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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.I would be more inclined to take the word of Zolak, a former NFL quarterback, over that of someone who has never played a down of football.
Supa, you're better than that. Who do you REALLY believe is inherently more credible on such matters -- Scott Zolak or Karen Guregian?
That Edelman deep ball, for me, is the difference between having a REAL awesome WR and just a talented guy that Tom Brady makes look like a Superstar. Brady makes Patriot receivers look so good that people tend to forget that they're NOT top caliber receivers, and Edelman blowing that route is a great example of the difference.
Yeah, I wonder how different Brady's deep ball struggles may look with a real receiver on the team every so often?
Edelman is an awesome athlete and deserves a tremendous amount of respect for making the transformation from college QB to pro WR, but the bottom line is that he's still learning and hasn't even been playing the role full-time all that long.
I'd still love to see a veteran, playmaking WR on the team before Brady hangs it up, if it's ever in the cards.
I mean from what I saw.. it looked like Edelman stopped running and flattened off. If he had kept running the corner/flag ball would have been right on him in stride over the corner and away from safety.
We don't get stuff like that anymore.
Maybe Rutgers will produce the next Calvin Johnson.
Otherwise Belichick likes us to have JAGs for some reason
I mean, it is difficult to have a franchise paid QB and a franchise paid WR on the team at the same time, at least in terms of making the playoffs on a consistent basis. We'll have to see how Denver handles it with Manning and Demarius Thomas in the off-season, but chances are that they'll be losing someone and get weaker somewhere.
Obviously, it's possible, but Belichick hasn't chosen to spend double digits on the position since he came close with the 9m dollars per year x 3 year contract he gave to Moss (aside from the one year franchise tag with Welker that was reportedly supposed to be a placeholder until they could agree to a deal around 7m dollars on a longer term deal).
I'd still think that even though it sounds ridiculous and I hate to even type it, a guy like Larry Fitzgerald could be considered much like Revis was. Of course, the stars, the sun, and the moon would all have to align in the same way that Revis coming here for a year did. Fitzgerald would have to agree to a restructured deal that was likely in the 9m dollar per year range, and if so, one would have to assume that Belichick would be intrigued--at least on some level. Those vets that you know will immediately pick up the playbook and show all the leadership and effort in the world are rare, and you have to think long and hard when the opportunity presents itself.
Of course, like I said, I normally don't even give in to these fantastical kinds of scenarios because it'd likely prevent us from retaining someone else (Solder, Jones, Hightower, Vereen, Gostokowski, etc) which may end up offsetting the entire process.
I mean, it is difficult to have a franchise paid QB and a franchise paid WR on the team at the same time, at least in terms of making the playoffs on a consistent basis. We'll have to see how Denver handles it with Manning and Demarius Thomas in the off-season, but chances are that they'll be losing someone and get weaker somewhere.
Obviously, it's possible, but Belichick hasn't chosen to spend double digits on the position since he came close with the 9m dollars per year x 3 year contract he gave to Moss (aside from the one year franchise tag with Welker that was reportedly supposed to be a placeholder until they could agree to a deal around 7m dollars on a longer term deal).
I'd still think that even though it sounds ridiculous and I hate to even type it, a guy like Larry Fitzgerald could be considered much like Revis was. Of course, the stars, the sun, and the moon would all have to align in the same way that Revis coming here for a year did. Fitzgerald would have to agree to a restructured deal that was likely in the 9m dollar per year range, and if so, one would have to assume that Belichick would be intrigued--at least on some level. Those vets that you know will immediately pick up the playbook and show all the leadership and effort in the world are rare, and you have to think long and hard when the opportunity presents itself.
Of course, like I said, I normally don't even give in to these fantastical kinds of scenarios because it'd likely prevent us from retaining someone else (Solder, Jones, Hightower, Vereen, Gostokowski, etc) which may end up offsetting the entire process.
We have no idea who will stay and who will leave, but the same principles are applied in every single year. The salary cap is given great consideration, as it should.Amendola,Wilfork,Hernandez, Lafell will be off the books.
Not being rude but why would they retain High tower.
Bradys cap $$ is lot less next year as well.
Jones may cost but at this point no more than Bennett did.
Mighty kind of you to let me down into ignorance so gently, thank you.
Friend, the stats I noted remain an outlier for now because there have been no further Brady performances to determine if they are the beginning of a trend.
And when the "outlier" is such an extreme example - no other QB in 8 years, covering thousands of games featuring dozens of awful QB's, threw deep as poorly as Brady did Sunday - then it deserves notice, not outright disregard because of its strangeness.