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This is just my opinion. I'm interested to see how others will lean on different points.
1. Kraft is such a fraud saying if Tom wanted to be here he would be. Sure completely on the Patriots terms. Kraft and Goodell are so made for each other.
2. Bill for better or worse did the math with Ernie and now was the time. I think much like when you watch the Two Bills he and Tom will have a relationship down the line but it had run it's course.
3. Tampa is at Foxboro in 2021. I have a feeling we won't have to wait that long. I'd bet Tampa plays in NE and they do joint practices during this upcoming preseason. It's too big of a PR move for the NFL not to want it and really both teams as well.
4. Who are you rooting for? For me it's both. I hope Tom gets another ring in Tampa and Bill wins another one here. At that point they're both the undisputed GOATs. 6 together and then another one separately. The haters can't lean on well he never won without the other.
5. Who will you watch? For me it's both. I'll record both games especially if they're on at the same time to condense my viewing time. I bet Tampa opens with New Orleans on Sunday night. They have KC on their schedule but in Tampa or I'd pick that as the season opener. They'll face Brees twice, Ryan twice, Bridgewater twice, Rodgers and Mahomes. NFL is going to love all those match-ups.
6. I bet it comes out that Manning actively recruited for Ariens. Tom and Peyton are friends and he really values his opinion.
7. Ariens also coached AB and I bet that's a done deal. Evans, Goodwin and AB is reaching Patriots 2007 level of weapons. Although AB is likely suspended for the first half of the year.
8. If somehow it ended up being Patriots vs Bucs in Tampa for the Super Bowl can you imagine the hype and the hatred? Who does America root for or more accurately against? I think they root for Tampa, unhappily.
9. I think Bill rolls with Stidham and I think he's better than TB at least statistically than he was in 2001. Few reasons for this. Will have the entire preseason (assuming Corona actually ends) with the 1's, he got to study one year under Tom to learn what it takes to be great, the coaching staff is much more established than it was with the scheme and players than they were at that point.
10. Pats still win the division. I know Buffalo and their acquisitions will get the pub in the national media and I expect the national media to all pick the Pats missing the playoffs but teams like the Bills tend to not move up in a linear fashion. I expect they'll take a step back and I'm not convinced Allen will progress.
11. Tampa makes the playoffs. Not sure they win the division with New Orleans down there. I think both of those teams beat up on the Panthers and Falcons though and make it in.
12. I hope the new Bucs uniforms are decent. The ones from the 70s-early 90s were probably the worst ever and then they had decent ones for a while and I have no idea why they switch to these most recent atrocities. The Derrick Brooks era jerseys were good. I actually like the helmet a lot.
13. Pats are going to start a youth movement. I'd expect players like Rex, Cannon and others who are frequently injured and have high cap numbers to be likely out of here in the near future. I think this season will be much like 2010 where you saw a roster turnover from the disappointing 2009.
14. There's more long term pressure on Bill to win. If Tom goes to Tampa and plays well but doesn't win he's 43 and counting. If the Pats start missing the playoffs or do a bunch of one and done's.....People don't put enough stock into Tom earning an average of 10M/year less than Rodgers as one example per season. That allows Bill to add as one example KVN and Jonathan Jones. Imagine the defense without those two players in the 2018 run to the SB especially against the Chiefs and Rams.
15. Bill is betting on Stidham only earning 1/20th of Brady's salary and sending that everywhere else to make the team stacked. There's a three year window on that if Stidham succeeds because it's unlikely he'll take discounts like Brady did and then you're spending at that top tier. It's why guys like Wilson and Rodgers don't have as good of a supporting cast. Mahomes is going to experience this in the near future.
1. Kraft is such a fraud saying if Tom wanted to be here he would be. Sure completely on the Patriots terms. Kraft and Goodell are so made for each other.
2. Bill for better or worse did the math with Ernie and now was the time. I think much like when you watch the Two Bills he and Tom will have a relationship down the line but it had run it's course.
3. Tampa is at Foxboro in 2021. I have a feeling we won't have to wait that long. I'd bet Tampa plays in NE and they do joint practices during this upcoming preseason. It's too big of a PR move for the NFL not to want it and really both teams as well.
4. Who are you rooting for? For me it's both. I hope Tom gets another ring in Tampa and Bill wins another one here. At that point they're both the undisputed GOATs. 6 together and then another one separately. The haters can't lean on well he never won without the other.
5. Who will you watch? For me it's both. I'll record both games especially if they're on at the same time to condense my viewing time. I bet Tampa opens with New Orleans on Sunday night. They have KC on their schedule but in Tampa or I'd pick that as the season opener. They'll face Brees twice, Ryan twice, Bridgewater twice, Rodgers and Mahomes. NFL is going to love all those match-ups.
6. I bet it comes out that Manning actively recruited for Ariens. Tom and Peyton are friends and he really values his opinion.
7. Ariens also coached AB and I bet that's a done deal. Evans, Goodwin and AB is reaching Patriots 2007 level of weapons. Although AB is likely suspended for the first half of the year.
8. If somehow it ended up being Patriots vs Bucs in Tampa for the Super Bowl can you imagine the hype and the hatred? Who does America root for or more accurately against? I think they root for Tampa, unhappily.
9. I think Bill rolls with Stidham and I think he's better than TB at least statistically than he was in 2001. Few reasons for this. Will have the entire preseason (assuming Corona actually ends) with the 1's, he got to study one year under Tom to learn what it takes to be great, the coaching staff is much more established than it was with the scheme and players than they were at that point.
10. Pats still win the division. I know Buffalo and their acquisitions will get the pub in the national media and I expect the national media to all pick the Pats missing the playoffs but teams like the Bills tend to not move up in a linear fashion. I expect they'll take a step back and I'm not convinced Allen will progress.
11. Tampa makes the playoffs. Not sure they win the division with New Orleans down there. I think both of those teams beat up on the Panthers and Falcons though and make it in.
12. I hope the new Bucs uniforms are decent. The ones from the 70s-early 90s were probably the worst ever and then they had decent ones for a while and I have no idea why they switch to these most recent atrocities. The Derrick Brooks era jerseys were good. I actually like the helmet a lot.
13. Pats are going to start a youth movement. I'd expect players like Rex, Cannon and others who are frequently injured and have high cap numbers to be likely out of here in the near future. I think this season will be much like 2010 where you saw a roster turnover from the disappointing 2009.
14. There's more long term pressure on Bill to win. If Tom goes to Tampa and plays well but doesn't win he's 43 and counting. If the Pats start missing the playoffs or do a bunch of one and done's.....People don't put enough stock into Tom earning an average of 10M/year less than Rodgers as one example per season. That allows Bill to add as one example KVN and Jonathan Jones. Imagine the defense without those two players in the 2018 run to the SB especially against the Chiefs and Rams.
15. Bill is betting on Stidham only earning 1/20th of Brady's salary and sending that everywhere else to make the team stacked. There's a three year window on that if Stidham succeeds because it's unlikely he'll take discounts like Brady did and then you're spending at that top tier. It's why guys like Wilson and Rodgers don't have as good of a supporting cast. Mahomes is going to experience this in the near future.
I disagree about the need for it. Both ate GOATs period. Any rational, knowledgeable fan has known it for years. Haters are idiots. I know I don't care about them.
