He was dying and would’ve died had he gone home. The team Doctors didn’t allow it and made Drew to go to the hospital.
It’s very bizarre that some fans celebrate this potentially deadly hit
We're obviously not celebrating the seriousness of it, but that it happened.
The 1985 Patriots are sub-.500 if Eason doesn't get knocked out against the Bills.
The 1986 Patriots likewise do not make the playoffs if Eason doesn't get knocked out in the Orange Bowl the last week.
Raiders fans would likely have zero legitimate Super Bowls to celebrate had Pastorini not gotten knocked out in 1980.
Plunkett was considered one of the most beat-up, washed-up quarterbacks on any roster.
It’s very bizarre that some fans...think it was the only way the Tom Brady era would’ve started. Drew was struggling badly, so Tom would’ve seen the field at some point during the season.
It's very arguable that it happened just in time to save the season. The Tuck Rule played a role in us losing the game, but it took some absolutely clutch play way beyond his years from Brady, similarly to what Grogan displayed in 1976, for them to make the postseason.
I agree with Drew when he says today that he likely would have returned as the starter in 2002 had Coleman not correctly applied the Tuck Rule.
That said, I believe Belichick does not get the credit he deserves for:
-Drafting Brady
-Keeping him even with four quarterbacks on the roster
-Promoting him to second string after the preseason
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Keeping Brady in as the starter, even amidst the ridiculous, absurd, deafening (and completely wrong) media and fans blathering that "the starter does not lose his job to injury" (So Majkowski should have been put back in over Favre and Green should have been put back in over Warner? etc.) because they loooooooooooooooooooove Drew just like Kraft does making him the highest paid player in the history of the NFL and comparing Drew to all the Boston GOATS which Brady in fact earned the right to be mentioned in the same sentence with.
Not that Berry ever would listen or change his mind that Tony Eason is Unitas/Montana/Brady combined, but where was the clamor to start Grogan for SBXX? It was our only chance. Period. Like the 'small faction' of Patriots fans who protested destroying our identity in 1993, the idea was drowned out by that humiliating video made with players and media, and Berry's game plan to abandon the run(what got us there) before the opening kickoff.
