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Let me put it another way.So you're basically fine with trading as close as you can get to a sure thing (Brady taking the team to the playoffs) for hopes that maybe in 2-3 years a new guy can do the same thing. Let's say in theory Stidham was the guy of the future. He looked good in camp and practice last season and had a year to absorb whatever he could from Brady and the coaches. Then at least I could see kicking Brady to the curb. I would still have hated it but at least I could understand the fact that we had the guy Bill felt it was time to make the move. In reality we had no one. Stidham apparently is not even close to starting QB material so Bill went bargain hunting for a guy who put together a horrific season. That I do not understand.
Brady and whomever vs Henry, Smith, Agholor, Van Noy, Brown, Judon, and no answer at QB is easy. I would take Brady in a heartbeat. Let's say Brady retires in 2 years. How many of these guys are still realistically going to be here in 2 years?
You can have a good/great roster all day but if you don't have a QB then what? You're not competing for championships. The Colts roster outside of QB is pretty damn good and they haven't had a QB since Luck retired and they aren't true super bowl contenders. The Chiefs were always hanging around as a solid team but never a super bowl team until Mahomes. Hell look at the Bucs. They were a middling joke of a team year in year out until Brady showed up. It is the quarterback that makes the team. You can always supplement around him and may have some lean years but if you have a QB your are in a significantly better spot to compete for a ring than the Indianapolis Colts' of the world.
The choices were
1) keep Brady at 43 with a crumbling team around him that needs to be rebuilt but there are no resources to do so and hope you can squeak out a playoff spot, and a one and done and rebuilt around a 44 year old
2) recognize that a best hope of one and done isn’t winning and have the balls to bite the bullet and take the money you would have paid Brady to not win with a scrub team around him, and upgrade half the roster so the team exclusive of the QB is competitive.
I’m sure we weren’t winning by stretching out Brady’s years for sentimental reasons. Moving on gives us a shot.
You saw what that future would have been in the second half of 2019. Id trade that for the resources needed to rebuild a weak roster every time.