You are building strawmen arguments. Nobody said he is becoming a clownshow but you.
Saying he will become a circus attraction is another way of saying a non-competing team will try to sign him to get their fans excited and dominate the news cycle without being in a position to actually compete.
Again, you need to READ before you post. It is not about how many teams would want him because obviously he would veto every trade to a non-competing team as any sane player at his age would. Similarly he would not sign as a FA with any of those garbage franchises.
This only leaves a couple of teams. And the majority of those teams are not running a scheme that would emphasize his strengths. This is the thing that the homers dont get. Brady is not better than any QB in every possible aspect of the game. He is hands down the GOAT in couple of them and those are the ones that need to be emphasized by your scheme. You dont get Brady and run a bootleg offense. Similarly he would be competent but by far not as efficient on any west coast style team. Why ? Because the concepts in said schemes dont emphasize the things he does better than anyone else.
Guess what ? If you plan to run a bootleg styled offense then Tyrod might actually be a better option than Brady. If this is a controversial take for you then I suggest you go join some fantasy football boards.
Which brings us back to the point. There are only so many teams that can compete and of those some can be thrown out as a potential place for Brady by the nature of their offense. You dont want to waste any his last 2-3 years by putting him into a rebuilding offense.
To summarize.. nobody is saying Brady would suck outside NE. The entire point is that he only has a limited number of seasons left and no place but NE gives him the opportunity to maxmize his potential in that time.
If he were 32 years old now the entire situation would be different. But at 41 going in to the season he really does not have much leverage at all. His only rope is to threaten to retire which he kinda threw away by proclaiming he wants to play until 45 and betting TB12 on that unprecedented longevity.
Definitely not as simple as plug and play. Great offseason discussion btw. To play along I'm going to choose the Browns as a landing spot for Brady. They have talent, cap space and picks. They could really load up and with Brady's leadership it could get interesting.
My thoughts:
1. One of Brady's most important strengths is his gametime preparation. He study's film, has years of experience and can read a defence better than any other QB in the league. That skillset is transferable to any team imo.
- The Brown's defense would benefit. "Dude, I know what you're doing. Every QB in the league knows what you're doing. You need to disguise that better".
- Brady would take command of the offense. It would take time to get his receivers, TE's etc.. on the same page but you know he would demand excellence on every play starting with the first play of TC. The Browns might bring in a few familiar faces (Edelman) to help with the learning curve.
- The OC and the offensive scheme. This would be where it gets tough imo. Even if they switched to an Erhardt Perkins scheme it would take a while (a season or two??) to get everyone on the same page.
So my conclusion would be that if Brady were traded to the Browns this year they would instantly become a playoff potential team and the longer Brady played the more dangerous they would become in the postseason. But time is unfortunately something Brady doesn't have a lot of. Although if he were traded to the Browns Brady would have an everest sized chip on his shoulder.
Teams I think would go after Brady and Brady would play for? I think you're right. Not many because it would mean their current starter would see the bench or there's not enough of a team for Brady to do anything with.
Browns - See above
Texans - Watson is young and the BOB connection. I doubt it. Sitting Watson after his breakout season seems senseless.
Bills - Holy ****. "The Revenge Move"
Cardinals - Holy **** #2 - JAG v GOAT
Jaguars - Coughlin teams up with the GOAT.
Bengals??- Nah. I don't see it.
Jets or Colts?? F*** them.
