I really hate using “gaslight”, but it seems to be applicable for a lot of posters here. Holy ****. You’re an absolute clown. I’m not rooting for anyone to fail. I’m watching the games and objectively commenting about them. Apparently I can’t do that here with you assholes.
A lot of people in this thread are still working through twenty years of baggage and aren't
that interested in looking at the 2020 season except to gain things like validation or vindication. Look at how many posts in this thread are about things that happened in 2019 or before vs 2020, and how many are about 'what if TFB was still on the Pats?'. Well, he ain't, and there's no redo. He plays for Tampa. Doing the 'what if' thing just isn't productive. It's all about willy waving and score settling.
Most teams’ rebuilds are a lot uglier.
Ours (this is still a NE forum, right?) really is just starting. We're still one of the oldest teams in the league even after TB12 left. We're still carrying lots of cap hits including TB12s that were made hoping to get one more year out of the old run. Cam is IMO on a one year business trip, two years at best.
Mitchell had multiple knee surgeries in high school, college, and in the NFL. Drafting him was a big risk as it wasn’t likely he’d have a long career due to his knee issues. I don’t think you can list him as a successful draft pick when we knew about his issues and he only lasted a year.
That's what happens when you're a dynasty, you have a crappy draft position year after year, you gotta take risks on unhealthy guys and hope they can get past injuries. Some times it works (Gronk), some times it does not (Mitchell). The only real ways to do better than your draft position dictates is (a) take chances or (b) get lucky.
Brady was good yesterday. I thought he played well against Chicago too, 4th-down-gate notwithstanding.
But it was the Bucs defense that won that game yesterday, without a doubt. They were phenomenal. No penalties (I think) too.
It was an interesting game.
At the end of the first quarter, it was GB 10, TB 0, Tampa had two short drives and no scores, GB had two long drives and a TD and a FG.
Then the pick-six happens followed by another INT and it seems pretty clear Rodgers is rattled and off his game.
Tampa to its credit kept the pressure on, played a strong game on both offense and defense, and avoided penalties and picks.
Aikman was right when he said Brady and Gronk were clinical, let's hope TB12 doesn't rely too much on that and gets more players like Grait and Miller more involved.
Hopefully it's a turning point for them and they keep playing at this level or better.
Their next six games are LV (SNF), NYG (MNF), NO (TNF), CAR (Sun 1PM), LAR (MNF), KC (Sun 4PM).
Should be some competitive, exciting games in that sequence, most of them on national TV.
If they play like yesterday they could really pull away from the pack, they have one in the win column over NO already.
Personally I hope the games are more exciting than GB was, it was over at the half.
Congrats to Tampa for keeping the pressure on and having a great game once they had GB and Rodgers on the ropes.
