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Yeah right......Harry is going to be just fine with a different quarterback.
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I wasn't crying that night...In fact I wrote later that I "loved" the pick...But I'm crying now...
There was a play last year, maybe against the Texans -- I think it may even have been that Hoss Juke play, where the outside receiver is supposed to run a hitch. Harry runs the route, but the corner is sitting on the hitch. What does he do now?
Earlier in the game Harry ran a poor slant route and got outfought for a pick. Brady went ape. So now Harry is in a different situation, staring at a corner who is sitting on his route. He was probably thinking: "If I run a go here and Tom throws to the hitch, and it gets picked, Tom is going to stab me to death on the field." So he just does what he's told and runs the hitch, which turns out to be the wrong thing also.
Back in the huddle Brady doesn't even look at the kid. Then he throws a fit on the sidelines on national TV. Harry's confidence by then is shot.
This was terrible leadership and exactly why it was time for Brady to go. The Patriots for 20 years had moved on from vets on the downsides of their careers, and replaced them with guys on rookie contracts who couldn't do it as well at first. It's the only way to manage a team if you're planning on competing every year -- you have to cycle through some of those mistakes to allow the cheaper talent to learn.
But Brady was out of patience with coaching up young talent, even when it was by necessity (they were supposed to be leaning on Gordon and AB last year). So he regularly dogged these kids on national TV, throwing his hands in the air, rolling his eyes, etc. This is all the stuff we used to jump on Peyton Manning about.
In preseason it was so obvious that both of the other quarterbacks really enjoyed the young receivers, particularly Meyers. Hoyer came in and on Harry's first play threw him a 50-50 ball, which he caught. Stidham gave Meyers a ton of chances to make plays. Brady meanwhile was bromancing with psychopath Antonio Brown, whose huge salary incidentally handcuffed the team from making any other additions.
Brady is a great player, but he's changed. He once really loved and supported whoever he was in the huddle with. Now he's selective in doling out respect.
Harry is going to be just fine with a different quarterback.
It's possible that last year both were true. Harry did struggle to get open at times and Brady did opt to throw to others when Harry was wide open.Yeah all Brady's fault that the kid couldn't get open all his fault. Who do we blame if the same thing happens this year?
Naah, according to all of you, it was all Brady's fault. Simple as that. He was the problem.It's possible that last year both were true. Harry did struggle to get open at times and Brady did opt to throw to others when Harry was wide open.
Both sides of the all or nothing arguments are flawed.Naah, according to all of you, it was all Brady's fault. Simple as that. He was the problem.
Yeah all Brady's fault that the kid couldn't get open all his fault. Who do we blame if the same thing happens this year?
Brady was already about eight years past the “kindler, gentler” version of himself by the time he got to Tiquan Underwood and Tyms.
He won his first three Super Bowls throwing to unheralded players. Branch got it right away but everyone else - Givens and Daniel Graham especially - took time and Brady didn’t whine. He got useful snaps out of Bethel Johnson, for God’s sake. He didn’t start with the sourpuss act until after the ugly 2006 season.
Not an aggressive player. The 5:10 180 lb. cornerbacks pushed him around.Yeah right...
Correction: it’s now Sad TompaHe'll probably be better w Stidham than w Sad Tom .. Sad Tom didn't throw to him if he was open...Harry runs 7.5 yard out instead of 8 yards, Sad Tom sees him open, passes up Harry 1 on 1 w daylight and throws 20 yards down field to Edelman in bracket coverage
When Brady came into the league, he was stoked to be playing with Jermaine Wiggins, Shockmain Davis, Bert Emmanuel and Charles Johnson. He encouraged his guys after every snap.
You can't compare young Brady to Brady now. Back then, he was learning and also trying to make just like the other guys during the 2001 season.He won his first three Super Bowls throwing to unheralded players. Branch got it right away but everyone else - Givens and Daniel Graham especially - took time and Brady didn’t whine. He got useful snaps out of Bethel Johnson, for God’s sake. He didn’t start with the sourpuss act until after the ugly 2006 season.
Hoping for the best for him this year. He’s really likable.
I wasn't crying that night...In fact I wrote later that I "loved" the pick...But I'm crying now...
Kneal, Harry looks almost - for lack of a better word - sad out there...lonely even...Not an aggressive player. The 5:10 180 lb. cornerbacks pushed him around.