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SOCIAL DISTANCING AT HOME — When Mo Lewis clobbered Drew Bledsoe in the first game for the Patriots after September 11, 2001, it ended up being a seminal moment in the history of the franchise.<\/span><\/p>\n

The next seminal moment came on October 31, 2017, almost three years ago to the day.\u00a0 And the Patriots are still very much affected by that day, as was shown vividly at Gillette Stadium on Sunday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the last 20 years, Tom Brady became possibly the most iconic sports figure in Boston history.\u00a0 Some old folks will offer up the names Williams, Russell and Orr.\u00a0 There\u2019s your New England sports Mount Rushmore right there.<\/span><\/p>\n

But Brady has also hurt the Patriots in a way nobody really envisioned five years ago.\u00a0 He proclaimed that he wanted to play until he was 45 years old, and it looks like that\u2019s going to come true.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2014, Bill Belichick drafted the heir apparent to the Patriot quarterback job, Jimmy Garoppolo from Eastern Illinois.\u00a0 Garoppolo spent three and a half seasons as Brady\u2019s apprentice, while Brady, apparently taking umbrage from Garoppolo\u2019s mere presence and the obvious transition that seemed inevitable, began to take the Patriots to four of six Super Bowls over the next several seasons, winning three of them, and making replacing him impossible.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is widely held that Bob Kraft ordered Belichick to not replace Brady, but it has never been substantiated or proven who actually gave that directive.\u00a0 But on October 31, 2017, Garoppolo was traded to the San Francisco 49ers for a second round pick.\u00a0 Garoppolo did show some of what he was capable of to start the 2016 season, but a shoulder injury against Miami in Week 2 ended his season and Brady came back from a suspension after Week 5 to end all speculation regarding Garoppolo.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Patriots more or less made a deal with the devil, as things have played out.\u00a0 Brady became irreplaceable at an age where quarterbacks are borne off to football\u2019s Valhalla.\u00a0 Brady left the Patriots at the end of the 2019 season, and now those three Super Bowls and four appearances seem more like a bad thing and not a good thing.\u00a0 Not that you would want to give back those three Vinces, but moving forward, was holding on to Brady the best thing for the Patriots?<\/span><\/p>\n

To make matters worse, Brady is thriving in his new environment down in Tampa Bay.\u00a0 Brady\u2019s Buccaneers are now 4-2 after throttling the Las Vegas Raiders, 45-20.\u00a0 His favorite target, Rob Gronkowski, miraculously came out of retirement and joined Brady in Tampa Bay, and Brady is still looking like a young quarterback rather than someone at the end of his career.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, back home in Foxborough, Garoppolo came to town with his new team, a team that lost the Super Bowl last year to Kansas City.\u00a0 Garoppolo finished 20 of 25 passing for 277 yards, and led the 49ers to a 33-6 victory over the suddenly bad Patriots.\u00a0 His passer rating was only 79.5, brought down by no touchdown passes and two harmless interceptions.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just the quarterback position.\u00a0 The Patriot defense is simply putrid at this point.\u00a0 The 49ers had 467 total yards of offense.\u00a0 For the second straight game, the opposition\u2019s first punt was in the fourth quarter.\u00a0 The 49ers had 197 total team rushing yards.\u00a0 But we will skewer the defense on another day.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is about the quarterback position.\u00a0 Brady\u2019s lack of being able to be let go at the right time is now coming back to bite the Patriots on the ankle.\u00a0 The Patriots had to keep Brady, whether by order of Kraft or whatever, and they are paying for it.\u00a0 Brady is still Brady, and the Patriots are no longer a force to be reckoned with.<\/span><\/p>\n

