Biffins
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So fans wanted Belichick to randomly break the bank and screw the salary cap so he could keep a 40+ year old qb who has been showing signs of decline for like four straight years?
Is that what all the crying is about?
Everything was trending down after 2016. Yards, TD, QBR, completion %, etc. The only thing trending up was his age. And Belichick being a historian of the game likely realized all indicators are pointing to the end. Yet fans wanted him to just toss out a $25m+ per year contract that would have screwed the franchise had that trend continued. Just because... Brady said he's okay?
It's so easy to GM in hindsight, but I guarantee if Brady stuck around and declined even further (which was a very real possibility due to the complete lack of receiving options), fans would be calling for BB's head for getting us into cap hell.
Unless of course people here are on crack and think the 2020 Pats would have won the Super Bowl with Brady?
Everything you said was true 2010-2013 as well. And BB and lots of other said his career was over, especially after he got benched.
And yet he's won FOUR MORE frickin superbowls, went to 5, and became NFL MVP, after that 2010-2013 decline, which forced BB to get Jimmy G.
So whatever man. Seen that story before.