49ner's pick Brady

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They needed a new QB in 2000, unlike the Patriots and the Colts (the other team to look at Brady closely IOTL).

Not much of a Football fan, but would it change football much?
 
Change football a lot I think. The Pats don't become the dominate team of the last 17 years that they are now. Bill Belichick might not be as much of a success. The Niners return to the dominate team that they were under Montana/Young.
 
It's interesting, because if you figure that the 49ers draft Brady in the 6th round, they still have Jeff Garcia on the roster. Garcia put up pretty decent stats while Mariucci was there and went to Pro Bowls in Brady's first three seasons in the league. So, it's possible that Brady never sees the field as a 49er.
 
Change football a lot I think. The Pats don't become the dominate team of the last 17 years that they are now. Bill Belichick might not be as much of a success. The Niners return to the dominate team that they were under Montana/Young.

Anything that weakens the Pats is good in my book. x'D
 
we've a thread for things like this, two in fact.
Well, garcia fall into mediocrity even harder that bledsoe so depends if brady is in shape enough, he would be good enough to win the NFCWest(who post 2002 was irregular and anaemic till seahawks and cards are now pulling something) per years...playoffs...is anyone guess.

meanwhile the patriots...PANIC, is Damon Huard or Michael Bishop enought to avoid an embarasemnt season? or would patriots tank and either try to draft a QB in 02?(either ramsay or josh mccown) or with bledsoe back in health, push him till can get someone later on?(otl the patriots even with brady wanted to get ben roethislberger, that is something), again bellichick job will not be in danger, bledsoe is something just happen, depend post 01 season onward what will be Patriots future.
 
The Niners drafting Brady would happen at pick 150 in the 5th round since they did not have a sixth round pick.

In the third round they picked Giovanni Carmazzi (taken Brady two rounds later would not change this) what would change with is I doubt Tim Rattay gets drafted in the 7th round by the Niners. So maybe the Pats draft him? Of the two QB's the niners took that Draft he was the better player honestly.
 
The Niners drafting Brady would happen at pick 150 in the 5th round since they did not have a sixth round pick.

In the third round they picked Giovanni Carmazzi (taken Brady two rounds later would not change this) what would change with is I doubt Tim Rattay gets drafted in the 7th round by the Niners. So maybe the Pats draft him? Of the two QB's the niners took that Draft he was the better player honestly.

If the 49ers take Tom at 150 like you said, then the Pats turn to Rattay in Round 6 (Belichick was interested in him).

As for Brady, he beats out Gio for the second-string job behind Garcia, and that's where he stays from 2000-03.

By 2004, though, Garcia goes to Cleveland. Brady, who is a better fit for Dennis Erickson's offense (spread) than he was Mariucci's (WCO), gets the keys to the car. In OTL, the Niners were 2-14 that year with Rattay and Ken Dorsey at QB (they had 12 losses by eight points or more). With Brady, I see them going 4-12, but no better. They were a bad football team. That would give them the third pick behind Miami and Cleveland.

After the Dolphins take Alex Smith #1 overall, and the Browns take Braylon Edwards at 2, the Niners are up next. After failing to complete a trade with SD that would have given them Drew Brees for the third pick, the Niners settle for A-Rod (new regimes mean new coaches, and they would still hire Nolan as HC after firing Erickson).

Brady stays as starter for the next two seasons. He shows potential, but the 49ers win only five games in 2005 and eight in 2006.

By 2007, the 49ers and Mike Nolan are ready to hand A-Rod the ball. They added him some help in recent years in guys like Vernon Davis and Frank Gore, but they have more work to do. As for Brady, he asks for a trade, and gets moved to the Patriots, a team that was high on him back in 2000. Bledsoe retired by 2004, and Tim Rattay didn't work out.

Brady would play better in New England, but he did pick up a bad habit or two playing on a bad 49er team. Belichick is going to have his work cut out for him.
 
I once saw at a charity softball game Damon Huard throw someone out at home plate from deep centerfield with a lightning strike to the catcher.

I remember thinking, "He's the back up? Brady must be Awesome."
 
If the 49ers take Tom at 150 like you said, then the Pats turn to Rattay in Round 6 (Belichick was interested in him).

As for Brady, he beats out Gio for the second-string job behind Garcia, and that's where he stays from 2000-03.

By 2004, though, Garcia goes to Cleveland. Brady, who is a better fit for Dennis Erickson's offense (spread) than he was Mariucci's (WCO), gets the keys to the car. In OTL, the Niners were 2-14 that year with Rattay and Ken Dorsey at QB (they had 12 losses by eight points or more). With Brady, I see them going 4-12, but no better. They were a bad football team. That would give them the third pick behind Miami and Cleveland.