This may be an overreaction, but this is the worst the Patriots have looked since the early 1990s, and perhaps even the early 1970s.\u00a0 The Patriots are on their first three-game losing streak since losing four in a row in 2002, Belichick\u2019s third season with the Patriots.\u00a0 Right now, as currently configured, the Patriots do not look like a team that can contend for a playoff position, and the quarterback position right now may be the biggest problem on a team with tons of problems.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cam Newton has gone from a one-game wonder (two if you really want to count the Seattle loss) to a beleaguered quarterback that has lost all his confidence.\u00a0 All teams have had to do is to overplay the run and let the Patriots try and beat them with their depleted passing attack.\u00a0 That means shutting down Newton\u2019s rushing ability and all the diversity he was supposed to bring to the Patriot offense.\u00a0 That also means shutting down the effectiveness of Sony Michel (currently injured), Rex Burkhead and Damien Harris.\u00a0 It is working, and will continue to work until the Patriots and Josh McDaniels figure out how to fix what ails them.<\/span><\/p>\n

It can be said that the Patriots do not have enough material to remain in the upper echelon of NFL teams.\u00a0 Brady had problems last year finding open receivers, even Julian Edelman.\u00a0 But the melancholy fact remains that Newton has very little to throw to downfield.\u00a0 Jacobi Meyers was the leading pass receiver for the Patriots with four catches for 60 yards.\u00a0 Newton did complete a pass to ten different receivers, but eight of them had only one catch.<\/span><\/p>\n

Would Brady be any better?\u00a0 Wrong question.\u00a0 Would Garoppolo be any better?<\/span><\/p>\n

You the Patriot fan need to envision what would have happened if, say after the 2016 season, the Patriots trade Brady and install Garoppolo as their starter.\u00a0 After the comeback Brady pulled off in Super Bowl LI, you\u2019d have to have some big cajones to do something like that.\u00a0 By holding on to Brady and taking two more Super Bowl appearances, the Patriots are paying the price.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can also ask yourself this question:\u00a0 Could Garoppolo have won Super Bowl LIII over the Rams?\u00a0 The score was 13-3 and the Rams offense wasn’t going to have any say in the final outcome.\u00a0 That was a game that didn’t require Brady like the other Super Bowl wins did.<\/p>\n

Garoppolo has been criticized by some as being more of a game manager than a great quarterback.\u00a0 He also has taken a lot of heat for blowing a ten-point lead late in Super Bowl LIV against the Chiefs.\u00a0 But if the Patriots still had him and jettisoned Brady four years ago, would things be better for the Patriots in the long haul?\u00a0 Newton may not still be here beyond this season.\u00a0 The Patriots won\u2019t be in a position to draft someone like Clemson\u2019s Trevor Lawrence.\u00a0 The problem is for the future, not for this season only.<\/span><\/p>\n

Garoppolo\u2019s numbers don\u2019t show that he is Superman at quarterback, but he is clearly better than what the Patriots have.\u00a0 Garoppolo was helped greatly by Jeff Wilson and his 112 yards rushing, filling in for the injured Raheem Mostert.\u00a0 Most of his passing yardage went to just three players, Brandon Aiyuk (6-115), Deebo Samuel (5-65) and George Kittle (5-55).\u00a0 But all four 49ers touchdowns were rushing touchdowns, three by Wilson.<\/span><\/p>\n

But Garoppolo would be a better option right now than Newton or Jarrett Stidham, who mopped up for Newton in the fourth quarter and threw another bad interception in the Red Zone.\u00a0 Because Brady remained irreplaceable as he neared his 40s, it threw Belichick\u2019s quarterback transfer plans out of whack.\u00a0 Brady is doing exactly what he said he would do, and the Patriots wound up paying dearly for it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Next week at Buffalo, things aren\u2019t likely to get better.\u00a0 The division could be decided already, and it would be the mother of all role reversals.\u00a0 Newton will start, but Buffalo has an elite defense and they now have a great quarterback in Josh Allen.<\/span><\/p>\n

Newton may continue to look like a rookie out there without help from his supporting cast, but the bigger problem is beyond 2020.\u00a0 But what can you say?\u00a0 With Brady playing lights out in Tampa Bay, the Patriots whiffed on that call, also.<\/span><\/p>\n

All dynasties end, and they seldom end well.\u00a0 The same can be said for long careers.\u00a0 If you are one of the folks who wish Brady had played his whole career in New England, you may be the sage ones.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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