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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.That narrows it down a lot!All I know is that they said Tom Brady was blowing away coaches and teammates in training camp. Then they say Stidham was blowing away coaches and teammates.
So Mac Jones is going to end up somewhere between Brady and Stidham.
Jarrett Stidham impressing Patriots teammates with ‘damn…' throws in practice
FOXBORO — Jarrett Stidham can laugh about it now. On the road. In Nashville. Deep into his first training camp as a professional. He fumbled his first snap. Others in the quarterback room at One Patriot Place might have a laugh remembering that one, too. Stidham has come a long way since then...www.nbcsports.com
Out of the spotlight, Patriots coaches still impressed with Jarrett Stidham
Stidham had been the presumed starter in 2020 before Cam Newton arrivedwww.masslive.com
Goddamn right we need it. Badly.I am refusing to let some of you ruin this moment for me d@mnit. Mac Jones is our guy...
They say that by cutting the player, by keeping him low on depth charts, by having him start 4th quarters of exhibition games, and the like.Jarrett Stidham impressing Patriots teammates with ‘damn…' throws in practice
FOXBORO — Jarrett Stidham can laugh about it now. On the road. In Nashville. Deep into his first training camp as a professional. He fumbled his first snap. Others in the quarterback room at One Patriot Place might have a laugh remembering that one, too. Stidham has come a long way since then...www.nbcsports.com
Out of the spotlight, Patriots coaches still impressed with Jarrett Stidham
Stidham had been the presumed starter in 2020 before Cam Newton arrivedwww.masslive.com
I've yet to see a story where the coaches think the new guys "sucks" or "can't play a lick". This is all smoke, he hasn't even had a padded practice yet.
The year before Brady took over, Bledsoe averaged only 205.7 passing yards per game and 6.2 yards per attempt. Also, Brady went without an interception in 9 of his games that 2001 regular season. And, also, Brady had 3 fourth quarter game winning drives in 2001.By the way this whole "there will never be another Brady" thing is unimportant in 2021.
Part of what has made Brady great is his longevity and his playing on championship caliber teams. Mac doesn't have to become another Brady to have Brady-type production in the passing game.
Early in his career Tom was a game manager who grew into the GOAT, he wasn't Peyton Manning/Andrew Luck or even Justin Herbert/Joe Burrow out of the gate slinging the ball all over the place for big yardage & TD totals... in fact he didn't play his rookie season. And in his second season, first starting, he averaged 189 yards passing a game, 64% completions at a modest 6.8 yards per attempt with 18 TD's and 12 INT's.
What Tom did well once he stopped throwing picks, which didn't happen until right up to the playoffs, was not turn the ball over. He took what defenses were giving him and listened to his experienced coaches. In the 2001 playoffs he only threw 97 passes in three games, had 62% completions at a measly 5.9 yards per attempt (check downs) one TD and one INT.
This reimagining that Tom came in and dominated and that's why they won a ring is the stuff of Brady fanboys who were too young or inexperienced to understand what they were actually witnessing.
Mac Jones has to be good, if we're lucky he'll become great... whether he becomes a champion or anything like Brady will have more to do with the team around him and luck (health) assuming he is good/great.
I'm old enough to remember when astrophysicists thought being within one power of ten was decent accuracyThat narrows it down a lot!
The year before Brady took over, Bledsoe averaged only 205.7 passing yards per game and 6.2 yards per attempt. Also, Brady went without an interception in 9 of his games that 2001 regular season. And, also, Brady had 3 fourth quarter game winning drives in 2001.
Tom Brady's Career 4th quarter comebacks and game-winning drives | Pro-Football-Reference.com
While it's certainly true that the Patriots of the early to mid 2000s was a team based upon defense and ball control, you're trying to push that to an extreme, in an effort to minimize what early Brady was doing. The re-imagining here is coming from you.
Ah yes the world according to wozzi. Jesus anything ti diminish Brady fan boy here. Stat this stat that. In the clutch when we need a 1st down or a game winning drive or possession is what will define Mac Jones. If hes even in the same neighborhood as Brady was in terms if example and inspiring other players ill be ecstatic.By the way this whole "there will never be another Brady" thing is unimportant in 2021.
