Are some of you really sleeping on the fact that BB may have ran out of time in NE had he not had competent QB play relatively soon? Did he not start out 5-13 in 2000/2001? BB was also not known as the “GOAT” at that time either so he didn’t have have a pass as he does now.
Some of you actually believe that they were going to miraculously turn it around with that roster in 2001 after starting 0-2 with Bledsoe.
Some of you fail to realize Brady stabilized the Pats that year and the team fed off of that. He was by no means a Pro Bowler off the bat, but he made quick decisions and kept them within reach, which Bledsoe was having a hard time doing. He clearly was not comfortable in that offense.
You are lying if you were a Pats fan in 2001 and didn’t start to have doubts BB was the right guy after the 5-13 start to his tenure.
Simple question: In 2001, did Tom Brady have one of the greatest seasons of all time as a QB?
Because Bill Belichick had perhaps the greatest season of all time as a head coach. That 2001 Pats roster looked like a tank job. They had no business winning anything, let alone a Super Bowl.