Fitting I follow Supafly Snuka! I am not sure what my opinion means and I think it will be come clear shortly. But I think we would all be ok if he retired, then therewould be none of who is better, Who will do better BS, etc... but that didn't happen. So we get the unstomachable reality of TB in TB...(just puked a little...in my mouth).
With that said the coaching staff was already to move on from Bledsoe for Tommy in camp in 2001, just months after Drew signed the biggest contract in NFL history. BB and co. couldn't figure out how to tell Robert. And fortunately for all of us, except Drew, Mo Lewis showed up to play one night. The rest is history.
But as a member who found this place as a transplanted New Englander living in Virginia after a stint in the Army in 2005, I had no one to talk real football with who wasn't as knowledgeable about the game as I was. (arrogant I know, but damn come on we all know the people that have no clue about football, but think they do, and want to talk about it like an expert, and if your me, you just nod your head say yes etc.. and move on) I needed real football talk and in particular real Pats talk. And thank god for Ian and the internet, I found home.
But I will be damned if you didn't rewind to four years earlier, you would have found me saying all the dumb **** that many people continued to say at least until 2007 if not beyond. Brady is a game manager, can't throw beyond 15 yards (hearing myself type that makes me cringe, just knowing how hard it was in 2001 to hit a 15 yard out consistently when the defense knew it was coming), give Drew a 1200 yard back etc... I was fully cemented in team Drew. I just thought the kid got lucky with Drew's team. As we all know, at least those of us above, say 35? (maybe pushing that) know Drew was a great talent but Tommy didn't throw that ball into double coverage on 2nd and 12, he dumped it off into the flat for a 5 or 6 yard gain. What most of us didn't realize at the time was how genius that was and how that "he can't complete it 15 yards down field" was really "I don't need to complete it 20 yards down field every time, I simply need to move the chains, again and again and again".
My point is no soul on this planet, outside Tommy and maybe ****, nope he knew he'd be good but nobody could predict this in 2001. Could envision this. So I would say based on the reports about Stidham, it sounds a lot like history repeating itself, not in the GOAT sense, but we are in very capable hands trusted by BB & Co. that we heard about TB & Jimmy G.
I am not depressed about that.
(sorry for the diatribe, had a few beers)
