DBWI: Brady stays in NE.

Ak-84

Banned
As we know TB12 is considered by all as the GOAT QB. Especially the 49ners faithful, the 6 SB rings he has brought them (more than Montana and Young combined).

Of course, while the 49ners seem to have a knack for an assembly line of great QBs, they actually missed Brady, he was drafted by and played 2 years in NE and was actually the starter in the 2001/2002 SB season when Bledsoe got injured. Per Bill Belichick, he actually would have started Brady in SBXXXVI ahead of OTL MVP Bledsoe had he recovered* from his AFCCG injury. Which led to Brady's trade in the off season.

Of course, Drew Bledsoe had a great HoF career and the Pats would repeat the next year (with Bledsoe MVP again), but they missed the GOAT!

The conventional wisdom is that the Pats got a better deal, they went to SBXXXVII and SBXXXVIII and although yes they lost to Brady's Niners in the latter, he was not the finished product in '02. No way he could have led the winning drive Bledsoe did at 17-17 in the 4th Quarter in SB36, the 40 yd bomb for a TD. At least not then, and though he has led many game winning drives, Brady is no gunslinger, which is what was needed to win. Disagree, I think Brady could have won it.

Of course Peyton Manning would not have had those SB defeats against Brady, he would have never have reached a SB. And no Eli to NE in '04.

*OOC: Our POD.
 

Puzzle

Donor
One plus for Brady in SF is that it removes the question of who’s responsible, Brady or Belichick. The man is a genius and has made quite a few quarterbacks look great who were only average, most notably Eli. If Brady did as well in NE it would be hard to separate his talents’ from his coach.
 

Ak-84

Banned
Nah. I think Drew was accurate when he wrote in his memoirs that Belichick was a "defensive genius", who knew "how to stop QB's not win with them". We saw it in SBXXXVIII, the only reason the game was even close was that Brady basically wore Rodney Harrison all game long and versus anyone else, they would have won.

As for Eli, its the Peyton apologists who call him "average". He has the rings (and SB wins over Brady) that Peyton does not. Face it, Eli is the better QB. And when Peyton finally did face someone besides Brady in the SB, he lost to Phil River's Giants.
 
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