Todd Bradley
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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.Very complicated question. Regardless of the outcome of each game, the Patriots Experience is exponentially better than it was when we sat on benches in Schaefer Stadium. The team will likely be better than some we watched back then. I would not expect the departure of Brady to have a significant impact on attendance/support under normal circumstances.It's been nearly two decades since the Pats had a losing season. Realistically, do they have enough goodwill to sellout the stadium regardless of performance for the next few years? Or, will the Waiting List and attendance shrink dramatically?
Boston isn't Atlanta or Miami. I'd like to think we are more diehard. What you say?
Odd reaction to what I wrote, @mgteich . Maybe I wasn't precise enough in my comments. I wasn't really saying anything about the Patriots offense compared to other teams or what any players could or could not achieve in another offense.
Offensive schemes, as you know, are dynamic. They depend upon the skills of players, injuries, years of experience of key players, especially QBs, Offensive Coordinator, etc.
The Patriots' offense under McDaniels, is I believe, more complex than other teams, and more difficult for receivers than other places. It's critical to remember that McDaniels took over as OC when Brady was a veteran. The offense under Charlie Weis was simpler in the early Brady years as Brady learned to read defenses in real time.
I think OL is tougher than most under McDaniels who was fortunate to have the best OL coach at his side in Scarnecchia. Running back is, for me, the least complicated of the position groups because players were brought in for their specific roles.
Receivers had (past tense) the toughest job to react to the defense on the same page with Brady. Some guys could do it, many more players could not. (Ochocinco says hello.) Sure, the Pats offense was much harder than the Joe Flacco Ravens years which relied on Jump Ball Joe's arm more than his ability to read a defense and adjust at the line of scrimmage.
This coming season, we're likely to see a less complicated offense as Stidham or whomever learns the offense along with a newly assembled receiving corps.
As to your point about how players do after they depart the Patriots, I have no comment, other than I think they benefit from playing under Bill Belichick. How they do is entirely dependent on their skill set and where they land. I root for a lot of ex-Patriots in their new digs. I was thrilled for guys who played in big games post-Foxboro - Jimmy G in SF, Jermaine Wiggins in Carolina, Patrick Pass in Houston, Deion Branch in Seattle, Wes Welker in Denver, etc.
Oh, I'll still watch....but I would be lying if I said that I wouldn't have a sense of relief. It's been a stressful 20 years of living on the edge of my seat play-by-play.
I am shifting to more of an evaluation mindset. I think it'll be a lot of fun to see our players develop, get into the draft more, and on Sundays break down our weaknesses.....
It's no longer about cementing a legacy for me. Although, I want BB to win at least one more Lombardi...I am OK with us winning it all in 2021 after taking a step back in 2020 to shore up the cap, develop young pups, and try to "steal" the AFC East for the fun of it. No pressure for me at all....it'll be fun like the '08 season, IMO.
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But these, as they say, are not normal times. Pats attendance has been falling off since 2014 despite championships in 2014, 2016, and 2018. .
New England Patriots average attendance 2008-2019 | StatistaI believe that every game has been sold out since Kraft bought the team.
have you tried to get tickets? Has the waiting line for season tickets ended?
Or we could bring in a Dalton or Winston or Cam at a cap hit of $6M and be favorites to be in the playoffs.
Real fans stay true through good times and bad.
bandwagon fans come and go based on how the team is doing.
I see a lot of bandwagon fans heading out and opportunities for season tickets to go to real fans!
How can anyone define what a real fan means to many vastly different people. The real question is what do you think a real fan means?
Not for a long time.have you tried to get tickets? Has the waiting line for season tickets ended?
Yes, more of the people holding corporate tickets stay home, especially when the weather is bad.
My allegiance to #4 will never be eclipsed.I'm a fan, a really long time fan. I took a lot of **** in the early days for being a fan or the Pats and the AFL so I'm not about to cash out because TB left, no way. What is the truth, if he wanted to stay, he would have worked it out with the team. What he wanted, seemingly the team wasn't willing to go along, so he left. It's a business. I hope everyone succeeds! To be honest, I felt worse when Orr went to Chicago. That broke my heart.
These people are not real fans because they were not born with "it" in their blood...how anyone could even consider not following a team because one player left is beyond me...
The real fans were sitting in Foxboro on the aluminum bleachers in the 80s and 90s (and before) in a half filled stadium just thrilled if the Pats were only down 10 at halftime...
The real fans were arranging their schedules so they could LISTEN to home games on the RADIO bc they went on TV...
Of course there's a system. I don't know why we have to go through this every year.
System:
Definition of SYSTEM
System:
System | Meaning of System by Lexico
Focus on football.
Work hard.
Do your job.
Be accountable, regardless of stature.
How many times did we have to hear about how Brady taking less, or Brady allowing BB to abuse him the same way as he abused every other player, was a big part of why things worked in New England?
We heard it because Brady not buying in would have been the end of the dynasty. And that's because he is/was the system.
I have a question for you. I'm making a bold assumption here that Tom Brady is a person. Since none of your definitions of a system include "a person" how can Tom Brady be the system?