Not true at all. I think he's extremely overrated, but I don't dislike him personally as a player. I was rooting for SF last night.
I think the idiotic hand-wringing I've been subjected to by casual smoothbrained Pats fans about how they should have kept him has been annoying as hell, and it's somewhat gratifying to see it reinfornced keeping Brady over Garoppolo was the obvious and correct decision. That's one argument I won't have to be subjected to ever again. He was awful last night. And having seen that I've concluded that he's never going to be good enough to lead his team to a SB. I could be wrong, but that was my takeaway. Others may feel differently.
I really HATED all the assumptions idiots made that Jimmy was OF COURSE going to lead NE to many SBs if we only traded Brady. Hated hated hated hated that. And Jimmy's performance last night put that shit to bed, permanently.
Nobody, and I mean nobody, hated the Jimmy G. draft pick more than I did. I remember that thread in 2014, and I'll bet someone could super impose it on the new Tom Brady thread about his future and it would look very similar. When they drafted Jimmy G. in 2014, people were saying they were planning for the future, Tom was almost 37 years old and who knew how long he would last, even though he was under contract until 2017. The team had a ton of holes coming out of the 2013 season, and I felt like that pick was better used towards other needs than drafting a backup QB who, at best, would only see the field if Tom retired after 2017, or at worst, would only see the field if Tom got hurt before then.
On top of that, it led to what has now become 6.5 years of debates and arguments about whether or not they should move on from Tom, keep Jimmy, etc.
Anyone paying attention in 2013 knows that Tom Brady was the same guy he was in 2012, or 2010 or 2007. His numbers in 2013 fell off a cliff because, wait for it, he had nobody around him. Gronk missed most of the season, and he was left with Julian Edelman, Amendola, Kembrel Thompkins, and Aaron Dobson. Their offense was extraordinarily predictable because any time you had Ridley or Blount on the field, they ran, and any time they had Vereen on the field, they threw. Of course, Vereen got hurt and missed half the season, and they were left with Brandon Bolden as their "scat" back (and apparently they still think hes fast enough to return kicks 6 plus years later, but I digress).
If any of the above statements sound familiar, they should, because it is basically exactly what went down with the offense in 2019. So, let's get into some numbers:
In 2012, with normal weapons at the skill positions, here were Brady's numbers, 4,827 yards, 34td's, 13ints, 98.7QBR.
In 2013, with a barren set of weapons, his numbers were 4,343 yards, 25tds, 11ints, 88.0 QBR.
He, of course, goes on to win 3 Super Bowls from 2014-2018, but let's fast forward.
In 2018, with normal weapons at the skill positions, here were Brady's numbers, 4,355 yards, 29td's, 11ints, 97.7 QBR
in 2019, with the worst set of skill position players and slowest offensive weapons in the league, he goes for 4,057 yards, 24tds, 8 ints and an 87.7 QBR.
I would love to know what people thought they saw in 2013 and again this year in 2019 that led them to believe that Tom Brady isn't the same guy he was in 2012 or in 2018? Because I don't see it. I see the same guy, doing the same things, but every 6 or so years, he's stuck doing it with inferior players around him. That's one of the reasons I hated the Jimmy G. pick at the time and one of the reasons I hate the idea of moving on from Tom right now. If you send Brady out there with a competent group of offensive personnel around him, and he puts up 2013 numbers or 2019 numbers, then so be it, I'll buy into the "you need to move on and plan for the future..." argument, but folks weren't right when that argument was made after 2013, they weren't right when that argument was made after 2006, and as of right now, I don't know why people think that argument is right in 2019. Other than the "he's going to be 43 years old," what else are people seeing?
I hate Jimmy G. for the aggravation he's caused me over the last half decade plus. I'm glad he got exposed last night because of that, although I wish SF had still won the game, because fuck the Chiefs and their fans. I'm not rational about this, and I don't give a fuck. Rant over.