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Actually, I'm surprised. I assumed he would not be on the 53 man roster, but I didn't think he'd retire.

Oh, well. Kind of slim at the position.
 
Wow.

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Pats playbook claims yet another.

In a way I look forward to the day’s post Brady.

It’s hard enough finding the 1% of the top 1% athletes in the world. Now they need mentally capable AND willing to do it for less than $6 mil per?

It’s almost easier finding a leprechaun riding a unicorn.
 
Dwight Schrute said:
Pats playbook claims yet another.

In a way I look forward to the day’s post Brady.

It’s hard enough finding the 1% of the top 1% athletes in the world. Now they need mentally capable AND willing to do it for less than $6 mil per?

It’s almost easier finding a leprechaun riding a unicorn.
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I don't think Brady had anything to do with this one. Brady does not make the playbook and if a receiver does not get it, or in Deckers case, cannot show enough to stay on a team that is very thin at wideout, not sure post Brady is going to make the team better.
 
PatsFanLisa said:
Actually, I'm surprised. I assumed he would not be on the 53 man roster, but I didn't think he'd retire.

Oh, well. Kind of slim at the position.
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Patriots71 said:
I don't think Brady had anything to do with this one. Brady does not make the playbook and if a receiver does not get it, or in Deckers case, cannot show enough to stay on a team that is very thin at wideout, not sure post Brady is going to make the team better.
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Shut the 12 in the sky Brady signal down. It’s ok.

My point was nothing will change with TB here. Possibly they change from this cerebral beast of a playbook with the next guy.
 
Dwight Schrute said:
Shut the 12 in the sky Brady signal down. It’s ok.

My point was nothing will change with TB here. Possibly they change from this cerebral beast of a playbook with the next guy.
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Decker couldn't catch. I don't care if they had a Pop Warner playbook, he wouldn't be here.
 
TommyD420 said:
Decker couldn't catch. I don't care if they had a Pop Warner playbook, he wouldn't be here.
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He never could catch. His career catch % is a lousy 59% and he's barely out of his prime.

I was a bit surprised the Pats signed him but...he looked good in a uni and there was also Jesse. In the end, he couldn't run, make crisp cuts or catch, 3 things an NFL WR has to be able to do. He's given way to younger more athletic guys.

Only 5 of the first 21 WRs drafted drafted in 2010 are still in the league:
1. Damaryius Thomas (hanging on for dear life in Denver)
2. Golden Tate (the guy BB should have drafted)
3. Emmanuel Sanders (the guy BB should have offered more to)
4. Andre Roberts (return specialist now w/ the JETE; doubt he makes the team)
5. Antonio Brown (195th pick; who knew?)



2010 was the year the Pats drafted Taylor Price in the 3rd round. :suicide:
 
His hands sucked, true, but I have also heard multiple radio peeps saying he was having a clear difficult time knowing his assignments and getting in sync. Zo mentioned it just this past week.
 
Dwight Schrute said:
His hands sucked, true, but I have also heard multiple radio peeps saying he was having a clear difficult time knowing his assignments and getting in sync. Zo mentioned it just this past week.
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Again, decker not being here has nothing to do with brady. Its not his playbook. Brady has to run the system like everyone else.
 
Dwight Schrute said:
His hands sucked, true, but I have also heard multiple radio peeps saying he was having a clear difficult time knowing his assignments and getting in sync. Zo mentioned it just this past week.
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I heard that, too, but it was a coincident factor, not a deciding one. He was toast regardless.
 
chevss454 said:
He never could catch. His career catch % is a lousy 59% and he's barely out of his prime.

I was a bit surprised the Pats signed him but...he looked good in a uni and there was also Jesse. In the end, he couldn't run, make crisp cuts or catch, 3 things an NFL WR has to be able to do. He's given way to younger more athletic guys.

Only 5 of the first 21 WRs drafted drafted in 2010 are still in the league:
1. Damaryius Thomas (hanging on for dear life in Denver)
2. Golden Tate (the guy BB should have drafted)
3. Emmanuel Sanders (the guy BB should have offered more to)
4. Andre Roberts (return specialist now w/ the JETE; doubt he makes the team)
5. Antonio Brown (195th pick; who knew?)



2010 was the year the Pats drafted Taylor Price in the 3rd round. :suicide:
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This is why you don't pay WRs $20mm/yr unless they ARE Antonio Brown, who can play inside, outside, has breakaway speed, competes for every pass, and is also a top-notch punt returner. Best receiver in the league in my mind, and even he's now on the wrong side of 30.

How much money has Demariyus Thomas stolen from the Broncos, for example?

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Oswlek said:
I heard that, too, but it was a coincident factor, not a deciding one. He was toast regardless.
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This. :coffee:
 
TommyD420 said:
This is why you don't pay WRs $20mm/yr unless they ARE Antonio Brown, who can play inside, outside, has breakaway speed, competes for every pass, and is also a top-notch punt returner. Best receiver in the league in my mind, and even he's now on the wrong side of 30.

How much money has Demariyus Thomas stolen from the Broncos, for example?

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This. :coffee:
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Absolutely. And in my mind Antonio is worth every penny.

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Patriots71 said:
Again, decker not being here has nothing to do with brady. Its not his playbook. Brady has to run the system like everyone else.
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Seriously man. Nobody said anything about Tom.

Read a book, watch a movie, shut off yer phone. Get to know your neighbors or family.

Look,Brady is absolutely the Greatest Of All Time.

But you are just being nutz.



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Patriots71 said:
Again, decker not being here has nothing to do with brady. Its not his playbook. Brady has to run the system like everyone else.
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There’s literally dozens that have come thru that never grasped the playbook.

And it is inherently his playbook(Brady’s). It’s an almost guarantee we’ll see a different offense when Tom’s gone because the only thing harder than finding WRs to work in it is finding a QB capable of running it.
 
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