The Brady era finally ends (sort of)

Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

As bizarre as it gets.

I never expected it. I've been dead wrong on a few sports things of late (never believed Diggs would be traded), but top of the list was my absolute certainty that Brady was never going to leave the Patriots, that it was basically just a story ESPN and their ilk were using for hype.

Sounds like Belichick made it so. So he's the one who blinked. Those 2 have been so intertwined that I doubted either one had the balls to try to win on their own.

I can see why. The Patriots were 10-5 without Brady in 2008 and went 3-1 during Brady's Deflategate suspension. Every time the Patriots DID win a title they had an elite defense.

Now Brady goes to a Tampa team that does have some offensive weapons, but has a bad defense and is in a tough division.

If we have a 2020 NFL season this will clearly be the biggest story to see how Brady does. I think ol' Tommy is in for a rude awakening. His decline last year was sharp, but he still had a top defense to carry him to wins. And aside from the Bills, the AFC East was again putrid.

The Saints will again be a top contender for a super bowl. Brady never faced a team like that in his division before. Carolina could be sneaky good with Teddy. And Atlanta still has the talent to be good. There are no bottom feeders for Brady to fatten up on anymore. Plus Tampa has to face the NFC North. And the Chiefs. This won't be like most of his years in New England where he was basically guaranteed about 8 or 9 wins every year with easy schedules. 

Depending on what the Patriots do at QB I would bet the Patriots still win more games than Tampa next year. 

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