Runninrams

Uh yeah, it was. Once he was with the team for a year and Belichick knew he had a good QB in Brady, the plan absolutely was Brady over Bledsoe even without the injury. Brady was outplaying him in practice and was a 7.5 mill savings in cap. The change was happening and has been reported on and proven in the years after. It's the same thing Bill did in Cleveland when he got rid of Kosar.

Suck for Luck worked

100% false. Bledsoe's injury only accelerated the timetable on Brady. The plan was already in place to have Brady as the starter and would've most likely been put in place for 2002.

Belichick with the patriots is 19-18 without Brady 2000: 5-11 2001: 0-1 2008: 11-5 2016: 3-1 Cassel is an average QB, not like he was some gutter scrub that went 11-5. Also, that 11-5 record was still 5 games worse than the prior year, and they missed the playoffs. Also, think its just a coincidence that the 2000 and 2001 teams were close to the same roster yet 1 was 5-11 and the other was 11-5 and won the Superbowl? There was 1 major roster change.....Brady became the starter If back ups having some success in NE detracts from Brady's success then Joe Montana must've been a JAG. I mean Steve Young was able to step right in and have a HOF career with the same system and team, so clearly it wasn't the QB driving those SF teams

except Moss. Moss's career was with Cunningham, Culpepper, Andrew Waiter and Aaron Brooks....stop me when you see a great QB listed. He only had 32 games with Brady. same for Megatron. He had Shaun Hill and Stafford throwing to him. Not horrible QBs, but not great ones either.

this, he played 2.5 years with Brady. in those 32 games he had 181 receptions, 2,757 yards and 36 TD (led the league in receiving TD both years)

it does require pre-snap reads, quick decisions and throwing to spots...you know, the things your QB has shown no ability to do

no, sorry. they handled it wrong. look at what Belichick did with Hightower this offseason. He was saying the same things about getting paid, etc. Bill kept him to the end of the contract and said "ok, go test the market. see what's out there". End result, Hightower found the money he thought was out there for him wasnt and he re-signed in New England

37 games 2,459 yards 16.1 ypc 17 td with EJ Manuel and Tyrod Taylor throwing you the ball are great stats. Guy has always been underrated by Bills fans with their panties in a twist over the trade to get him

2013 Bills...preseason game 1. EJ Manuel wows orchestrating a perfect drive. 9-9, 68yds and a TD. The Bills offense hangs 44 on the Colts..........

Detroit a few years ago: 4-0 pre-season 0-16 regular season enough said. the only thing you can take away from a pre-season game is injuries. this is like saying the Pats need to trade Gronk to make way for Jake Hollister because he just had 7/116 in pre-season game 1

self respect?

you're off base with Jason Taylor and Andre Tippett. Tippett was the 2nd most feared LB of the 80s after LT. He played the same style and was a force, just overshadowed by LT. 100 sacks for a linebacker is absurd and he was named to the 2nd team all 80s by the HOF. Jason Taylor is one of the premier DE/LB of the 00s, in his prime no one was feared more because he could change the game with a strip, pick or sack. 139.5 sacks 775 tackles 46 forced fumbles 29 recoveries 8 int 9 td 1x DPOY, 3x 1st team All Pro, 2nd team All 00s team by HOF Carter and Monk look worse now because of the explosion of passing in the game, but at the time they retired they were #2 and #3 in receptions and yards. That's a HOF'er

I mean, if you want to gloat about a win against a 3rd string rookie QB with detached ligaments in his throwing hand...then go for it

100% false. Blitzing Brady is the best way to guarantee a quick and painful death. He will march down the field all day if you blitz. The way to beat him is to get pressure up the middle with your front 4 only, and play press man. Have to get to him without taking bodies away from coverage, combined with the press man delaying the receivers enough to where he cant get the quick pass out before the rush gets home. Also edge pressure wont do it, he is too good at sliding around and stepping up in the pocket. In terms of the point of the thread....yawn. The Pats worrying about the Bills is like a hammer worrying about the nail

5 playoff teams gave up more yards than the Bills 4 playoff teams gave up more points than the Bills The Falcons and Raiders were worse in both categories

*McCoy

the rumors of baseball's demise have been greatly exaggerated. 2016 was the 16th year in a row the MLB set a record for revenue... 2016 revenues: NFL = 13 billion, MLB = 9.5 billion....next closest is the NBA at 4.8 billion

Taylor's rankings in QB stats: 2015: Comp% - 16th Yards - 23rd Y/A - 5th Y/G - 29th TD - 21st Rating - 8th Int% - 5th 4thQ Comebacks - 23rd GW Drives - 23rd 2016: Comp% - 19th Yards - 25th Y/A - 22nd Y/G - 27th TD - 24th Rating - 18th Int% - 8th 4thQ Comebacks - 26th GW Drives - 26th Picture is pretty clear here. 1st year they sheltered him and leaned on the run to cover for him (as you should) which explains the contradiction of a low Int%, high Y/A but very low Y/G, Yds and TD. In 2016 they put more of the offense on him and he failed to produce. Y/G, Yds and TD stayed in the bottom 5-10 range, and his Y/A plummeted. Taylor is a QB that can game stats like Rating and QBR, but in actuality is not a quality QB and is not able to shoulder the load of running an offense or being the focal point of an offense. This is best proven by his complete lack of 4th Q Comebacks and game winning drives. These are situations that require an offense to move quickly through the air when the defense knows whats coming. The slow plodding run based offense is good when you're ahead, but if you cant pass the ball and engineer quick scores you are cooked when you fall behind.

and the ability to read a defense pre snap and the ability to alter the play/routes off of that read and the ability to make a quick read and get the ball out in under 2 seconds and the ability to anticipate when and where receivers will be open and the ability to throw guys open and the ability to carry the offense when its winning time

you're completely ignoring yards...where all of the above average between 25 and 50 yards per game more than Taylor

you got your years mixed up. He won it in 2013. 3,357 yds and a 26/9 TD/INT, and rushed for another 539 yds. you also ignore that it was only Wilson's 2nd year in the league. Yet those 3,357 yards are still 300 more than Taylor has thrown in any of his 6 years in the league. The other difference is Wilson can throw. He makes pre snap reads, he goes through his progressions, he anticipates and throws guys open. He fully has the mental side you want in a top QB. And most importantly, he runs as a last resort...and even when he does run he keeps his eyes downfield and never abandons the chance to throw. Taylor cant/doesnt do any of that. edit: Flacco is like an Aikman. Average stats, but in that SB run he was lights out. 1,140 yds and 11 td to 0 int over 4 games

for all the crying about having to play the Pats 2x a year....its only 2 games out of 16. What's the excuse for crapping the bed in the other 14 games? 2 of which are gimme wins (Jets)

draught is the British spelling of DRAFT. It has nothing to do with the word drought, which is the one you were looking for

Persecution complex much? Sorry, but that was a pretty accurate and down the middle assessment of the Taylor situation. The management isnt sold on him and if they were they wouldnt have avoided being on the hook for the 30 mill and wouldnt have reworked his contract. Plain and simple. Frankly they are right to have doubts. He hasnt shown any consistently good/playoff caliber play as a starter and is in a prove it or get out year. At some point you have to admit he is what he is and move on