2019-20 NFL coaching carousel thread

I know, I know, that was a scorching hot take on my part! Brady has never played outside Foxborough, though, and when he wasn’t Tom F’n Brady and just some sixth-round pick from Michigan who got hot late in the season and the playoffs, he was protected by Belichick. In 2001 Belichick was the bad guy for benching Bledsoe, and Brady could fly under the radar and play.

Brady plays in a town where he will be worshipped until the end of time. Sure Dolphins or Chargers or Bears fans will recognize his greatness, but once he has a couple of those 17-for-31, 231-yard, 1-touchdown, 1-pick games like he sometime does, the tide turns quickly and the Belichick bubble won’t be there to protect him.

 

I'd probably be more inclined to pick up Brady if McDaniels was part of the package. Curious how teams are evaluating the 2020 qb class with Lawrence and Fields out there next year - and more than a few decent "stop-gap" options available. For whatever reason - we're getting close to "peak QB" era where every team has a designated QB of the future (for now) on the roster. The NFC East and West seem to be set at least for the next couple of years, then the exceptions are the Bengals, Colts, Dolphins, Chargers, Bears, Panthers and Bucs - which could all gain a "franchise" qb in the next draft or pickup a Bridgewater, Newton, Dalton or other.

 

Fairly sure his legacy is in place, but sure.

 

You never stop with your QB stuff.

 

Of course it is. Never said otherwise.

 

Your Belichick bubble is ridiculous.

 

Gronk helped elevate the stats of the later years of Brady’s career more than anything.

Brady was still good, but healthy Gronk might be the best TE ever.

 

Brady is 42. The last 5 years are all gravy when you compare his age to other quarterbacks. And his worst year in a decade is 12-4 with a wild card loss.

His bar is set so much higher than other qbs, it is insane.

 

Brady was on his way to a Hall of Fame, all-time great career before McDaniels arrived in New England and it's not like he suddenly sucked the three years McDaniels was with the Broncos and Rams. McDaniels isn't going anywhere without a head coaching job and given the piss-poor job he did with the Broncos and the lack of integrity he showed with the Colts, I would never want him in that capacity.

Brady finally looked human this season and suddenly people seem emboldened to go after him. It was all Belichick. Gronkowski propped him up. McDaniels is the secret sauce. Not that all of those guys weren't part of Brady's success. Of course they were. If I had to lean toward giving one guy the most credit for what the Patriots have done, it would be Belichick over Brady, but this is getting a little silly.

 

It isn't so much the coaching of Brady, but having someone to ease the transition for Brady - Brady could help players adjust to McDaniels, McDaniels could help players adust to Brady.
I do think its moot though - it isn't like the Pats have anyone breathing down his neck, it isn't like he or the team have a better shot at another ring if he plays elsewhere.

 

The fastest way to an NFL head-coaching job is by being an NFL coordinator, not a Pac-12 coordinator.

 

I'd take Tom Brady for about 12 different franchises pretty darn quickly. Works hard, demands a lot of young receivers and has the cachet to do that, not a locker room lawyer (wants things the way he wants them for himself, but isn't some big instigator), not a big media leak/source type.