Patriots Rumor ESPN hitpiece on Patriots (Rift with Brady/Belichick/Kraft) - Merged

[Galeb]

King is lazy.

That may explain his pear shape.

 

[Deus Irae]

Duel initiated.

Giardi is carrying the water for Wickersham, which is no surprise, given that Giardi wants to have JAG's children.

When people tell you a contract wasn't discussed with Garoppolo, they're playing a game of semantics at best. At worst, they're lying. Belichick wanted him to stay and made every effort to extend him

 

[PatriotsNumero1Fan]

Brady needs a good playoff run here. Vintage brady.

 

[Clonamery]

Zolak on Dan Patrick show now.

 

[QuantumMechanic]

Giardi and Daniels may both be right. No offer was ever formally made, but NE and JG may have had discussions about what a potential offer might be. (And frankly, from what BB said post-trade it was pretty clear there were some kind of contract dicussions happening).

 

[RobertWeathers]

No, I mean that Wickersham had previously said that there were people in the stadium that believed it was true, so him putting the line about "staffers believed there was merit" in the Deflategate accusations is not any sort of new bombshell and it's not even a new claim by Wickersham.

Ah ok. Yea that part was funny.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

Here’s jerry thornton’s response-

Barstool Sports

 

[mosslost]

We all believe ridiculous stuff

not me. evidence only period. You would not be able to identify anything ridiculous I believe. I hope you do not believe ridiculous things.

 

[mosi]

I read it and found it to be gossip and nothing more. I personally would not doubt if there are some issues but this article is just BS.

 

[DaBruinz]

it's getting close to the end for this team in its current form. BB doesn't like the owner getting in the way of roster decisions. its a crack in the foundation.

Except that what you said never happened..

 

[Galeb]

not me. evidence only period. You would not be able to identify anything ridiculous I believe. I hope you do not believe ridiculous things.

I rest my case.

 

[Deus Irae]

Giardi and Daniels may both be right. No offer was ever formally made, but NE and JG may have had discussions about what a potential offer might be. (And frankly, from what BB said post-trade it was pretty clear there were some kind of contract dicussions happening).

The problem with that theory is .......

Wickersham

The Patriots repeatedly offered Garoppolo four-year contract extensions, in the $17-18 million range annually that would go higher if and when he succeeded Brady. Garoppolo and Yee rejected the offers out of hand, for reasons that remain unclear, and the Patriots knew they couldn't make any promises to Garoppolo about the timing of a transition at quarterback without it getting back to Brady.

You can't get all 3 positions to line up.

 

[Patriot Missile]

I'm still trying to understand how this article is earth shattering? It's nothing new and full of unnamed sources and coaches. I just don't get it. Actually the only thing I get is this is an obvious smear piece on Tom Brady and that people are sheep and believe everything they read.

Hope the Patriots as an organization squash this dead.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Giardi and Daniels may both be right. No offer was ever formally made, but NE and JG may have had discussions about what a potential offer might be. (And frankly, from what BB said post-trade it was pretty clear there were some kind of contract dicussions happening).

Made every effort means many things. It could mean.....

BB to Yee/Jimmy- "Are you interested in an extension for more money? TB12 stays as starter until he isn't the starter anymore."
Jimmy/Yee to BB- "Absolutely not. I'm 26 and I want to start in 2018"
BB- "OK"

 

[AtomicDawg]

Giardi is carrying the water for Wickersham, which is no surprise, given that Giardi wants to have JAG's children.

You can say that again. I mean this guy is OBSESSED.




This is in response to an MVP question.



There are plenty more where that came from but the bandwidth here is too much.

 

[RobertWeathers]

You can say that again. I mean this guy is OBSESSED.




This is in response to an MVP question.



There are plenty more where that came from but the bandwidth here is too much.

I knew Giardi had a man crush on Jimmy but that is beyond weird.

 

[nowayback]

seth on sportshub,,,, sooooooo wishy washy, wow

 

[mosslost]

I rest my case.

you believe ridiculous things Galeb? How could you be that irresponsible a member of society?

 

[luuked]

There it is. That is how it went down. No conspiracies necessary... Occams Razor people...

 

[Deus Irae]

You can say that again. I mean this guy is OBSESSED.

Even at his best, Giardi isn't much of a reporter/analyst. But, once he gets emotionally invested in something/someone specific, he's absolute crap.