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I think that's about right - Harry and Meyers were supposed to be sitting behind Gordon and Edelman to learn the system, not to be options 1 and 2 without Gronkowski. Meyers (and Gunner Oslewski) emerging -now- is about a year, maybe two, too late for Brady. Frankly, given the way the Patriots...

Out of curiousity- how much time did 497 yards of running around to pass take off the clock that could have been used in better ways?

The problem with that idea was that as long as Brady was around, he was likely to want that pick used towards someone who would help the team win now. Which, I imagine, was why we went for Sony Michel instead of Lamar Jackson, for example, or N'Keal Harry instead of Drew Lock, as well as some...

Not to mention that the team basically already rebuilt on the fly several times while Brady was younger and able to keep the team at least in contending status. It just seems like Brady got fed up with trying to train up the younger players at this period of time in the Patriots' system, by the...

Not Belichick, but I'd argue that my team-building principles started with the Cleveland Browns team that became the Baltimore Ravens, and -that- team had a few down years but were able to consistently contend with a bunch of eh QBs for the most part, and continued with the New England Patriots...

It's hard to say - I thought the last few years he made moves designated to maximize Brady's last few years -and- had a succession plan in Garoppolo, except Brady kept going much longer than anyone anticipated. I'm not even sure this year's draft will tell us where his head is- OL and a QB is...

I'm ok with getting a second tier QB -if- we also got a QB to sit behind him. I mean, Mahomes sat behind Smith for a year before he took over. Something like Trubisky and Mac Jones? Hell, I can live with another year of Cam if we had a QB prospect at the Mahomes level who needed a year to develop.

Because Brady -wanted- to go win another Super Bowl. It's all he lives for. Tampa Bay was at a different phase of the salary cap life-cycle than the Patriots were in terms of making a run at the Super Bowl. This isn't simply a matter of 'the team could have chosen to keep Brady'. This had to be...

It's sort of bittersweet - I feel good for Brady, just wish we -had- the team that was on the uprise so he would've stayed. But I think that NE team that was on the uprise was 3-4 years ago, and -he won-. He just doesn't age normally. Time is basically his only real foe right now.

Part of Lebron's legacy came because the teams that had him -stripmined- their futures for now and won championships, and then were left barren when he left. As is often the case with these things, it's not a matter of listing off 'everything management did wrong' as if this were the sole...

Belichick -had- a succession plan in Garoppolo and the rumblings about them considering a first round QB the last few years, before opting to acquire more talent -for- Brady. Brady is just beyond normal aging curves, which makes trying to build for a future beyond Tom really difficult because...

He did at least get the ball back from the fan who ended up with it. https://weei.radio.com/blogs/ryan-hannable/chase-winovich-reacts-first-touchdown-high-school

I've been enjoying going through this: ******SUPER BOWL Game Thread****** Mostly because I saw a twitter that said the Braves are losing 2 years 8 months and 3 days after the Super Bowl loss. So it's either coincidence that the thread was created then, or... is it?

From what I read on reddit, the impression I got with M. Fitzpatrick was that they may have overloaded him with like 5-6 different -roles- on defense immediately... he's been covering slot, CB, FS, SS, and some LB roles. If redditor comments are anything to go by (big if), his strengths are...

Wondering what Ted Washington is like now and hoping he's slimmed down to prolong his life expectancy, man. Good god.