One could argue that lucking into Brady masks a lot of bad roster decisions.
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One could argue that lucking into Brady masks a lot of bad roster decisions.
he put together some amazing defenses, it’s a nonsense argument
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In every SB winning season, there were hundreds of plays made by guys not named Brady that could have changed the course of history.
Vinatieri’s kicks.
Edelman’s miracle catch vs. Atlanta
Strip Sack by Hightower vs. Atlanta
Just to name a few.
No doubt in my mind that they don’t win 6 titles if either isn’t here.
I have no issue with Brady/Belichick back and forth. When the guy walks out the door and wins with one of the worst franchises in sports I totally get the angst from Patriots fans. Whether some want to admit it or not it's not going to just be a regional narrative. Brady winning a SB without Bill in his first year with another team (in a COVID year)...this will be a national narrative.
It is kinda funny that this was Brady's most lopsided SB and it was against a juggernaut.
If mo lewis doesn't kill Bledsoe, I honestly wonder if they win any.
Only two teams were in on Brady. Absolutely baffling.
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I understand why one might make that line of argument, but it doesn't explain why Brady wasn't able to make do with last year's roster. if guys like Chris Hogan and Philip Dorsett were interchangeable bit parts, why couldn't he make anything work with Jakobi Meyers (who wound up being one of the most efficient WRs in all of football this season, surprisingly.) I still think 2019 was just a string of unfortunate events more than anything - Bill got him AB. not his fault that AB wound up threatening some lady's kids on instagram. He got Sanu, who sprained his ankle right away and never recovered his form. Then Josh Gordon hurt his knee and relapsed, Harry got hurt, so on and so forth.
Like, obviously the greatest QB in the league will make a mediocre WR look like a pro bowler, and I'm sure there's some guy who is 3rd or 4th on the Bears depth chart who looks like some practice squad JAG since Mitch Trubisky has been throwing to him for the last 3 years who would put up big numbers if Brady or Rodgers were his QB. But one man can't win the Superbowl alone - look at 3 years ago, Brady himself put together the greatest single-game performance in postseason history, the greatest Superbowl by an individual player ever. And they f***ing lost because the defense couldn't stop a nosebleed. You can pin that on Belichick/Patricia for the state of the defense and maybe the Malcolm Butler thing. So they rebuild and strengthen the defense, he went and got John Simon, Danny Shelton, Adrian Clayborn, and Jason McCourty, and picked up Bentley in the draft. To fit thm in they had to let Dion Lewis, Danny Amendola, and Brnadin Cooks go, amongst other changes. And they won a damn Superbowl where they held the Rams to 3 points. But fans whine about why doesn't Brady have weapons to throw to anymore. Well, you need some balance if you want to win anything. Can't just load the entire cap on WRs like Brandin Cooks or you'll give up 51 points in the Superbowl again if you even get there.
Great players win, great coaches put players in position to be great. They work together, why does everyone have to make it all dramatic and pin them against each other?
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Neely = HOF
Brady has won more than 1/8 of all the SB.
7/55
7/55
Sigh, we’re really doing this again?
we got 6 with him.
he got 1 in Tampa.
hes 43.
get the f*** over it already
we got 6 with him.
he got 1 in Tampa.
hes 43.
get the f*** over it already
I’ve heard Michael Holley say on WEEI that Bill Belichick was a week or two from away from benching Drew Bledsoe in favor of Brady in 2001 even if Bledsoe hadn’t been hurt. Mo Lewis just sped things along and gave Belichick the excuse to pull the trigger without endless questions from the media. At least at first.
Holley should know considering all the time he spent in Foxborough for his books.
The pink thong was a nice touch.
Matt Chatham tackled a naked streaker in the 03 Super Bowl. Somewhere grainy video exists.
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Bucs D-line murdered the Chiefs, got the most pressure on the QB of any super bowl defense ever
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The NHL, the stupidest League ever.
Yes, Cosmo was at my Super Bowl party.
I predicted Bucs by 6 in the earlier forum.
Reason....Tom has more weapons, better o-line and Tampa has the better secondary and the better power RB.
This was not even close...I have never seen a QB have to mindlessly scramble as much as Mahomes. He had one effective reciever, Kelsey. That's it.
Other than that, Mahomes ran due to broken plays.
Congrats Tommy and the Bucs!!!!
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Go figure when Tyreek Hill can’t burn someone the Chiefs have 0 chance. Realistically KC could still be looking for their first SB
oddly enough Hill still had a pretty decent night numbers wise.
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