OT: Official 2020 Tompa Bay Gronkaneers Thread

[DropKickFlutie]

What was funny was when Rodgers went 25-2, but somehow the packers ended up going 6-9-1. I mean if someone told you nothing about a team other than it had a HOF QB who had a 12.5-1 TD-int ratio how many wins would you think that team had gotten?

Rodgers is a bit different. This guy doesn't seem like a leader based on multiple teammates. Also if you look at how he plays, sometimes it's like the guy definitely cares more about his stats than winning a game. One example is get a 4 yard completion on 3rd and 9. Or take bad sacks instead of risk an incompletion.

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[Kontradiction]

if he’s still a top 10-15 QB in two years and he wants to play he’s playing. Hopefully it’s in Tampa with new coachs

It’s not about his level of play in my case, though. It’s about hanging out with his kids before they become old enough to buy a pack of smokes.

 

[TheRainMaker]

I know your default is "durrr 6 rings" but Bill could have kept us in the hunt for 7 if he drafted AJ Brown instead of Harry and Chubb instead of Sony. We should just say "no Bill hasn't drafted poorly the last 5 years" because the 15 before that he drafted well? He could have drafted well for a long time and now drafted poorly in the relatively recent past. It is okay to admit it. Bill is never going to read your post.

They should've won 6 in the first 10 years alone. Overall, they should've had at least 10 with better personnel moves.

The early team (2001-2004) could've gone on a Chicago Bulls type run, but bad personnel moves in 2005-2008 happened.

 

[carmelo15]

It’s not about his level of play in my case, though. It’s about hanging out with his kids before they become old enough to buy a pack of smokes.

I thought they were all together in Tampa?

Either way Tom ain’t the only dad with a job out there

 

[carmelo15]

Last five games Tampa has allowed the most first quarter points. Coaching will end there season early unfortunately

 

[RicoG]

It's quite hilarious looking at the other threads and all the discussions of finding the next franchise QB, when that discussion could have been put off for 2 or 3 years. NE could have delayed the rebuild. The double digit win streak could have continued. NE could be playing for the playoffs.

What people have to realize is you can hit right away with a franchise QB, or it could take 10 years, or 20. As John Elway is finding out, it's a crapshoot.

For every top 1st round QB, there are 2 other 1st rd failure. It might take 4 years or so to realize it just like Winston/Mariota that Tampa/Tennessee wasted a 1st/2and draft pick and 5/3 seasons.

 

[Nehalem]

They should've won 6 in the first 10 years alone. Overall, they should've had at least 10 with better personnel moves.

The early team (2001-2004) could've gone on a Chicago Bulls type run, but bad personnel moves in 2005-2008 happened.

Are BB's personnel moves fault at fault for

2006: NFL referees called a penalty... that doesn't actually exist in the AFCCG
2007: He built a team that went 18-0 and couldn't handle the stress and lost the SB
2008: Tom Brady tore his ACL in game 1 and then went 11-5 with a HS QB?

Okay, I get your point about 2007. Clearly he should have made worse personnel moves in 2007 so they would have lost a couple of regular season games and been able to close the deal at the end.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

It's quite hilarious looking at the other threads and all the discussions of finding the next franchise QB, when that discussion could have been put off for 2 or 3 years. NE could have delayed the rebuild. The double digit win streak could have continued. NE could be playing for the playoffs.

What people have to realize is you can hit right away with a franchise QB, or it could take 10 years, or 20. As John Elway is finding out, it's a crapshoot.

For every top 1st round QB, there are 2 other 1st rd failure. It might take 4 years or so to realize it just like Winston/Mariota that Tampa/Tennessee wasted a 1st/2and draft pick and 5/3 seasons.

Brady wouldn't look anything close to being a franchise QB in this offense. He would basically be Matthew Stafford (20 TDs, 9 INTs), which is better than what we have now, but not a franchise QB.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

Are BB's personnel moves fault at fault for

2006: NFL referees called a penalty... that doesn't actually exist in the AFCCG
2007: He built a team that went 18-0 and couldn't handle the stress and lost the SB
2008: Tom Brady tore his ACL in game 1 and then went 11-5 with a HS QB?

