Isn’t he the top NFL DRAFT EXPERT?

I see your point about his time in Cleveland but I mean it takes some coaches longer to find their place and build a winner… He did win titles as defensive coordinator with the giants and their defense was nasty.. So i think it’s fair to say that he did benefit from having Tom as QB no doubt. But the reason the patriots overall have won is because of his philosophy on how to coach a team.. Thats my opinion of course.

Fair enough, Belichick certainly made the right call; sticking w/ the inexperienced 2nd year guy over his $100M Quarterback. That took a lot of guts, no doubt.
Doesn’t change the fact that he was a .500 coach in 5 seasons in CLE and 5-13 as the HC in New England before Brady took over. That’s no small body of work. He was likely to get canned if things didn’t turn around…quickly…in N.E.
Testeverde and Bledsoe were not total stiff QB’s and BB couldn’t get NEAR the same productivity out of those two.
With Brady, he’s gone from “damn near done for good as a Head Coaching candidate” to a certain, first ballot Hall of Famer.
His regular season record w/ Brady at QB is a mind-numbing 111-32.

Gutsy (and great) decision by Belichick back in 2001. IMO, Brady has done a whole bunch of the heavy lifting since.

Pretty sure Belichick is a defensive coach who could have gone far without Brady with those great defenses but not to a superbowl.. Belichick found the talent in Brady and let him play over Bledsoe even with Bledsoe’s huge contract and therefore as a head coach made the right decision and got huge success because of it. So to say Brady made Belichick look like the “genius” is completely wrong.

The article had a pretty feel-good quality until that showed.

Refs stole one for you with a b.s. roughing the passer call on Sugar Bear Hamilton in ’76.

Things have a way of evening out even if it did take 25 years! So, tough s**t. Get over it.

I’m a Pats fan. I love Bledsoe and what he did for the franchise, but that was funny!

Funny thing is, if Bledsoe had never been hurt, he might’ve played well enough to hang on to his job…whether the Patriots were highly successful or not.
He was only 27, making big bucks and had helped his team to a Super Bowl. He had doubters but no one could say the position was completely broken with him at the helm.
I think it would’ve been an “everything else on this team needs to be upgraded” scenario.

Bottom Line: Mo Lewis changed Patriot history.

On MOST teams, Brady never would have been given a fair shot at playing as a sixth round draft choice. He would have been pigeon holed as a backup who was too skinny, and spent his career behind a player who was once the first overall pick in the draft.

In 2001 the Pats signed Damon Huard to a $1M a year contract to be Bledsoe’s backup . At the end of training camp Belichick awarded the backup qb job to Brady instead. When Bledsoe got hurt in the second game, Brady went in and never left. Most people thought that it was a given, that Bledsoe would get the job back as soon as he was healthy. Belichick stuck with him for the whole season, and traded Bledsoe after the season.

Nobody would have criticized Belichick if Bledsoe was given his job back at mid season. There have been plenty of backup quarterbacks who did well for a few games, but couldn’t carry the team over the long haul. Many thought that would be the case with Brady. They called him an “adequate game manager” and not a franchise quarterback. Give Belichick credit for recognizing the talent, and doing what he thought was right, over taking the less controversial route.

Bottom line is that they were good for each other, but both are great in their own right. Fans of other teams are often jealous, and feel the need to bash both. We’ll keep them both.

And I also love all those in the sports media who are always pretending they knew then what they know now and criticizing others while doing so.

That being said, wonder how much longer he’s got it in him…… hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm……

Every team in the NFL has film on every other team. It’s not a novel concept.

The same is true for Montana and Bill Walsh.

The same is true for Bart Starr & Vince Lombardi.

But thjose combinations

Not sure if his old man smacked him in the head or laughed at that comment.

Not biased one way or another but his numbers and achievements thru 11 seasons are overwhelming, period.
All this stuff about “if he’d not gone to N.E….” is pointless. It applies exactly the same to Montana, Elway and every other successful QB.
More importantly, why couldn’t The Genius get similar results out of borederline-Hall-of-Fame-stats guys like Testeverde or Bledsoe? Same defense, same offesnive talent and the same coach….and Bledsoe went 5-13 as a starter under Belichick.
Belichick was a sub .500 coach who was probably close to being fired again until he flat-out stumbled into Brady.

2. Romo never thinks he’s entitled to things. Everytime I read an article where you feel like you know what a player is thinking, I check this website less and less.

3. If Romo was on the Pats team he would have 3 rings too. Bottom line. Brady is the better leader and pure passer, but Romo can do way more with the ball.

4. Romo is gonna get his own tv-docudrama after next year.

So your definition of “unrelenting fire” is to be a whiny baby who holds grudges? Give the guy credit for making the most of his opportunity.

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Really? Really???

You took this opp to mock a charitable and classy legend over something so superficial?

Oh, and it’s nice to know you find Marucci’s personnel decisions so laughable. Mooch was speaking in past tense – describing the mindset at the time. By contrast, you have the benefit of more than a decade of hindsight. That’s no reason to feel superior at all.

12. Bobby Grier drafted Brady not Belichick.

13. The Jets Ryan, with help from his brother Rob.
Devised the perfect defensive gameplan in the Play off loss. Look for the Patriots to add a homerun type back in this years draft.

14. In the Play off loss the Patriot defense couldn’t get to Sanchez. I’m sure BB will correct that also.

15. 36 tds 4 picks is incredible! 14-2, MVP II and counting. Hater’s keep on hating.