There are a few simple reasons that the Pats spent so much money in the early part of FA
1. They had the money
2. They NEEDED to improve the roster due to a stretch of bad drafting
3. The combination of the low cap number and the large number of teams in cap trouble created a market where even top of the market deals were relative bargains, and what looks like an overpay now will look pretty good in 2 years.
That's it, folks. If you think any of this was brought on by what happened with Brady then you really haven't been watching this team for the past 20 years....or Bill Bellichick. Tell me, at what point has Bill EVERY been an "all about me guy".....EVER? The fact is NEVER. Has he EVER tooted his own horn or fell into the hype about him being the GOAT...or any of that crap.
These media pukes who bring this petty sh!t up are only doing it because there are no more petty, vindictive, or selfish group of people than the guys who cover professional sports (mke reiss excepted). They think Bill would be petty about Brady's success because THEY sure would be if they'd were in Bill's shoes.
What Bill has been about for 20 years is trying to build the best football team he can, year in and year out. No one understands better about the ups and downs of the NFL life than Bill Bellichick. When Bill makes a bad pick, he doesn't dwell on, he just tries to find out what they missed and try to do better the next time.
This post is as spot on as any post could be.
The most disappointing part of the mediot's attacks on Bill or Brady, and their relationship, is that it leads people to parrot what they're seeing and hearing. In spite of the nonsense that gets stirred up I doubt that Brady and Belichick are anything but grateful for their time together.
Look at how damaging it was to Brady to have false numbers hanging around for so long during defamegate and to have every media outlet harping on the lies and the negatives. In spite of the fact that there was no evidence of any wrongdoing of any kind, to this day even some of our own fans have doubts.
And look at how much the cheater label was thrown around about Belichick and the Pats over what amounted to a violation of a memo about the location of where teams film coaches signals, something that was done to them weeks before by the team that turned them in.
We also have the grand daddy of them all, the Tomasshole lie about illegal filming a walkthrough prior to the 2001 SB. Even now, 20 years later, after the lie was retracted we still hear the idiots of the world like Marshall Faulk repeating it like it was true.
And now the NYFL uses those fake offenses to double down on penalties to the Pats for any violation, including the loss of a 3rd round pick this year. Meanwhile, real violations by other teams are swept under the rug and get no mention at all.
I'm beyond tired of it all and miss the days of Len Dawson and Nick Buoniconti talking football and showing highlights of games instead of the constant sh!t talking that we have now.
End of rant.
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