Okay, I get your point about 2007. Clearly he should have made worse personnel moves in 2007 so they would have lost a couple of regular season games and been able to close the deal at the end.

Can you believe the spoiled fans on this board complaining about 6 rings instead of 10? It's no wonder the rest of the NFL fanbases detest us.

 

[RIpats88]

It's quite hilarious looking at the other threads and all the discussions of finding the next franchise QB, when that discussion could have been put off for 2 or 3 years. NE could have delayed the rebuild. The double digit win streak could have continued. NE could be playing for the playoffs.

What people have to realize is you can hit right away with a franchise QB, or it could take 10 years, or 20. As John Elway is finding out, it's a crapshoot.

For every top 1st round QB, there are 2 other 1st rd failure. It might take 4 years or so to realize it just like Winston/Mariota that Tampa/Tennessee wasted a 1st/2and draft pick and 5/3 seasons.

But would brady want to play with this roster? I don't know if he stays. People are extrapolating brady's stats with tampa to new england when they have MUCH (an understatement) better receiving options.

Sure if Bill and already locked brady up in 2019 he would be here. But rumors at the time were once Bill didn't get Diggs or Hopkins brady basically knew he was done. It doesn't seem like brady wanted to go through another 2006 or 2009 rebuilding.

 

[RicoG]

Brady wouldn't look anything close to being a franchise QB in this offense. He would basically be Matthew Stafford (20 TDs, 9 INTs), which is better than what we have now, but not a franchise QB.

You do know a franchise QB just means a keeper. In addition to elite players like Roger's and Mahomes, it also includes middle of the pack guys like Stafford and Mat Ryan.

In this offence, Brady would do fine. His TD stat would be worse and the offense will look a lot like 2018 and 2019. But he will play complimentary football that leads to more W.

Stafford is a franchise QB. That's why he's been with the Lions for 10+ years. But he needs to play for a better team while he still can. He'd actually be a good fit in NE.

 

[1960Pats]

I thought they were all together in Tampa?

Either way Tom ain’t the only dad with a job out there

The truth is that NYFL players get to spend far more time with their kids than most dads. That's not counting the NYFL dads who don't care of course.

In my case I spent 40 years working with 2 weeks off in 10 years, 3 weeks off in 10, 4 weeks off in 10 and 5 off in 10. In the weeks I worked I probably averaged 60+ hours a week.

 

[RicoG]

But would brady want to play with this roster? I don't know if he stays. People are extrapolating brady's stats with tampa to new england when they have MUCH (an understatement) better receiving options.

Sure if Bill and already locked brady up in 2019 he would be here. But rumors at the time were once Bill didn't get Diggs or Hopkins brady basically knew he was done. It doesn't seem like brady wanted to go through another 2006 or 2009 rebuilding.

I agree that Brady in 2019 wanted out. But that is because of what happened in 2018.

After NE won the 2018 SB, Brady wanted a multiyear commitment. Bill the GM wouldn't give him more than 1 year at a time as he thought wrongly that he could get a better QB and wanted the flexibility to kick him to the curve a year early rather than a year late just like a JAG.

Bill the GM should have given Brady the treatment a player of his stature deserved, like Kobe and Manning were given by their teams. Manning retired a year too late, was awful, but he was still better than the other Denver QB of the future, and won a SB.

So yeah, in 2018 Brady wanted to retire a Patriot and checked ou in 2019 cause of Bill the GM.

 

[1960Pats]

But would brady want to play with this roster? I don't know if he stays. People are extrapolating brady's stats with tampa to new england when they have MUCH (an understatement) better receiving options.

Sure if Bill and already locked brady up in 2019 he would be here. But rumors at the time were once Bill didn't get Diggs or Hopkins brady basically knew he was done. It doesn't seem like brady wanted to go through another 2006 or 2009 rebuilding.

