Posted on 01/06/2020 6:10:45 PM PST by conservative98
Westgate sportsbook vice president of risk Ed Salmons, for instance, believes the odds Brady will play with the Patriots next season currently sit around minus-500, or he’ll retire.
“He’s not going to the Chargers. That whole talk is nonsense,” Salmons said, via the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Todd Dewey. “If he’s going to play, it’s going to be with the Patriots.”
And Salmons isn’t the only one that feels that way, either.
“There’s no chance (Brady plays for another team). I’d make him a big favorite to come back to the Patriots,” said Sunset Station sportsbook director Chuck Esposito. “I know other players like (Joe) Montana, (Peyton) Manning and (Brett) Favre all finished with other teams. But the relationship between (Patriots owner Bob) Kraft and Brady is different.”
In fact, Esposito seems to believe Brady’s got more than just a year left in the tank.
“I think they’ll give him a two- or three-year deal,” he said. “Their defense is still really good. They just need to improve their skill position players.”
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Agree.
“Worked out for Jim Plunkett”
Yeah but the Raiders did the right thing. They gave him two years to heal physically, mentally and emotionally.
Fred Belitnekoff once said that Plunkett was a mess in every way when the Raiders signed him.
The guy who was the team doctor at the time didn’t believe Plunk had another game, much less a season, left in him.
The Raiders gave him time to heal and he gave them Two Superbowl trophies.
But a team that does as well as they did while being 26th in the red zone, if they can fix that one problem, is going to do serious damage. The big surprise to me is that Belichick didn't get it fixed. I think he expected more out the receivers he either picked up or already had and put in - that is - he misjudged their potential, which is rare for him.
This season's ending is on Belechick, and if Brady BELIEVES Belichick can't or won't fix it, he'll leave. You could see the frustration eating at him for a long time. That makes life no fun, and Brady doesn't need to not have fun. I think he'd do almost anything to stay UNLESS he doesn't believe they are going to succeed getting him enough weapons.
And Brady doesn't need the money like those guys did. In his case, it would be all about ego.
think Wayne Gretzky...
Yea he sat on the bench for another bad team, San fran
Originally he was a Patriot
BTW - He has 6 rings. What are you going to say about that one???
I'm not sure what you mean by that one, but for his 6, it is arguable that Vinatieri got him the first two, Tom helped a lot on the third, Malcolm Butler got the fourth, Atlanta's implosion got number #5, and Tom helped on #6.
I'm not a hater...the guy obviously has skills, and candidly the fact that everyone EXPECTS Brady to win it in the 4th quarter is a testimonial to his greatness.
But to chalk it ALL up to Brady isn't fair, either. Indeed, if Butler doesn't make that interception or if Seattle called for a running play instead, maybe he has only three rings - which is still great, but not a dynasty.
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