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Except Stidham isn't really "unknown". He was the presumed starter after Brady left - maybe by default - he entered camp as #1 and left camp as the #3 guy. That right there made me hop off the Stid bandwagon. He has had opportunities to play - and impressed in none of them. Bill is refusing to give him the job and he's seen a lot more of Stid than we have.
No wasn’t the “presumed starter” there is no such thing.
Stidham was the better QB the first 2-3 days of camp then he got injured and Bill never gave him reps after that. They were report they were annoyed with him. Hoyer was playing great in TC and Bill rewarded him. The #3 spot was more like a message from Bill to Stidham like when Bill cut the snaps of Wino this year because if Stidham was that bad he wouldn’t have put him back as backup after hoyer performance in KC (which was better than 3 or 4 Cam games this year), he would have stayed the #3.
I don't even think it was necessarily that. I think Bill thought Hoyer was a much safer back up. He has experience in both the Patriots system and as a starter in the league. I think Bill doesn't like to put young players in a place where they are set up for failure. Coming into games without proper preparation, etc. So Bill keeps a veteran qb on the roster for that eventuality. Hoyer crapped the bed and they decided it just to go with Stidham as the backup the rest of the year regardless.
Sb1 said in the week 14 thread that he didn’t mind Haskins. Talk about credibility. The guy thinks that Stidham can’t play but is ok with Haskins. Don’t lose energy with those guys.
Stidham completed 2 passes vs the Chargers. One of them was to a wide open receiver who didn’t have a defender within 5 yards of him. As shown here. The other was a glorified dump off. That’s his bright moment. 2 passes. Against a team that was blown out, that Cam already ran for 2 TD’s on and threw for another. In garbage
I can agree with that but I thought Bill went out of his way with Cam. Making excuses for him in press conferences. What’s bugs me is that in never wanted to treat Brady a little bit different but I think that what he does with Cam.
I think Bill has to coach Cam that way because he is thin skinned. He was told I am sure by the Carolina folks that he would lose him if he called him out at all. Brady is a different animal. He is motivated by being doubted that is how he became the GOAT.
Yet it was clear at the end that it was not the case anymore. And he didn’t adapt and didn’t want to budge an inch. The last 2-3 years Bills ego put us in this situation because it is my belief that if he made Brady happy, Brady would have stayed and for cheaper than 25 mil and probably Gronk would have stayed too. I don’t think he really appreciated being traded to the Lions after all he has done for the patriots.
Of course the receiver is open because as all analysts pointed out Stidham looked off the safety.
Yeah. When Bill benched Butler in the SB vs the Eagles when Brady and Gronk were having the games of their lives, both of them lost trust and respect for Bill. That is why neither showed up for OTAs in 2018 and also why Bill tried to trade Gronk. He knew he lost him. It is a real shame. But that decision really cost Bill in a myriad of ways. He hates to be questioned which is probably why he has become Cam's publicist because Cam has zero clout to question him despite the putrid roster he has to work with.
Gronk maybe, but Gronk was shot. 2018 was a tough go for him and he looked done. The year off did him well. Not surprised he went to Tampa as he’s always been a Brady guy. But he’s benefitting from the fact that he’s not being treated like Gronk anymore
Haskins is a much better QB than Stidham. Was way better in college too.
I have always been a strong Belichick supporter and have thought that he shared, 50/50, the credit with Brady for bringing the Pats twenty years of success. His behavior this year has begun to make me doubt my original position. However, it's still too early to make any final judgment. Next year should tell us whether he truly is the GOAT coach, or whether he road Brady's coattails. And I don't mean that I expect New England to be playing in the Super Bowl, but that the team should have a winning record and that the last game in December should be meaningful.
Pats win maybe 4 games tops this year with an average coach and this roster. They win 0-1 games with a bad coach.
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