Bill Polian: Colts had high grade on Tom Brady

[Gronkowski123]

polian's a dink. i dont believe any of his nonsense.

 

[Kdo5]

Is this one a joke?

Mike Loyko ?@NEPD_Loyko 2h2 hours ago
Polian also had a first round grade on Julian Edelman for the record.

Polian...quite the historical revisionist...

 

[RelocatedPatFan]

I think he would have started eventually anyway. Bill is too smart to keep him on the bench, and I remember hearing that Brady looked good that camp but Drew got the job because of his experience.

Actually, I think it was Brady looked better than Drew (2001), but BB still didn't feel comfortable (or compelled) to start Bledsoe because he just got a new contract. Essentially, BB knew Bledsoe was good/very good, but could be effectively game planned against.

Brady would have started the next year (more than likely and that's my opinion not what i recall from reading stories/books). you can't keep a competitive spirit like Brady (and the obvious talent he had) on the bench for long.

 

[The Gr8est]

Polian is smart enough to know that if he picked Brady high, Brady wouldn't have had the competitive fire that he got from being drafted in the 6th round.....

Brady would have been out of the league within two years and made Jamarcus Russell look like a 1st ballot HOFer in comparison.

Yeah...that's the ticket!

 

[nabwong]

Polian - Had 1st round grade on QB, didn't draft him at all.

Belichick - Had 1st round grade on QB, picked him in the 3rd (Mallett)

Talk is cheap.

 

[JDot]

Give me a f'n break Polian.

 

[VrabelMayeWin]

Twitter has been gold on this. My favorite :

"Pollan liked Facebook in 2004 but his portfolio was full".

You're a lying piece of ****, Polian.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

Polian...quite the historical revisionist...

OTOH, I love that the LOLphins wasted a second-rounder on Pat White, while the Patriots struck oil, and later gold, with Edelman in the 7th. [He would have been a great 7th round pick just for his PR skills alone.]

 

[TheBostonStraggler]

Polian basically said 'Tom was super terrific and I really really wanted him'. Why would you not believe/trust what he is saying?? I'll bet you didn't even take the time to listen to the whole interview and fairly evaluate the entire context. See if you would have taken the time to listen to the entirety of the interview you would not have missed his follow up statements of: 'Seth Joyner was super terrific and I really really wanted him', 'Donald Driver was super terrific and I really really wanted him', 'Terrel Davis was super terrific and I really really wanted him', 'Marques Colston was super terrific and I really really wanted him', 'Troy Brown was super terrific and I really really wanted him'.
His Monday morning talent evaluation is downright spooky how accurate it is. Give the man his due...

 

[Wheelman]

I read that article. It doesn't say Polian had a first round grade on him. Polian just says it was a high grade. Just more sloppy journalism by the NFL*

That being said I don't even believe Polian there. He's a liar and a piece of ****.

 

[Fencer]

OTOH, I love that the LOLphins wasted a second-rounder on Pat White, while the Patriots struck oil, and later gold, with Edelman in the 7th. [He would have been a great 7th round pick just for his PR skills alone.]

Indeed. Edelman and Gronk are probably the two best players the Pats have had at public relations in the whole BB era. And I think Edelman is actually the better of the two, although Gronk accomplishes more in PR due to the advantages he has in being an all-time great player.

 

[SVN]

Polian speaks about brady and edelman like this because he is embarassed his teams with 1st rounders on offense got whipped by a 6th rounder QB.

 

[RayClay]

Wasn't Brady rated equal to another QB and Reihben broke the tie?

 

[Fencer]

Wasn't Brady rated equal to another QB and Reihben broke the tie?

Something close to that happened. I suspect it was more precisely that Rehbein's opinion was one of the key reasons Brady was rated a little higher.

 

[VrabelJr]

I ,too, have the winning lottery numbers for all of the past lotteries.

 

[Joker]

Polian was high on Michael Bishop too..I never knew cowpies had hallucinogenic properties

 

[Soul_Survivor88]

haha, yeah right. What a lying sack of ****

 

[smg93]

"Patriots had hidden mics in our draft room and found we were all set to pick Brady in the seventh." - Bill Polian commenting after Tom Brady's induction into the Hall of Fame.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

Something close to that happened. I suspect it was more precisely that Rehbein's opinion was one of the key reasons Brady was rated a little higher.

Tim Rattay was the other QB.

 

[rookBoston]

(1) for the record, Belichick wasn't in the market for a QB either. He had just resigned a franchise QB to a mega deal, and his depth chart at QB was full. Peyton is Peyton, but Drew was a cornerstone too and no slouch.

(2) then Polian has no reason to be all bitter and sour over losing to Brady so often over the last decade+, if he knew TB12 was going to be great. He could have made him a Colt and chose to let him be great for another team. Only himself to blame.