Showing posts with label Entourage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Entourage. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Tom Brady - Is his head in the right place? I hope not.


Neil Minkoff has a pretty good take on Tom Brady.  Since I would prefer the Giants win, I hope Minkoff is right and Tom does not snap out of it.   I mean really, I don't begrudge him this and this, but I will not feel bad for him if the Giants win.  I do not feel bad for him at all.
Gisele:  You let him go out of the house looking like Bieber?
A darker explanation of why Brady and the Patriots are not doing so great now (from comments)

Here's a much simpler explanation, albeit one that Bostonians aren't likely to offer:
Brady is now playing at his actual level of talent. Early in his career, he performed at a higher level because he had the advantage of knowing, at least some of the time, what plays defenses were running against him. In violation of NFL rules, the Patriots had a practice of videotaping the defensive play signals of their opponents, which then allowed them to interpret the signals and predict what defenses would do.
I bet a lot of NFL quarterbacks would post higher QB ratings and look incredibly "clutch" if they knew, prior to the snap, whether the defense was blitzing and what kind of coverage scheme would be used.
Tom Brady is a very good quarterback. But the drop-off in his performance over the last few years, compared to his "amazing" performances prior to the Spygate revelation, is predictable, not surprising. Cheating provides a competitive advantage -- who would have guessed?
Cheating-padded stats should also disqualify a player from the discussion of "greatest of all time." Imagine the numbers Montana would have posted if given advance knowledge of defensive play calls. . .
Update:  
Here is the alternative argument why Brady will rule "Yet again."  Although I do recall a certain almost perfect season that was spoiled...
Tom holds a grudge...