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Apr 2020
12:14pm, 24 Apr 2020
119,479 posts
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GregP
I think everyone wanted him to. He’s a decisive character and I’d love to know what he really thinks of Belichick - but it all feels shabby the way it shook out. If he was going to go he should have been allowed to do it with some sort of dignity.
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Apr 2020
12:17pm, 24 Apr 2020
119,480 posts
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GregP
[because of the timing of me being over there I still have a bit of me that views Brady as a young upstart that took Drew Bledsoe’s job]
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Apr 2020
12:22pm, 24 Apr 2020
1,034 posts
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Paul N
Why did the Packers trade up for a QB?
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Apr 2020
12:22pm, 24 Apr 2020
5,579 posts
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
Belichick has had huge success with an all business, no sentiment attitude. Why should he change now and compromise his team's performance at the whim of someone he clearly knows to be on the slippery slope to retirement.
Contrasts well with the recent example of the Yankees allowing Derek Jeter to play Shortstop like a First Baseman for a couple of seasons.
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Apr 2020
12:49pm, 24 Apr 2020
69,256 posts
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Gobi
57.5 - I guess next season will tell us what we need to know
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Apr 2020
12:56pm, 24 Apr 2020
119,482 posts
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GregP
The under-over is what, 8.5? If it shakes out something like that - my money is on over as I can’t see anything worse than 9-7 or 10-6 then the world really will have rocked on its axis. Without the burden of a historical link to the Pats I’d secretly love it to all go to rats - 5-11 or something daft.
That’d be a thing. The Bolts finishing with a better record than the Pats. That would be funny.
For clarity I’m *not* one of those dodgy sentimentalists that’s suddenly decided to be a Bucs fan. The Bucs falling on their arses would also amuse me. They were 7-9 last year. It could still get worse.
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Apr 2020
12:59pm, 24 Apr 2020
119,483 posts
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GregP
And in answer to Fifters-Severs: erm. Because A-Rod is 36?
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Apr 2020
1:03pm, 24 Apr 2020
30,090 posts
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SPR
Brady was average last year and I guess the combination of money and years vs expected production wasn't worth, unless you're going for a loyalty perspective but we know that's not the Pats way. That said, if you don't get better to replace him...
A fit Cam Newton would be good.
Isn't the real issue that the Pats traded away the potential replacements?
For the Bucs it's an obvious upgrade. Would be funny if the laser surgery that Winston has had, sorted his turn over issue though as he'd be pretty lethal if he could keep the ball!
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Apr 2020
1:04pm, 24 Apr 2020
69,257 posts
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Gobi
I'm a Redskins fan so screwed anyway but will be interested to see Brady play
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Apr 2020
1:10pm, 24 Apr 2020
5,581 posts
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
We feel your pain Gobi!
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Superb Owl
Feb 2022