Part of what has made Brady great is his longevity and his playing on championship caliber teams. Mac doesn't have to become another Brady to have Brady-type production in the passing game.
Early in his career Tom was a game manager who grew into the GOAT, he wasn't Peyton Manning/Andrew Luck or even Justin Herbert/Joe Burrow out of the gate slinging the ball all over the place for big yardage & TD totals... in fact he didn't play his rookie season. And in his second season, first starting, he averaged 189 yards passing a game, 64% completions at a modest 6.8 yards per attempt with 18 TD's and 12 INT's.
What Tom did well once he stopped throwing picks, which didn't happen until right up to the playoffs, was not turn the ball over. He took what defenses were giving him and listened to his experienced coaches. In the 2001 playoffs he only threw 97 passes in three games, had 62% completions at a measly 5.9 yards per attempt (check downs) one TD and one INT.
This reimagining that Tom came in and dominated and that's why they won a ring is the stuff of Brady fanboys who were too young or inexperienced to understand what they were actually witnessing.
Mac Jones has to be good, if we're lucky he'll become great... whether he becomes a champion or anything like Brady will have more to do with the team around him and luck (health) assuming he is good/greatPM
The quantum leap in talent added between the 2000 and 2001 season is easily recognizable. BB took over a team with cap issues, with mostly poor talent and flipped the majority of the roster with value vet free agents and draft picks. The better part of the offensive and defensive lines looked completely different in one season.The year before Brady took over, Bledsoe averaged only 205.7 passing yards per game and 6.2 yards per attempt. Also, Brady went without an interception in 9 of his games that 2001 regular season. And, also, Brady had 3 fourth quarter game winning drives in 2001.
Tom Brady's Career 4th quarter comebacks and game-winning drives | Pro-Football-Reference.com
While it's certainly true that the Patriots of the early to mid 2000s was a team based upon defense and ball control, you're trying to push that to an extreme, in an effort to minimize what early Brady was doing. The re-imagining here is coming from you.
So Mac has to play well, and any comment that doesn't immediately put Tom on a god-like pedestal at 21 is an insult... even if it's just reciting his stats or reminding fanboys of how it actually happened. Got it.Ah yes the world according to wozzi. Jesus anything ti diminish Brady fan boy here. Stat this stat that. In the clutch when we need a 1st down or a game winning drive or possession is what will define Mac Jones. If hes even in the same neighborhood as Brady was in terms if example and inspiring other players ill be ecstatic.
I agree with Mac having to play well but you have this OCD that makes you have to diminish Brady's full worth and importance and take unsolicited shots at the majority of us that see it differently. Are you the one on the left or the right?So Mac has to play well, and any comment that doesn't immediately put Tom on a god-like pedestal at 21 is an insult... even if it's just reciting his stats or reminding fanboys of how it actually happened. Got it.
I don't diminish Brady's anything... I demystify the QB position for ridiculous fans who think one player is the difference between one ring and six... this isn't basketball.I agree with Mac having to play well but you have this OCD that makes you have to diminish Brady's full worth and importance and take unsolicited shots at the majority of us that see it differently. Are you the one on the left or the right?
You really suck at this, and that's why you have to move the goalposts, or build and slay strawmen, with almost every entry you make. Where did I say that there was an offensive tear? Where, given my comment that specifically noted "While it's certainly true that the Patriots of the early to mid 2000s was a team based upon defense and ball control" did I say that Brady had to carry those teams?The quantum leap in talent added between the 2000 and 2001 season is easily recognizable. BB took over a team with cap issues, with mostly poor talent and flipped the majority of the roster with value vet free agents and draft picks. The better part of the offensive and defensive lines looked completely different in one season.
Also Tom took over as a starter then went on an offensive tear right?
Wrong, they slaughtered the Colt's 31st ranked defense, then lost their very next game against the much more formidable Miami Dolphins. What we saw in 2001 was the entire team improve from the first third of the season and that included the QB play becoming more efficient. Tom was crucial down the stretch in nip/tuck games in not turning the ball over and doing his job... the idea he carried any of those early teams is revisionist history. Mac Jones doesn't have to be superman, he has to play well... that's all.