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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.Without any hyperbole, there have been at least 3 threads posted in the past 2 weeks about a perceived slight on NE/Brady by the media. It's their job to drop hot takes and get people to link the article, which is exactly what happened here.
Without any hyperbole, there have been at least 3 threads posted in the past 2 weeks about a perceived slight on NE/Brady by the media. It's their job to drop hot takes and get people to link the article, which is exactly what happened here.
Here's a good conversation on how badly Brady has declined.
He's won 3 super bowls since then.
I’m going to have to disagree with you. The only other thread about a perceived slight to Brady was Bernard Pollard’s take that Brady is not the GOAT. It didn’t come from the media at all. And even Pollard’s opinion was not that bad - he said he put Brady at 2nd overall all time. I think this is worse - knocking Brady out of the star category altogether after he just won his 6th ring.
Don't disagree with you, but you can't deny the times Brady was reacting to shadows on pass rushes and being a little slow getting the ball out at times, and even misreading defenses on occasion.
Now based on some of the clips we've seen this off season, Brady's speed has gotten better. His arm strength hasn't decline any. So I doubt when I go down to TC I'm going to notice any "slippage" in those areas. But the one thing I WILL be looking closely at all through this season is how well he is moving within the pocket. For most of his career Brady has been EXTREMELY elusive within the pocket. He constantly made the first man miss. Only Marino was in his class at that skill. That is where I thought I saw the most "slippage" last season.
BELIEVE me, Ice. We are never going to see a "cliff" from Tom Brady. But the fact is 42 is 42 and things slip. It's the time where your mind has to make up what you body has lost. THAT's where Brady still shines and why for the next year or two QB should NOT be a position of concern for the Pats. In what might be considered a down year for him, what he did in the playoffs showed that if you need a QB for a must have drive at the end of a key game. Tom Brady is STILL the #1 guy everyone would want (Bernard Pollard aside )
May I suggest a compromise of putting an article like this in an existing Brady thread? I had put this same article into the Brady Greatest Ever thread a little before this thread was made. I agree that there’s no rule against posting articles like this and many people like to comment on these bad takes. Perhaps you could just drop into another relevant thread if one already exists? The other thing is this article is Dan Hanzus’s opinion, who we know to be an obvious idiot. It isn’t like a panel or NFL.com writers; many articles on NFL.com are in direct contradiction to this drivel. Peace.
I’d be happy to, but the mods need to merge all the “Brady sucks” threads into one mega thread for this approach to make sense.
Yeah he's had games like that going to 2005 that I can remember clearly. Week 2 game against Carolina, he was ducking and dodging on phantom rushers, silly penalties and missing wide open players. Frustrating for all involved....So I think we largely agree...it's just mind-boggling how FEW people can chalk it up to "a sub-par performance" which is part of the normal ebbs and flow of playing QB, rather than the total overreaction that his age has caught up with him. Phantom pass rush? Locking in on one player? Looking immobile? Find a season where these haven't been issues at time for Brady, or anyone.
My client opined that maybe Brady was too old. While I didn't embarrass him with a disagreeing response, I understood why an outsider who doesn't follow the Patriots would form that opinion watching that game. I was just certain that wasn't the case.
I tried to create a Hawt Take thread, but it lost traction after a few days. Would be cool to sticky/pin something like this to the top of the page, but then again I understand they don't want to overdo it with the sticky notes.
You know, maybe all the conspiracy theorist fans of other teams are right. Maybe the NFL IS trying to rig it so the Patriots win...
Jesus, he just won the Superbowl (for the 6th time) 4 months ago, and now he is no longer a superstar? What Brady is doing is incredible! He is 41 years old!