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IIRC, no player for the Patriots has ever entered their final year without having their contract either redone, or traded.
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That just happened with Solder last year
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If Brady wins the SB in two weeks,
he is at the gym at 5am working out 3 weeks from now
if Brady doesn't win the SB in two weeks,
he is also at the gym at 5am working out 3 weeks from now
he gets to go on his terms, and i think it's evident his terms are until whatever, he doesn't have a magic number in mind like many of you, like "six is sweet, ill stop now" he likes what he does, and the rings just reward him for his hard work, he doesn't care to "go out on top", but will retire when he is no longer the best QB on our roster
it will have nothing to do with SBs, even if he doesn't win a single one more, or wins the next 3
especially while we have quite a strong team
We bring back Brady, one of our best OL's ever, a top FB, a top running game (which should be even better next year. We will add Wynne and Berrios.We will return Allen, Hollister and Izzo at TE.
And yes, we will return Edelman, at a bit lower level of play,
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I just don't see "the serious need to retool" that can't be done overnight.
If Hogan is re-signed, we are in better shape than in last year's off-season.
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I don't think that we disagree all that much.
You say that we need to bring in a playmaker if Gronk walks. I agree.
Hogan and Dorsett did indeed have impact plays because Gronk, Edelman and White were there. I would hope that our 2019 receivers will be better than Hogan, Dorsett and Patterson.
To me, needing a wide receiver or two and possibly a TE is not a complete re-tooling of the offense.
Only 2 people count in the Brady retiring question.
- Brady
- Giselle
And what Gisele is feeling. We know she's been pushing him pretty hard to retire. And I bet she'll up the pressure even more if NE wins SB53.What Tom is saying it is a one thing,what he is feeling is another story.
He'll be offered that. But I don't see him signing it.He will probably be offered a heavily incentive-based one-year contract, little of which he would realistically achieve unless he miraculously bounced back, health-wise.
It seems to be an accepted fact by some here and elsewhere that Edelman is in undeniable decline and either already is, or will be soon, a meager shell of himself. I'm not seeing the same guy they are.