OT: Official 2021 Tompa Bay Gronkaneers Thread

[Tottie]

Rodgers is back bringing politics and Covid situation in an interview with ESPN.

link?

 

[Tottie]

He’s good.

He's been a huge liability in the run game this year and one of the worst pass rusher win rates in the league. I think he had an impact in 1 game.

 

[Guts]

link?

The unfiltered year of Aaron Rodgers

This season, Aaron Rodgers has been brilliant on the field and unapologetically vocal off it. In an exclusive interview with ESPN, he explains why.

www.espn.com

 

[bigballas]

And yet, Brady was called "Temperamental Tommy" by one of the more respected Pats fans. WTF is going on with these people? Would they really rather have a great coach scribbling notes on the sidelines than a great QB on the field making the plays? That's crazy talk.

Who tf is this “most respected” pats fan ?

 

[Tunescribe]

 

[VectorPrime]

So freaking weird

 

[Deus Irae]

We can thank the NYFL, Bill and Bob for the false image that's been projected onto Brady. The NYFL for the lies and trumped up charges and Bill and Bob for not supporting him. The power of the press is real and it can do more damage than good.

Belichick's a great coach. He's one of the best to ever do it. His meticulous attention to detail, his ability to anticipate most possible options, his ability to get NFL level play out of very limited players, and his game planning are without question. But no system wins without the players, no system wins consistently without great players at its core, and no system has ever done what Tom Brady has done, because nobody's ever been Tom Brady.

 

[Deus Irae]

"They beat us the first time. I want to beat them bad the second time."

 

[Deus Irae]

Bruce Arians believes Tom Brady will return to Bucs next season

If Brady retires, he will count $24 million against Bucs’ cap next season. That’s only like 12 percent of cap, but Bucs would have tough decisions on keeping free agents vs. adding a top-tier QB.

If Brady retires, his contract calls for him to repay $16 million. Would still count $24 million against the 2022 cap unless they work to defer some of that down the road.

 

[Deus Irae]

As @TomPelissero first reported, the NFL/NFLPA have made a significant COVID protocol change for the remainder of the playoffs. Unvaxxed players no longer subject to daily testing.

Another random instance of sanity for the NFL.

 

[Deus Irae]

Bucs have until 4 today to make a decision on activating Fournette from injured reserve, and elevating practice-squad players like WR John Brown. Then they’ll decide by 1:30 Sunday who is inactive for the game.

Greetings! Jensen seems likely to be able to go Sunday. Wirfs is more of a question mark. Wells is fine, wasn’t even on final injury report.

We’ll find out by 4 today if Brown and/or Watson get elevated for Sunday. Bucs like to have five WRs dress, and only have Evans, Johnson, Miller and Darden for sure. If Grayson can’t go, one of those two are likely up on 43. Probably elevate Brown just to be safe Sunday.

 

[RicoG]

Just wanted to compare how"historic" Rodgers 37Td 4 int really is.

Brady:
2010 36 and 4, MVP
2016 28 and 2, no MVP

Brees: Was close with 5, 4, and 6 int between 2018-2020.

Manning: Never mind, he has way more int then I remember, even more that Brees.

Brady is the QB that actually has the historic TD/Int ratio. Rodgers is playing the imposter again. Looking forward to seeing Bosa whip his ***.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

Hmmm....I don't know....everyone close to Brady is indicating that Brady will play in 2022, but Seth Wickersham (who has no sources close to Brady and who wrote an entire book based on rehashing other people's reports) has a hunch that Brady will retire. It's tough to figure out who to believe.

 

[RicoG]

Belichick's a great coach. He's one of the best to ever do it. His meticulous attention to detail, his ability to anticipate most possible options, his ability to get NFL level play out of very limited players, and his game planning are without question. But no system wins without the players, no system wins consistently without great players at its core, and no system has ever done what Tom Brady has done, because nobody's ever been Tom Brady.

Amendola muddied the water when he called Brady the Patriot Way. But he got it wrong.

The Patriot Way is a system, the mastermind of it is BB.

At it's core or the engine that made it work was Brady. Without Brady, I don't think the Patriot Way is any better than other good systems such as Packers, Steelers, Seahawks. In fact, add in all the veterans that have departed or soon will, I think it might start to backfire. It probably needs an update.

 

[VectorPrime]

Seth was intentionally very vague about Brady’s future and it was literally in the same article as a prediction that Rodgers would fail to make the Super Bowl again this year. Reading between the bolded lines it’s clear Seth is saying that if Brady wins it all this year he’ll at least consider retiring. Which I think is true.

 

[RicoG]

Hmmm....I don't know....everyone close to Brady is indicating that Brady will play in 2022, but Seth Wickersham (who has no sources close to Brady and who wrote an entire book based on rehashing other people's reports) has a hunch that Brady will retire. It's tough to figure out who to believe.

There is no way Brady is retiring playing at a MVP level on his own accord.

Last year, the debate was where he ranked in the top 10, instead of 1-2 this year.

Don't know why no one in the media is talking about what can really stop Brady. Only injury and family can stop him from playing next season. He's not injured and Giselle is the only family that can stop him.

 

[Tottie]

There is no way Brady is retiring playing at a MVP level on his own accord.

Last year, the debate was where he ranked in the top 10, instead of 1-2 this year.

Don't know why no one in the media is talking about what can really stop Brady. Only injury and family can stop him from playing next season. He's not injured and Giselle is the only family that can stop him.

I don't think he's retiring when he's so close to 45 but Giselle would be enough to stop him. I mean she's done alot for this dude who has basically been playing football and living football 24/7. His contract can be modified like Brees to minimize the cap damage and spread it out. I don't think he's going though because he's still the best QB in the league and so close to 45.

 

[RicoG]

Seth was intentionally very vague about Brady’s future and it was literally in the same article as a prediction that Rodgers would fail to make the Super Bowl again this year. Reading between the bolded lines it’s clear Seth is saying that if Brady wins it all this year he’ll at least consider retiring. Which I think is true.

Regulas season stats were important to Manning, Favre, Brees. They stop games when they had hit milestones.

They never did that for Brady, so I wonder how important it is for him. Well he went chasing for his 600th TD ball so there's that.

I wonder if he looked at especially Herbert's stats and realized his regular season records will be easy to beat 15-20 years down the road if he doesn't play at least one more year.

 

[Tottie]

I've never gambled before but I've been convinced to place a few bets and my first order of business today:

 

[RicoG]

I don't think he's retiring when he's so close to 45 but Giselle would be enough to stop him. I mean she's done alot for this dude who has basically been playing football and living football 24/7. His contract can be modified like Brees to minimize the cap damage and spread it out. I don't think he's going though because he's still the best QB in the league and so close to 45.

I sort of remember reading somewhere years ago that when he was 30, Giselle thought he would retire in 10 years. So Brady has already stretched that quite a bit. Can he stretch it a little more, we'll soon find out.