Matt Light on Patriots: "The culture has changed"

KontradictioN said:

Keyword being former, of course.

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No, keywords being stupid question. Let it drop. You had a mindless homer moment. It'll pass.


Let's move on and enjoy some fun from the past.

Tom Brady is no longer a top-5 QB
Jun 3, 2014

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  Sam MonsonSpecial to ESPN.com

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Locker room culture change happens every year.

that's part of what makes following this team so interesting.

Deus Irae said:

Let's move on and enjoy some fun from the past.

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And that is why ESPN Insider or any pay-to-read site isn't worth ****....I can find those kinds of posts on rival messageboards....

Elijah said:

He's getting up there with Fauria on my "former Patriots whose opinions I don't care about" list.

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lol

Easier to bury your head in the sand than accept reality

Hyped said:

And that is why ESPN Insider or any pay-to-read site isn't worth ****....I can find those kinds of posts on rival messageboards....

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Stuff like this

By Des Bieler July 28, 2016

Tom Brady ‘is going to be a bum’ soon, says Max Kellerman on ‘First Take’

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“Tom Brady is just about done. It could be the next game he plays, it could be a year from now, but he is going to fall off a cliff.

“Tom Brady is going to be a bum in short order.”

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“Will it be this year? Not necessarily. I can see Brady, if he gets through the year without an injury, putting up big numbers.

“But then it’ll be next,” he continued. “He’ll be terrible by the middle of next season.”

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Tom Brady ‘is going to be a bum’ soon, says Max Kellerman on ‘First Take’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-a-bum-soon-says-max-kellerman-on-first-take/
Doesn't pull you into the ESPN circle?

Deus Irae said:

Doesn't pull you into the ESPN circle?

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Nope, not until Mort takes down that 10/12 balls tweet....

Elijah said:

There's a documentary about 2009? Sounds interesting and painful.

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It's pretty fascinating to watch, the sideline conversation with Brady once he was pulled during the MNF game versus the Saints and the meeting with coaches where he predicts what will happen if Moss got doubled and Welker was covered are great.

Sounds like Light’s get off my lawn moment.

I'll question the culture when we start having losing seasons.

lancerman said:

Couldn’t possibly care less what he thinks. It’s a very different league than he was in during his heyday

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You’re right, but that’s not a good thing

We just had to lose the Super Bowl lol all the bs this offseason, different tune if we win

Deus Irae said:

No, keywords being stupid question. Let it drop. You had a mindless homer moment. It'll pass.

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I love you Deus, but very few posters can get away with this type of condescension - even done in jest (and directed toward such a valued member as Kontra no less!). "Keep it above the belt" is just not in your lexicon!

Mat Green Light has no more of an idea of the current "culture" inside the Patriots locker room than any of us do. And this clown almost single handedly gave the Giants the 2007 Superbowl on a silver platter with one of the most pathetic performances in Super Bowl history. I will never forgive him for that. Incredibly overrated, inconsistent LT, just like Solder. We haven't had a truly great one since Armstrong.

SammyBlueCat said:

Matt Light on Patriots: "The culture has changed"

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Light is 100-percent correct. The lower levels of toughness and commitment with younger players coming in has brought sloppy play to the NFL, and on a team like the Patriots veteran presence is at a premium.

libra957 said:

I'll question the culture when we start having losing seasons.

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It'll be too late by then.

I’ll agree that there are issues but that does not mean the base ideals of the pats has changed. Those things are two separate things

Everyone is free to agree or disagree with Matt Light. The thing I question is the idea that he is clueless just because he has retired.

captain stone said:

It'll be too late by then.

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The culture has been kicking ass since 2001,and even if you change which franchise are you going to emulate. .the pats are light years ahead of everybody else.

Joey007 said:

My guess is that the political opinions have some part in that.

I think that really he’s talking about modern players in general, not trying to say that BB has changed the system. Players have more power now, and obviously the system won’t be exactly the same.

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I don't agree with this. I think some players are getting special treatment and that is undermining The Patriot Way. The Patriot Way is The Bill Belichick Way. The owner is undermining BB by being a fan first. It's too bad, but he's an old sentimental man and he owns the team. It was fun while it lasted. I'm grateful to Mr. Kraft for the last 20 years, but Jimmy G is going to be tough to replace and I suspect RKK would push TB12 out on the field in a wheel chair if it came down to that. Kind of surprised coach has not moved on.

He said something once that ticked me off [can't remember]. That clip, if anyone actually watched it, was pretty reasonable and probably true. Also, it was more about the league than the Patriots. It's also true we don't have as many leaders as we did in the early run.

Always he case that it's hard to have a valid opinion if you don't watch something.