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Wow, not a single mention yet of - let alone a thread dedicated to - the undisputed GOAT Tom Brady. As an aside before I continue, I think in NFL the quarterback GOAT argument needs to be separated from the rest of the NFL GOAT because the position is so specialised, so important and so prominent and visible that it's almost unfair to expect the GOAT linebacker to be mentioned in the same conversations as Brady, Montana etc. It's a bit like where RL is going with the halves, and in AFL the increasing prominence of midfielders. But I digress.
So after the false start on Sunday morning (NZT) which I first became aware of on Fox Sports Radio with the host refering to it as 'Tom Brady Day', he's now officially pulled the pin overnight via Twitter. As a Pats and Brady fan I'm sad to see him go, but many won't be as he (and the Pats, certainly when he was there) were kind of in that 'I support Baltimore/Seattle/Dallas/etc and anyone playing Brady and the Pats' position. But I have one stand out memory and that's the SB comeback vs Atlanta. One of the greatest comebacks I've ever seen in any sport, and all the sweeter for all the grief and vitriol I was getting from mates via social media throughout the first three quarters!
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@shark said in NFL Season 2020/21/22:
Wow, not a single mention yet of - let alone a thread dedicated to - the undisputed GOAT Tom Brady. As an aside before I continue, I think in NFL the quarterback GOAT argument needs to be separated from the rest of the NFL GOAT because the position is so specialised, so important and so prominent and visible that it's almost unfair to expect the GOAT linebacker to be mentioned in the same conversations as Brady, Montana etc. It's a bit like where RL is going with the halves, and in AFL the increasing prominence of midfielders. But I digress.
So after the false start on Sunday morning (NZT) which I first became aware of on Fox Sports Radio with the host refering to it as 'Tom Brady Day', he's now officially pulled the pin overnight via Twitter. As a Pats and Brady fan I'm sad to see him go, but many won't be as he (and the Pats, certainly when he was there) were kind of in that 'I support Baltimore/Seattle/Dallas/etc and anyone playing Brady and the Pats' position. But I have one stand out memory and that's the SB comeback vs Atlanta. One of the greatest comebacks I've ever seen in any sport, and all the sweeter for all the grief and vitriol I was getting from mates via social media throughout the first three quarters!
we did that all a couple of days back man
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@shark said in NFL Season 2020/21/22:
As a Pats and Brady fan
of fucking course you are
jesus satire writes itself
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@kiwimurph said in NFL Season 2020/21/22:
What's crazy is that, whilst QBs can fall off a cliff suddenly, it feels like 44 year old Brady still left productive seasons on the table - he wasn't hanging on (i.e. Roethlisberger)
Nothing about Brady's career makes sense. He's that much fucking better than everyone else, including not getting hurt, it's not funny.
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@kiwimurph said in NFL Season 2020/21/22:
Washington new team name to be announced tomorrow.
By all accounts it's going to be the Washington Commanders.
sounds like a team from Any Given Sunday
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Also, Brian Flores is fucked
The league has proven over and over again you can do absolutely anything, and keep your place in the league
Absolutely everything except show the owners to be a bunch of old white racist motherfuckers.
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@mariner4life said in NFL Season 2020/21/22:
@shark said in NFL Season 2020/21/22:
As a Pats and Brady fan
of fucking course you are
jesus satire writes itself
Because of the amazing Phoenix Suns and Melbourne Demons dynasties I've also followed for the last 20-30 years?
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@shark said in NFL Season 2020/21/22:
@mariner4life said in NFL Season 2020/21/22:
@shark said in NFL Season 2020/21/22:
As a Pats and Brady fan
of fucking course you are
jesus satire writes itself
Because of the amazing Phoenix Suns and Melbourne Demons dynasties I've also followed for the last 20-30 years?
yes, them too.
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Reading more about Brady today, it's nothing i didn't already know, but sometimes just reading it blows your mind
The man has two HoF careers. It's ridiculous. You can split his career in half and put him in twice. Just sustained barely-believable success.
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@mariner4life said in NFL Season 2020/21/22:
Also, Brian Flores is fucked
The league has proven over and over again you can do absolutely anything, and keep your place in the league
Absolutely everything except show the owners to be a bunch of old white racist motherfuckers.
He can pull up a chair in the same hole as Colin Kaepernick
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@mariner4life I forgot the Rangers. Of the Texas variety. Blerk
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@mariner4life said in NFL Season 2020/21/22:
@kiwimurph said in NFL Season 2020/21/22:
Washington new team name to be announced tomorrow.
By all accounts it's going to be the Washington Commanders.
sounds like a team from Any Given Sunday
Commanders confirmed.
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@kiwimurph said in NFL Season 2020/21/22:
@mariner4life said in NFL Season 2020/21/22:
@kiwimurph said in NFL Season 2020/21/22:
Washington new team name to be announced tomorrow.
By all accounts it's going to be the Washington Commanders.
sounds like a team from Any Given Sunday
Commanders confirmed.
It doesn't totally suck
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@canefan said in NFL Season 2020/21/22:
After a season where Flores probably exceeded expectations, or at least didn't do nearly as poorly as a bunch of coaches, he got the sack much to the surprise of many pundits.
Well, Hue Jackson has come out and said he's got some evidence he was asked to tank as well.
Strap in folks, this shit could get real. The NFL lawyers are world class though, and have avoided discovery at all costs so far. Will be interesting to see if other folk join the class action suit.
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@nzzp said in NFL Season 2020/21/22:
@canefan said in NFL Season 2020/21/22:
After a season where Flores probably exceeded expectations, or at least didn't do nearly as poorly as a bunch of coaches, he got the sack much to the surprise of many pundits.
Well, Hue Jackson has come out and said he's got some evidence he was asked to tank as well.
Strap in folks, this shit could get real. The NFL lawyers are world class though, and have avoided discovery at all costs so far. Will be interesting to see if other folk join the class action suit.
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Flores: Trust 'lost' with Fins after tanking offer
Brian Flores said on ESPN's Get Up that he refused to "disrespect the game" by taking Dolphins owner Stephen Ross' offer of $100,000 per loss in 2019 to secure a better draft pick.
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Jackson accuses Browns of incentivizing losing
Former Browns coach Hue Jackson said Wednesday on ESPN's SportsCenter that the Browns had a "four-year plan" that incentivized losing during the first two years which led to his 1-31 record during the 2016 and 2017 seasons.
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@canefan said in NFL Season 2020/21/22:
Flores: Trust 'lost' with Fins after tanking offer
Brian Flores said on ESPN's Get Up that he refused to "disrespect the game" by taking Dolphins owner Stephen Ross' offer of $100,000 per loss in 2019 to secure a better draft pick.
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Jackson accuses Browns of incentivizing losing
Former Browns coach Hue Jackson said Wednesday on ESPN's SportsCenter that the Browns had a "four-year plan" that incentivized losing during the first two years which led to his 1-31 record during the 2016 and 2017 seasons.
So they admit to taking inducements to lose. Well done fellas…
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@kiwimurph said in NFL Season 2020/21/22:
@mariner4life said in NFL Season 2020/21/22:
@kiwimurph said in NFL Season 2020/21/22:
Washington new team name to be announced tomorrow.
By all accounts it's going to be the Washington Commanders.
sounds like a team from Any Given Sunday
Commanders confirmed.
Can you imagine the time and money spent on googling every reference to Commanders, looking through history books, convening focus groups and committee after committee to ensure it doesn’t have even the slightest hint of anything attached to it.
