LACHAMP46
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Finally....And it's not Jared hate either, still think the kid is a great young QB. IMO that's where you're veering off the road man, in linking this early playoff game in his career with what you think his ceiling is.
Go back and watch the Patriots playoffs in 2001. Their defense made stop after stop when needed, in true Belichick fashion, while Brady did a good job of not turning the ball over/hurting his team. Brady was no tractor in that playoff series, but look deeper. That team gave up 13 to the Raiders, 17 to the Steelers, and 17 to our Rams en route to a Super Bowl win. And now everyone looks back at the magic of Tom Brady and how he won that Super Bowl with that last drive to allow for a game winning FG, when in truth had the Patriots defense not been able to keep us down as much as they did he would have looked positively Goff-like with his 20 ugly points (Goff threw 2 shoulda-been TDs at the end) in a losing affair.
It's about defense man.
Merl....our defense played pretty good...considering....we're NOT dominant...probably several drafts away to become top 5 in a 3-4.....I thought they played fast...and did the bend but don't break thing...I hate that, but with our speed at corner thats all we could hope for. Tree is playing with one arm...Barron isn't an ILB....I know son of bum know more about football than my grandma...but putting Barron at ILB is asking for problems. I still wonder what did Joyner and Johnson do in this game to receive such high grades from PFF??? Oh well....
I barely remember what Brady did....in the Raiders game....or ours....but....BUT I do remember what he did in that last drive...that led to the FG...that beat one of the GREATEST RAMS TEAMS EVER!!! Lost a lot of money on that game...real money...it why I like using ROD$$$ now...LOL...Clutch as hell....throwing dimes...outs....lasers....It made me go and try and find tape on him at Michigan....don't think draftbrakedown was around....but when I did see some film, I saw a winner....Brady was so good in Michigan films, that I'd assumed chad henney would be the next Marino...LOL....Brady had always...ALWAYS...worked magic and won BIG GAMES....for my secret haters in here, when I was listening to QB interviews, I heard how Wentz said, "I'm a winner....:blah:" and I believed it when he said it....Goff said something like, "I turned around a losing program...." Sounded unbelievable....fake...rehearsed...Anyway, Brady has always SHOWN...IN THE CLUTCH...HE'S A MONEY PLAYER....I looked at his combine....I was always into the combine...think he ran a 5.2....built like a...he was more cheerleader than player...but the guy has always won....at Michigan...he won...winning matters....against REAL TEAMs...don't beat Air Force and tell me, you're a winner.
Defense needs to get a lot better to carry a guy that's missing throws....yeah, some were completed, but had they been put a lil further in front...YAC....lil more out there TD....need someone that FEEDs the best players on the team...not best "friends" on the team.
Belicick is a great defensive coach...I remember how he turned that wr into a cb & in a week the dude was making plays...Belichick is better than son of bum, he can get more outta marginal players...he's an expert in game planning...they always make great, in game adjustments....he plays players to their strength, not where they seem to fit...he loves power players....big linemen...huger lbs....speedy corners....old school....you find me a Barron on Belichick's defense...he aint gonna be a LB....he gets LB's....Jamie Collins was one(loved his combine)....and makes positions for them...Turned Willie Mac into a stud...Vrabel....Teddy Bruski....Can we get a dominant defense? Had one it 2000....haven't SEEN a dominant Rams defense in almost 20 years....I think we have too many small guys....mixed with too many slow guys behind them...son of bum is doing his best, but we need strength up the middle, then more speed on the edges and corners....JMO