Patriots Rumor ESPN hitpiece on Patriots (Rift with Brady/Belichick/Kraft) - Merged

[Tunescribe]

Late to the discussion but my only real takeaway is that I somehow didn't realize Brady & Garoppolo had the same agent. That changes EVERYTHING about the trade for me. You can no longer second-guess BB for trading Jimmy G for too little return. When your QB1 & QB2 are basically negotiating together, the team loses all leverage. It was their agent's job to set both his clients up as starting QB's. Unless Brady retired voluntarily, Jimmy G was never going to succeed him in New England as long as Brady wanted to keep playing.

Yes, unless BB decided to move Brady after this season and install JG for 2018-beyond.

 

[AtomicDawg]

Sham is getting sacked left and right. Punt the ball!

That spokesman is Jeff Lockhart according to Trollin Volin. I am giggling at how this story is being destroyed so fast.

 

[dannydyn]

State of the 31 other fan-bases these days....

 

[Todd Bradley]

It took the Steelers 34 years to win a league record 6 Super Bowl trophies.

It’s going to take Tom Brady and Bill Belichick 16 years to win the same amount.

They’ll do and say whatever they can to try and discredit the success. Unfortunately for them, all it does is motivate these guys even further.

Defend the wall. Ignore the noise. Win championships.

 

[Froob]

My buddy in the business says it was Jimmy who pushed out Brissett. The story continues to get more interesting...

 

[SHOWTIME15]

and within a matter of hours, this thread already has 25K views....

 

[SVN]

via a redditposter

"This is exactly how false information spreads. Someone makes a wild claim with tenuous (or in this case zero) evidence but somehow the onus is shifted onto the accused to prove nothing happened. When the aggrieved party makes a statement people like you are quick to jump on it, saying "Well of course they'd say that, they have to." And the story isn't about the accusations anymore, now it's about the rebuttal. The Patriots are not responsible for proving their internal relationships are intact, that duty lies with Mr. Unnamed Sources."

 

[Deus Irae]

That didn't happen, Sue.

 

[sb1]

Now Breer chimes in with the whole "Belichick wanted to win a title without Brady" line.

link
Brady, Belichick, Garoppolo: Patriots’ Turmoil

 

[Deus Irae]

Exploring options is one thing. Multiple offers made that were rejected by the agent simply didn't happen based on what I've learned.

 

[ANGR89]

I'm embarrassed to admit this but I turned on NFL network to see what was being said and oddly enough i haven't heard them mention it even 1 time.

 

[maineman209]

Current cap commitment for 2018 is 86.5M

The cap could be as high as 178M

I don’t see the issue

Overthecap has 2018 $15.9M in cap space for the Pats:

New England Patriots Salary Cap | Over the Cap

 

[PF_SU]

Hm, am I trying to read something into it or does Reiss really come over as trying to distance himself from the content of that sham article?

 

[Froob]

It’d be pretty hard for Yee to get Jimmy a contract as Brady’s agent. I doubt this was ever close to happening.

 

[Froob]

Hm, am I trying to read something into it or does Reiss really come over as trying to distance himself from the content of that sham article?

Reiss is trying to push Brady out.

 

[PatsDeb]

This was just posted. As most of us thought, total BS.

 

[Deus Irae]

So:

1. Brady "demanding" JAG's trade - Refuted by Tom Curran
2. JAG & Agent turning down multiple extension offers - Refuted by Tom Curran
3. JAG/TB12 incident - Refuted by Zo
4. BB/Goodell meeting - Refuted by NFL

Again, ball's in your court, Seth.

 

[Hammer of Thor]

Zolak on the throw that injured Hogan, because Brady was too hurt and frail as a 40 year old to throw deeper to Cooks who was becoming wide open....

 

[AtomicDawg]

HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH (breathes)
AHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAH

BB WOULD NEVER WORK FOR IRSAY!!!!! WTF!!!! HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH

 

[mosslost]

I thought you only believe in facts? I'm 41 years old and for the last 5 years I've had a lower weight than I ever had in college.

I specifically meant once you are 350, you are not getting back there. Did you weight 350 at some point?