Gustaf V could not have more diplomatically neutral if he had tried. Of course "Neutral" becomes somewhat dubious when you're selling iron ore, issuing "rights of passage" permits and wearing a #10 Jersey which matches your JG PJ's.
Holy crap, Gustaf V... LOL, you made me google. Welp, guess I should be glad I'm not Quisling or something.
Look, it's the offseason. Everybody will shut up about this unless God forbid injury factors in once the games start.
But the multi-year outlook inherently includes a moment when the Patriots choose to move on from Brady.
Brady has "willed this team to victory" so many times, and he is so meticulously focused on extending his NFL durability, that it is very likely that he will disagree that it's time to hang them up.
This moment is coming for all of us, whether this year or 5 years from now.
I've been very clear that I think they
appear to think highly of JG. I've also been clear that that could have been a head fake. We only see 6 quarters; the Foxborough staff also has a ton of practice looks. I love him as our backup this year.
As our contract-ologists can tell any of us, we could shuffle around money (AKA lose cap space, present and future,) and make the money work to keep them both for
maybe 1 year. So, whether now or at that point, there's a possible decision coming regarding
this specific configuration of QBs.
And YES I'm neutral! I don't make these calls. The guy who's proven himself perhaps the best maker-of-such-calls in the league is making this call.
Brady's the ultimate force multiplier. Not the
consistent stat leader physical freak in every category, just the
winner a
lot. (And by the way, he's proven himself capable of competing in every category at the top level, and kicking everybody's butt in terms of indicators like interceptions/accuracy/speed of release.)
The value of Brady is he can do all that without some kind of all-star cast around him.
Nobody in his right mind roots for losing TFB. But I can't go full-on "Dear Leader" with him either.
That's why I keep saying I'm glad it's not my decision, whether now or in 2022 or 2027 when he's 50 or whatever. Unless he stinks up the joint to the level of an 8-8 season, I don't see myself saying "No doubt about it, it's time."
So pardon me my doubt, when what we are talking about is a comparison of uncertainties.
3 months and a week left... LOL
SF is a perfect fit if it comes to it. Get him the hell out of the conference, never mind the division. You can have as amicable a parting as you want, it'll still be a kick in the sac to him. Then he'll come back for his HOF induction ceremony. If SF plays AT NE, the crowd might even not root for the home team (I haven't checked the head-to-head schedule rotation by division, please forgive me...)
Brady transcends... but transcending
reason does not strike me as the style of any GM or coach worth his salt in the NFL. BB is worth his salt. The incentive to continue with Brady continues to diminish despite his accomplishments, because there is what pension actuaries call a "charge for the passage of time."
Brady ain't havin' that. I think that at some point, he will end up playing in another uniform. My perfect ending? We have a slight dip to say 10-6 for one year, so it's not really a SB year, then we bounce back to the 14-2 level. Meanwhile TFB gets himself a ring in another uniform and
then falls off the cliff.... Because in 2015, even his "buddy" Bledsoe was saying how great Paymeaton was, because he did it with 2 different teams, and he
is the system (as opposed to TFB, who works within 1 system). Well, we're into GOAT territory now by acclamation/voice vote, you don't even need to count the votes. Everybody else is a distant second (which by the way goes to Montana, thank you very much).
Am I rooting for that? Can't bring myself to do so. But that seems most likely to be the outcome (TFB playing elsewhere, not a SB win w/SF).
Now, will I name his replacement and the year that it happens? Hell no. I don't know. Anybody here who claims they do are full of it. No man knoweth the hour or the day blah blah blah.
Will I say that JG shows promise? Sure. So would most NFL coaches/GMs.
I could construct an argument from recent moves. The loading up on defense. The
reported draft pick demands BB linked to JG. I don't really want any of that to be true, so I won't play that game.
I'll just say I want to know what I don't, and the future remains exactly as it was at the start of this novel... an unknown.
