rd and 14 pass to Edelman in the SB was one of the great, unsung QB mobility plays of all time given the circumstances). but he has only gotten better with it this year - - I did not think it possible. Some of his rollouts and step ups for TD passes to Edelman (or the one Sunday to Blount) are plays HE WAS INCAPABLE of years ago.
He is a DIFFERENT QB today. And a better one for it. It is almost as if he reinvented a new career.
I honestly believe that the Brady/Garoppolo decision will be the most important personnel decision any franchise has faced since Brady/Bledsoe, if only because Brady will be 40 in 2017, and heading into uncharted waters. At a minimum, if they haven't resolved it by the start of FA in 2017, it will be one of the big storylines of that spring/summer (as if other fanbases weren't sick enough of hearing about New England ).