Wow no one is talking about Brady yet?
 

In this pandemic overload I try to turn to sports to clear my mind, but there isn't any :)

But surely, I thought Brady leaving New England would have been high on the discussion list here...

Imagine him at LA or Pittsburgh :D

He went to Tampa Bay just to push his TB12 stuff.

Who?

Wasn't that a TV show in the 60's?

I was very surprised to see that he went there. Must have been the guaranteed massive amount of $

I could be wrong here but I don't see Brady doing a Manning in Tampa.

Tb, didn't know

30M a year but for how many years?

Maybe another deflate gate in FLA :D

Can we please keep it clean, Nick?

Sorry man...

Now that he is out from under the Evil Cheating Influence of Bellibuttcheck, will Brady continue to be Shady?

I predict a womanizing scandal (Bob, March 2020)

He went to the division where he'll be facing the GOAT twice each season.

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Read an interesting perspective on this.

Winston threw 30 int last season. TB threw 29 over the last 4 seasons.

Seems Tampa actually has some weapons on Offense.

Arians has skilz and Leftwich is improving.

If we have a season, I’ll be watching them for sure.

Tom Brady is dead to me now ;)

Winston is going to open a bakery now. All he'll be selling will be turnovers. :D;)

because of salary caps in NE, he was costing the team about $13 mil plus the $20 million salary they offered ($3 mil less than he got last year).
he said nope, I'm tired of being paid less than some ****ty QBs out there.
NE said best we can do, we're handcuffed with the salary cap deals we made last year.
On top of that they only offered him a one year contract cause he's so old and he took O'fense to that.

See the thing is this: Belechick makes those calls and he is NOT sentimental. I know, hard to believe.
He calls it like he sees it and does what is right for the team and has no problem saying adios to ANYONE.

Belechick realized that Brady is an injury risk and although he helps the team, he is actually worth MORE in trade than is he in keep.
So they put him up for highest bid and got a fish to bite.
Now they can use that $33 million/yr plus whatever tampa bay pays them to buy gooder younger top performers.

Remember this: the last few QBs NE had as back-up to Brady did really really well and won lots of games when Brady was out, and then got sold to other teams for big $$$$.
a couple of of em are still playing, one went to the superbowl last year iffn I recall correctly.
Belechick and co. can win with just about any QB.

Here are just some of his back-ups:

Drew Bledsoe (famous superbowl guy)
Damon Huard went to cheeeefs
Doug Flutie, inventor of the hail Mary
Matt Cassel, went 11-5 when Brady was hurt and went to cheeeefs also
Vinny Testaverde sounds awful familiar. Tampa bay maybe? ;)
Jimmy Garoppolo went to niners, done pretty good there so far
Jacoby Brissett went to colts and took over for the luck-y guy who bailed

Don't you know all New Englanders will end up in Florida sooner or later. ;)

His final play as a Patriot...was a pick6. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/suppo...ys/men_ani.gif

And that's all he'll be remembered for

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Just in case anyone was wunderin' who he threw touchdowns to and how many, here's the list

Regular Season: 541 TDs to 77 different targets
Rob Gronkowski (78)
Randy Moss (39)
Julian Edelman (36)
Wes Welker (34)
James White (24)
Deion Branch (24)
Aaron Hernandez (18)
Daniel Graham (17)
Benjamin Watson (17)
David Patten (16)
Troy Brown (15)
Christian Fauria (13)
David Givens (12)
Chris Hogan (11)
Danny Amendola (10)
Kevin Faulk (10)
Mike Vrabel (8)
Phillip Dorsett (7)
Brandin Cooks (7)
Brandon LaFell (7)
Shane Vereen (7)
Martellus Bennett (6)
Jabar Gaffney (6)
Tim Wright (6)
Dion Lewis (5)
Josh Gordon (4)
Reche Caldwell (4)
Scott Chandler (4)
Aaron Dobson (4)
Bethel Johnson (4)
Brandon Lloyd (4)
Malcolm Mitchell (4)
Donte' Stallworth (4)
Kenbrell Thompkins (4)
Danny Woodhead (4)
Rex Burkhead (4)
Doug Gabriel (3)
Chad Jackson (3)
Antowain Smith (3)
Jermaine Wiggins (3)
Brandon Bolden (3)
N'Keal Harry (2)
Sam Aiken (2)
Kyle Brady (2)
Chris Baker (2)
Alge Crumpler (2)
Corey Dillon (2)
Tim Dwight (2)
Marc Edwards (2)
Donald Hayes (2)
Keshawn Martin (2)
Cordarrelle Patterson (2)
Brandon Tate (2)
Dwayne Allen (1)
Tom Ashworth (1)
LaGarrette Blount (1)
Matt Lengel (1)
Michael Floyd (1)
Larry Centers (1)
Cam Cleeland (1)
Andre' Davis (1)
Heath Evans (1)
Terry Glenn (1)
Michael Hoomanawanui (1)
Charles Johnson (1)
Laurence Maroney (1)
Mathew Mulligan (1)
Chad Ochocinco (1)
Patrick Pass (1)
David Thomas (1)
Brian Tyms (1)
Dedric Ward (1)
Matt LaCosse (1)
Ryan Izzo (1)
Elandon Roberts (1)
Antonio Brown (1)
Mohamed Sanu (1)

