(09-10-2024, 10:57 AM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(09-10-2024, 09:11 AM)Caldrac Wrote: A lot of folks casually gloss over the fact that a lot of Tom Brady's early success was also married to a great defensive unit and great defensive mind being coached by Belichick. Plus some luck with the tuck rule, and, some pretty shady practices of cheating with spy gate. 

But, you go back to the early 2000's and late 2000's. I don't think Belichick ever had a defensive squad lower than rank five or eight at the minimum when they made those Superbowl run's. They also ran Corey Dillion into the dirt one season after he left the Bengals for his chance at a ring. 

At any rate, RB's should be drafted early when your team is built like a brick [BLEEP] house and you have no use for any other upgrade on the roster. This team has not had that luxury for decades, and, hopefully in the near future they figure this part of the equation out.

Early Tom Brady wasn't good.

Just look at their 1st SB run. He had 115 passing yards and no TDs against the Steelers and then in the SB, he had 145 yards and 1 TD.

In his first 10 playoff games, He had under 150 passing yards 3 times. He had under 250 passing yards 8 times. The defense held their opponents to under 20 points 7 times.