Deja Entendu wrote:MJW wrote:Belichick, left to his own devices, starts Jimmy G. and dumps Brady. I have no doubt of this.
You have no doubts that he would dump the greatest QB in history, who just last season lead the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history, and THIS season has lead his team to the number one seed in the AFC with the road to the Super Bowl going through Foxboro (arguably overachieving and being an MVP candidate in the process)?
Meanwhile the other guy was traded away by the guy who, until this completely speculative and "anonymous" report, was understood to have more control over his team than any other single person in the league.
I find it more likely that Bill sees a very small window for both him and Brady to win another Super Bowl (probably this season and next... another after that may even be stretch), and decided that the second round pick would be more valuable to them in that quest since Jimmy G. wouldn't overtake Brady and could end up leaving on his own anyway.
To each their own...
Bill Belichick doesn't have sacred cows. He's dumped valuable veterans throughout his tenure. Guys who were absolutely beloved by Patriots fans and who could still play. Sometimes guys like Lawyer Milloy and Richard Seymour who had 3-4 good years left. He would not have made a decision to squeeze out "one more Superbowl" with Brady because of Brady's legend if he felt he could win 5 more with Jimmy G. That's what makes him Bill Belichick. It was ASTOUNDING to me he dealt Jimmy G away to keep Brady for another year or two. This story, if nothing else, provides the best possible explanation as to why that happened.