Jim Beankie
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Why may I ask?To quote myself, Mac was my least favorite Pats QB since Tony Eason. I’m glad they’re both gone.
Grier was GM during Brady draft. Everyone had input: Weiss, Grier, Pioli, Belichick. They all liked him, so he was selected.BB picked Tom Brady.
Kraft said he took the draft away from him in 2021, so we may never know the truth.
While I favor your viewpoint, it's not really a retort considering "ESPN" said 11 of 12 balls were underinflated by over 2psi.Not according to ESPN.
Mac is just another first round QB that did not make the transition to the NFL not a mistake on the level of Zack Wilson. He was a reasonable pick at the time. Cutting bait after three seasons of poor results is also reasonable. The real mistake was placing too much blame on MP and not cutting him after season 2. I hope the team is willing to risk a similar outcome if their player is on the board at draft time.Anytime you trade a former #1 pick for a #6 pick, you are admitting a mistake had been made no matter who made the pick. Now Mac gets to be a “backup” for real and the Pats get to start over again. Too bad but “it is what it is”…
I'm a broken record with this, but it's amazing how many people dismiss future insurance salesmen in the 4th quarter of the preseason game when college highlights include lots of people who would dream of being in that position of playing in the preseason.There are things you can't learn until you get the guy playing. No one I heard was saying they shouldn't take Mac at 15.
Watching the Dynasty, I see Brady shredding his knee, then back at practice throwing, then getting pissed when they told him that no, you can't fix it at the end of the year! Mac hasn't got that edge, at all. Shows it in the red zone when the game's on the line...over and over again.
You can't know something like that from watching his Alabama tape.
Yes he was. He was working both positions from the get go.
He was running college and pro personnel for Bill.What is it you think that Scott Pioli was doing?
Agreed. The Pats used #15 on him… and they didn’t trade up to get him. He was the 5th qb off the board, 5th out of the big 5 in his class. It’s not like the Pats blew a top 3 pick (knock on wood) for him. Reasonable to say the bar for whoever we pick third a month from now is set much higher. Jones is probably still the 2nd or 3rd best QB in his class depending on how you feel about Fields.Mac is just another first round QB that did not make the transition to the NFL not a mistake on the level of Zack Wilson. He was a reasonable pick at the time. Cutting bait after three seasons of poor results is also reasonable. The real mistake was placing too much blame on MP and not cutting him after season 2. I hope the team is willing to risk a similar outcome if their player is on the board at draft time.
They want to believe that Bill was a god.What is it you think that Scott Pioli was doing?
The idea that Bill was this super genius for picking Brady is overplayed imo. He would have that label if he would have put his ass on the line and taken him first overall. Instead he said no 5 times like every other GM.They want to believe that Bill was a god.
People most responsible for Brady being drafted:
1. Rehbein
2. Grier
3. Pioli
4. Weiss / Belichick
Grier was not the GM in 2000 he was kept on to help with the draft because he was part of the scouting during the previous college season.Grier was GM during Brady draft. Everyone had input: Weiss, Grier, Pioli, Belichick. They all liked him, so he was selected.
2021: Belichick was GM during Jones draft. Everyone had input: Ziegler, Groh, Wolf, Belichick. They all liked him, so he was selected.
Kraft NEVER said he took the draft away from Bill. That is a lie. You've been exposed as a liar. You have zero credibility.
He not the god but he is a god.They want to believe that Bill was a god.
People most responsible for Brady being drafted:
1. Rehbein
2. Grier
3. Pioli
4. Weiss / Belichick