We do not know the whole story.
While Stiddy has been touted as the least NFL ready of his class because of the schools he attended.
Do you mean Trent Dilfer and the 2000 Ravens?
Yes I am sorry brain fart
Yeah well bump that TB 12 played last year while Donte' sat on his ass. Sorry I got more props for what Brady did than what Hightower did.
Hightower had a two week old child as well as other high risk family members. There was talk of quarantining the entire team for the season. We did know what was going to happen, and still don't.
I don't care who starts as long as the Pats will. If BB signs a hot (as in playing, not looks) young Brownie QB who has yet to play a game for the Girl Scouts, then she wins, I'm fine.
As in "How to prevent carpal tunnel syndrome"?
When it's over I just as soon be on my way
So he did what was best for his family? That's the argument! TB12 did the same thing yet people here want to hold that against him. His contract was up, he chose to leave, he was not prepared to go through another rebuild. I really don't understand how anyone has issue with that or him. He owes this fanbase or his old teammates nothing.
TB did not do the same thing.
No it's not you want it to be because you want to make an argument but in the end they both did what was best for themselves and their family. Sure TB already has millions but why play for someone that want to underpay you, is in rebuild mode, with a coach who was willing to trade you the year before? Both did what they feel is best that's really all this boils down to.
TB is an individual with free will. He did what was in the best interest of winning. It may have seemed like he took discounts to benefit the Pats, but it was to benefit the team for which he played to benefit him. It appears he didn't view the Pats as a good chance to win but instead the Bucks were a better option. We don't what the 2020 Pats could have accomplished with TB, but we do know what was accomplished with the Bucks.
So you don't think the fact the Pats wanted to underpay him and the coach tried to trade him were underlying factors? Sure he wants to win all athletes want to win so IMO it's likely a culmination of the aforementioned factors and perhaps some we are unaware of.
I don't think underpaying him was much of a factor since he always welcomed being underpaid. The coach trying to trade narrative is overstated a bit since, in all reality, it should have been expected that once the team needed a rebuild the older players are always traded to a "win now" team to extract value. But both of those are valid since you can never gage ego.
I personally have no issues with his leaving. I do feel others some on the board feel as if TB12 owed the team and fan base something and that he should have ended his career as a Patriot. But it was obvious to me in 2018 /19 that was not going to happen.
Will it be a surprise when Brady looks off a safety or pump fakes a slant? The team that wins will be from plays not made by Tom Brady.
Not so sure about that. You can't discount Brady reading a D and just hitting the open man. We took that for granted but in the end that is why the Pats had so much success. Brady was a master at knowing where the open man was going to be.
