Phil Elliott
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Right on the money. There's a palpable lack of understanding regarding how winning teams are built, how consistently winning teams are almost always cases of the whole being greater than the sum of the individual parts and that even the greatest players (and no one has ever been greater than TB) can't win championships alone. No one can convince me that there isn't a substantial generational aspect to this phenomenon. I also firmly believe that many, many of the "Brady did it all on his own" crowd very likely never experienced success on winning teams in their own athletic lives. Most of us who were fortunate enough to have had that experience on high school and collegiate teams realize that the phrase "no one individual is bigger than the team" isn't just some overused, hackneyed saying. It's the truth.I agree with those three parts. The middle games were awesome, but it looks like Mac hit the rookie wall, or his brain finally said NO MAS. He should be fine next year.
And I think you're right about Brady-era fans. They like winning (who doesn't) but just don't understand how rare the last 20 years have been. None of them would have survived the 2-14 and 1-15 seasons. To me, making the playoffs every year was something special. To them, not winning the superbowl was a failure of a season. Last year making the playoffs with a rookie QB wasn't an amazing season for them. They need someone to blame for the "failure."
They get so angry, so personal, so out of control. They already scream at not getting their way. I'm waiting for a couple of them to hold their breath until they turn blue.