Patriot-era Tom Brady

teeteebee · Post by **teeteebee** » Tue Mar 17, 2020 8:39 am

Yep...

EdRomero · Post by **EdRomero** » Tue Mar 17, 2020 8:41 am

No problem

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Mar 17, 2020 8:46 am

FOREVER A PATRIOT THOUGH.

EdRomero · Post by **EdRomero** » Tue Mar 17, 2020 9:07 am

First Mookie, then Brady.Who's next? Chara, Pastrnak, Tatum? 2020's been wonderful.

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Tue Mar 17, 2020 9:18 am

Oh come on. I like the guy too but he's old and it's past time to move forward. Totally aside from his play how do you roll with any kind of long term plan with a 40 something leader. Mookie hit me way harder than this cause that was the future they gave up on.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Tue Mar 17, 2020 9:23 am

Sending out a message that says 'Forever a Patriot, but...' on St Patricks Day...when bars are closed...is some special kinda saltiness.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Mar 17, 2020 11:43 am

HaulCitgo wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 9:18 am Oh come on. I like the guy too but he's old and it's past time to move forward. Totally aside from his play how do you roll with any kind of long term plan with a 40 something leader. Mookie hit me way harder than this cause that was the future they gave up on.

2015 Peyton Manning comes to mind.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Mar 17, 2020 12:32 pm

Need an open mouth kissing Photoshop, stat.

Joe K · Post by **Joe K** » Tue Mar 17, 2020 12:42 pm

Brady must genuinely want to leave because I was convinced Kraft would overrule Belichick and match/top any other team’s offer. Apparently the Bucs are the betting favorite but I think he’s gonna pull a LeBron and sign with the Chargers to set up his post-career life in Los Angeles.

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Mar 17, 2020 12:43 pm

Johnnie wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 12:32 pm Need an open mouth kissing Photoshop, stat.

Really tugs at the heartstrings.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Mar 17, 2020 1:06 pm

I'm not sure who should feel more deflated today - Pats fans or Texans fans.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Mar 17, 2020 1:10 pm

If this were peak 27 year old Brady, definitely Pats fans.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Tue Mar 17, 2020 1:15 pm

Joe K wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 12:42 pm Brady must genuinely want to leave because I was convinced Kraft would overrule Belichick and match/top any other team’s offer. Apparently the Bucs are the betting favorite but I think he’s gonna pull a LeBron and sign with the Chargers to set up his post-career life in Los Angeles.

Evidently the asked Brady what he wanted rather than making an offer to him. I guess Brady sees that as disrespect.

I'm really sad to see him go, but if we're rebuilding I'd rather try to do it on the fly with some the vets we have now.

Also, talk of Belichick seeing the leaves in how hard it is to get pieces to fit the Pats system as a lot of college teams don't run the option route and throw to the spot system that Brady loves. So with Stidham or whoever, the offence is going to look a lot different.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Mar 17, 2020 6:41 pm

Oh yeah. It was St. Patty's.

EdRomero · Post by **EdRomero** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 8:40 am

Someone else mentioned that for Mahomes and Reid to break this record, they'd have to still be together in 2037.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 9:04 am

The thought of seeing Tom Brady wearing a Doug Williams-era 'Creamsicle' uniform might be enough to get me to watch football again.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 10:19 am

Those Bucs uniforms looked ridiculous at the time.

Now they wouldn't be in the bottom ten of uniforms - and they're a lot better than the awful uniforms they wear now. What's with the outdated computer font?

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 10:30 am

Word is they're going back to the Super Bowl era unis (or something close to it). I'm 100% on board with going back to creamsicle. I think they look great, and got a bad rap because the team was so shit.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 11:48 am

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 12:05 pm

That'll make it easier to deflate the footballs, like he did in New England ; )

EdRomero · Post by **EdRomero** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:32 pm

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 7:20 pm

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 8:56 pm

It would be SOOOOO Bucs for this to fall through.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 9:42 pm

EdRomero wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:32 pm

This is funny to me, as I was living in Boston then, and still somewhat following MLB, NHL and NBA, so I know most of these names and probably less than 2 players on the current rosters. My friend's roommate was the trainer for the Celtics, so we used to go out to clubs with some of the players, or smoke bongs with them in my friend's apartment. I was one of maybe 10 white people at Antoine Walker's birthday party of 200+ people. One of the most bizarre nights, as I was way too fucked up to be in public before we got there, and you couldn't turn around without a split of Veuve being handed to you. And the weed paranoia just had me constantly thinking, "nobody wants you here."

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 10:59 pm

Johnnie wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 7:20 pm

Bledsoe is rested and ready to take back his rightful starting job, had to ship the guy out.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 7:52 am

Mo Lewis retired 17 years ago.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 12:40 pm

Pruitt wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 7:52 am Mo Lewis retired 17 years ago.

I still wear my Mo Lewis jersey to games, and every time I put it on I think about the play he started Brady's career. I mean, it would have happened eventually, right? Bledsoe was on the down slide at that point.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 12:50 pm

No, that’s why he got hit full speed in the lungs!

(Yes)

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 12:58 pm

Ryan wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 12:50 pm No, that’s why he got hit full speed in the lungs!

(Yes)

Well played!

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 1:08 pm

Bledsoe was pretty much brady before Brady. Relative to prior success of course. Grogan the only other guy I recall ever achieving anything. Flutie was a fan fave. Eason won a few games. I mean but for Mo Lewis no guarantee the world ever know who Brady is.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 1:18 pm

The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 12:40 pm
Pruitt wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 7:52 am Mo Lewis retired 17 years ago.
I still wear my Mo Lewis jersey to games, and every time I put it on I think about the play he started Brady's career. I mean, it would have happened eventually, right? Bledsoe was on the down slide at that point.

Bledsoe threw too many INTs in Belichick's view. If Bledsoe wasn't under that HUGE contract (for the time) I think he would have been replaced earlier. I remember seeing how easy the offence flowed under Brady that preseason. Bledsoe was up there with Farve and Rivers in terms of back-breaking INTs.

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 1:21 pm

I remember Brady seeing guys open up earlier. Bledsoe had some gunslinger so I'll take the good with the bad but by that time he had the want to see it first thing going on and held the ball a lot.

GoodKarma · Post by **GoodKarma** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 3:06 pm

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 3:53 pm

Rush2112 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 1:18 pm
The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 12:40 pm
Pruitt wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 7:52 am Mo Lewis retired 17 years ago.
I still wear my Mo Lewis jersey to games, and every time I put it on I think about the play he started Brady's career. I mean, it would have happened eventually, right? Bledsoe was on the down slide at that point.
Bledsoe threw too many INTs in Belichick's view. If Bledsoe wasn't under that HUGE contract (for the time) I think he would have been replaced earlier. I remember seeing how easy the offence flowed under Brady that preseason. Bledsoe was up there with Farve and Rivers in terms of back-breaking INTs.

Bills fan seconds this.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 8:16 am

Official.

EdRomero · Post by **EdRomero** » Sat Mar 21, 2020 2:06 pm

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Sat Mar 21, 2020 5:49 pm

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Sat Mar 21, 2020 6:07 pm

Has to sign Hoyer right?

Joe K · Post by **Joe K** » Sat Mar 21, 2020 7:00 pm

HaulCitgo wrote: ↑Sat Mar 21, 2020 6:07 pm Has to sign Hoyer right?

Give me Jameis on the Pats. That’s the best possible scenario from an entertainment standpoint.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Mar 23, 2020 2:42 pm

Wickersham's latest:

The story behind the split of Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the Patriots