Postseason: 73 TDs to 28 different targets
Rob Gronkowski (12)
David Givens (7)
Danny Amendola (5)
Julian Edelman (5)
Deion Branch (4)
Chris Hogan (4)
Wes Welker (4)
Jabar Gaffney (3)
Benjamin Watson (3)
James White (3)
Aaron Hernandez (2)
Brandon LaFell (2)
Shane Vereen (2)
Mike Vrabel (2)
Phillip Dorsett (2)
Troy Brown (1)
Reche Caldwell (1)
Alge Crumpler (1)
James Develin (1)
Kevin Faulk (1)
Daniel Graham (1)
Bethel Johnson (1)
Brandon Lloyd (1)
Randy Moss (1)
David Patten (1)
Nate Solder (1)
Dion Lewis (1)
Danny Woodhead (1)

LOL. So true. I figured he was out of New England when he sold his house in Brookline last year.

Maybe he's going to the Bucs because he got tired of winning so much.

At his age, it’s gotta be about the arthritis.

Winston was sacked 47 times in 2019... Good luck Tom!!

Perspective: That's top 5 in the league with a younger, more mobile QB... Good Luck Tom!!

He may also be in to Bingo.

All good points. But we should factor in Winston wrecking plays on his own.

Gotta be a bunch of sacks due to that.

TB’s presence alone will increase morale, which should = O-Line tightening up.

The only reason Brady survived in NE last season was due to a quick hitting passing game. Arians should be able to do that in Tampa since he's partly why Ben Roethlisberger has been in the league for as long as he has. But 5th most sacks for a mobile QB doesn't bode well for Brady unless they can get that quick hitting passing game going in Tampa. With LB and S positions seemingly getting bigger, faster.. every year, TB is gonna need to beef up that line and get a real threat at RB to take some heat off of Brady.

Brady doesn't have the arm for the current Tampa offense, they're gonna a be a lot of changes, Lucy.

Tampa pays NE nothing. Brady is now a free agent with no contractual ties to NE. Rather, their inability to keep him results in a $13M cap hit.

You’re absolutely right about how BB manages his roster though. He has a price associated with each position on his roster. He’s cut or traded players many times before, moves that had people scratching heads but his system has worked for a long time.


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ha!

Warm weather is better for the pain.

The rumored deal is 2 years at 30 mil a year ............. good work if you can get it :D

Supposedly same offer from Tampa and Chargers.


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Personally I think Tampa fans are about to learn that it wasn't Tom, it was the system.

Who is the kicker in Tampa Bay? Must be a good one.

fify ;)

I've always wondered if TB was drafted someplace else, what kind of success would have had?

It really is about BB and the system he created.

Changing players that weren't producing ( or other distracting attributes ) and kept marching forward.

I've been a fan of BB for years, but more for to his postgame interviews and general treatment of the media. He never falls into their bs game of poking and prodding coaches.

In case ya'll forgot...

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I predict more success for NE than TB. But that's hard to quantify. TB will be 43 and in a radically new setting.

NE is still doing what they do...next man up, keep moving forward.

Here's some nice examples of BB dealing with media.

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Tom has long had a rep of burning defenses when they tried to blitz him, so he didn't get blitzed that often.
he recognized the defense and knew who was open and hit them quick. At least he did until he lost the Gronk.
Loosing him hurt that team more than any other player in recent memory. Gronkowski deserved at least one superbowl MVP and maybe even one league MVP IMO. He made Grady look good.

Grover go long.

That sounds right, I just heard that Brady came with a price tag to keep him from being franchised. Maybe just talk.

If I'm not mistaken Winston is also a free agent. Wonder how that will work out.
The redskins already said no thanks.
Someone speculated Winston to NE but I seriously doubt Bill would go for that.
His style is to snag a young obscure prospect and turn him into a performer.

I got a little taste of NFL success as a Niner fan. What the Patriots have accomplished is even mo’ better.

What I like most about Brady is that he knows it is a team game and gives his teammates appropriate credit.

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