I am just curious, who on earth was suggesting any type of transition in 2014?
I don't think you are understanding, once again, that we are Brady fanboys, not Jimmy fanboys. And we are not suggesting they transition from Brady to JG; we are speculating that may be the Patriots thinking, considering that, if you believe Schefter, which I do, JG is untouchable in trade talks, there is historical precedent for similar moves like this that are almost always considered the right move in hindsight, Brady will be FORTY-TWO in 2019, and despite that JG only played for six quarters, multiple teams saw enough to want to trade a boat load of draft picks for him, while the Patriots know a lot more about him than just six quarters and won't trade him even for what appears to be a very high price.
To ignore there is a plausible succession plan, and considering the contract situation with TB and JG, you are being blind to a plausible idea and accusing people of hating/doubting Brady despite that only a couple of people have said stupid things like SB51 shows he is declining. Brady's play is not declining. He may not decline in two years. They still might choose to move forward with Garappollo. You should try to understand the reasoning behind it instead of being so close-minded. Most everyone is acknowledging there at least plausible arguments both ways...not such a clear black and white decision.
I understand the reasoning entirely and I have stated why I disagree with it completely on repeated occasions. If Garrapolo were under contract through 2020 it might be relevant, where he is gone after 2017 it makes absolutely no sense at all. Tom Brady is still at the top of his game and that game is better than anyone else to play the game, moving on from him in 2018 so people can test out their theories in Jimmy Garrapolo is as dumb as it gets. Garrapolo was asked to cover starting QB for 4 games and couldn't even make it through half of that. And while Garrapolo played really well against two bad teams in September he has never been in any kind of pressure situation and no one has any idea how he would fare in those situations, so moving on from the best clutch player in the history of the NFL makes little to no sense at all.
I actually like Garrapolo but the projections of absolute greatness by his backers are ludicrous at best.