After the Dolphins take Alex Smith #1 overall, and the Browns take Braylon Edwards at 2, the Niners are up next. After failing to complete a trade with SD that would have given them Drew Brees for the third pick, the Niners settle for A-Rod (new regimes mean new coaches, and they would still hire Nolan as HC after firing Erickson).

Brady stays as starter for the next two seasons. He shows potential, but the 49ers win only five games in 2005 and eight in 2006.

By 2007, the 49ers and Mike Nolan are ready to hand A-Rod the ball. They added him some help in recent years in guys like Vernon Davis and Frank Gore, but they have more work to do. As for Brady, he asks for a trade, and gets moved to the Patriots, a team that was high on him back in 2000. Bledsoe retired by 2004, and Tim Rattay didn't work out.

Brady would play better in New England, but he did pick up a bad habit or two playing on a bad 49er team. Belichick is going to have his work cut out for him.

as a Niners fan this is basically how I saw it going only thing I have him going to Tampa or somewhere else like that in 08.

Brady will be remembered as a guy who just could not get it done. (also interesting having back to back local kids QB'ing the Niners A-Rod will end up looking even better in this timeline.)
 
Bill Belichick finds another QB to fill the gap eventually and the Pats, maybe a ring or two less, still more or less are the team we would recognize, for bad or worse.

I argue the reason the Pats have had so much success has less to do with Brady than it does Belichick, specifically, his management, ability to pack a roster, and find diamonds in the rough where nobody saw them before. He's a dirty SOB, but dammit if he's not the most dominant coach in a generation.

Brady on the other hand, I argue isn't the level of Peyton Manning or Aaron Rodgers, where he alone can make or break a team. He's always been surrounded by talent, from Randy Moss to Wes Welker. Brady is very capable when you give him the right weapons, but what makes him not the equal of Manning or Rodgers is that their very presence turns lesser players into weapons.

Last season is kind of proof of that. Take away Tom Brady, the Pats still win 75% of their games. Take away Peyton Manning, and the Colts go 2-14 and the Broncos miss the playoffs.

So he plays for the 49ers and becomes another in a string of capable 49ers QBs who just couldn't carry the team on his own.
 
The fundamental problem the 49ers had in the early 2000s isn't the quarterback position, it's the impending retirement of Bill Walsh as GM. His successor, Donahue, not only got Mariucci fired in a power struggle but also oversaw the 49ers sliding from a 10-6 team in need of a reload to a 2-14 team that would be in rebuilding mode for the next six years. Brady himself would have an interesting career arc; a good QB stuck on a bad team who would probably end up being traded or let walk in free agency in the mid-late 2000s. Depending on the team he ends up at, he remains a good QB on bad teams, or has a Drew Brees-esque flowering.

Luckily for him, there should be at least a couple good teams by that point looking for a new QB who would be willing to take a flyer on him. The Patriots are actually a good candidate; Drew Bledsoe will be close to retirement by then. Depending on where Rodgers ends up, the Packers are another candidate. Hell, if Sean Payton still ends up in New Orleans, maybe he'll go there. Lots of possibilities.
 
The fundamental problem the 49ers had in the early 2000s isn't the quarterback position, it's the impending retirement of Bill Walsh as GM. His successor, Donahue, not only got Mariucci fired in a power struggle but also oversaw the 49ers sliding from a 10-6 team in need of a reload to a 2-14 team that would be in rebuilding mode for the next six years. Brady himself would have an interesting career arc; a good QB stuck on a bad team who would probably end up being traded or let walk in free agency in the mid-late 2000s. Depending on the team he ends up at, he remains a good QB on bad teams, or has a Drew Brees-esque flowering.

Luckily for him, there should be at least a couple good teams by that point looking for a new QB who would be willing to take a flyer on him. The Patriots are actually a good candidate; Drew Bledsoe will be close to retirement by then. Depending on where Rodgers ends up, the Packers are another candidate. Hell, if Sean Payton still ends up in New Orleans, maybe he'll go there. Lots of possibilities.

Add is the ownership change that officially happened in 2000!! Eddie D having to give the team over officially to his Sister and Brother in Law (The Yorks) was a major downgrade. The York family is vary cheep and dont know how to run a team see the last few years.
 
What I would find funny is if The 49ers draft A-Rod after some bad seasons and trade Brady to the Patriots and for him to still win his 5 rings. But a man can only dream.

If they draft Rodgers and keep Brady for a season before either releasing or trading him, this would be around the time David Carr was released and we got Matt Schaub. Now in this atl we may get Brady and TBH as a Texan fan this would be a dream.
 
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