Of course we can only guess about this stuff, but I think Kraft's dumping of AB helped push Brady out the door.

I also think that the Pats would have been better off this year with 43 year old Tom Brady than 30 year old Cant Newton.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

You do know a franchise QB just means a keeper. In addition to elite players like Roger's and Mahomes, it also includes middle of the pack guys like Stafford and Mat Ryan.

In this offence, Brady would do fine. His TD stat would be worse and the offense will look a lot like 2018 and 2019. But he will play complimentary football that leads to more W.

Stafford is a franchise QB. That's why he's been with the Lions for 10+ years. But he needs to play for a better team while he still can. He'd actually be a good fit in NE.

If Brady can't perform at an elite level on THIS team, then what good is it? And his play in the tail end of last year wasn't fine at all. This year would have just been a continuation of that.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

Drew Brees to start vs KC on Sunday...

Brees set for Saints return, but Thomas ruled out

The Saints plan to start Drew Brees on Sunday against the Chiefs after the quarterback missed four games with 11 broken ribs and a punctured lung. Michael Thomas, meanwhile, is out.

www.espn.com

 

[amfootball]

Of course we can only guess about this stuff, but I think Kraft's dumping of AB helped push Brady out the door.

I also think that the Pats would have been better off this year with 43 year old Tom Brady than 30 year old Cant Newton.

For sure. We are probably sitting at 9 wins right now with Brady but also a first round exit just like last year.

 

[amfootball]

I agree that Brady in 2019 wanted out. But that is because of what happened in 2018.

After NE won the 2018 SB, Brady wanted a multiyear commitment. Bill the GM wouldn't give him more than 1 year at a time as he thought wrongly that he could get a better QB and wanted the flexibility to kick him to the curve a year early rather than a year late just like a JAG.

Bill the GM should have given Brady the treatment a player of his stature deserved, like Kobe and Manning were given by their teams. Manning retired a year too late, was awful, but he was still better than the other Denver QB of the future, and won a SB.

So yeah, in 2018 Brady wanted to retire a Patriot and checked ou in 2019 cause of Bill the GM.

It is a mystery to me why Bill wanted to move on from Brady so badly. He was taking cheap contracts since 2013 and would have continued doing that in exchange for a multi-year contract that would have taken him through age 45. I could understand it more if Bill had any sort of transition plan at QB but he had none which makes it all the more head-scratching. At least in terms of the other great QBs, you had quality transition plans - the Colts had Luck, the Packers had Rodgers, the Niners had Young. I mean, for goodness sakes, we have lousy Cam Newton!

 

[RIpats88]

Of course we can only guess about this stuff, but I think Kraft's dumping of AB helped push Brady out the door.

I also think that the Pats would have been better off this year with 43 year old Tom Brady than 30 year old Cant Newton.

I do think letting AB go had part to do with it. But also bill doing nothing to address Wide receiver after the season. Had he gotten Diggs or Hopkins brady might stay. But instead he rolled out the same trash. Probably even worse than last year

Would they be better? Yes, but it would be more of the same as last year. Idk if Brady wanted to go through that again. Let's not forget how bad brady and the offense looked last year.

 

[RIpats88]

It is a mystery to me why Bill wanted to move on from Brady so badly. He was taking cheap contracts since 2013 and would have continued doing that in exchange for a multi-year contract that would have taken him through age 45. I could understand it more if Bill had any sort of transition plan at QB but he had none which makes it all the more head-scratching. At least in terms of the other great QBs, you had quality transition plans - the Colts had Luck, the Packers had Rodgers, the Niners had Young. I mean, for goodness sakes, we have lousy Cam Newton!

That's what doesn't make sense. If we still had Jimmy G waiting in the wings Bills strategy would make sense.

Once Jimmy was traded it should've been all in on Brady until you find the next Jimmy G. If Brady declines or is a shell of himself is it any worse than where we are now?