What you did not enjoy his explanation of his Brady ranking (which doesn't matter)?BS_SoxFan said:Barnwell is horrible. His "defense" of his NFL Trade Value column, which was terrible, is everything you would expect from him. Just the worst mix of smartest man in the room attitude crossed with arrogance/smarminess crossed with a willingness to move the goal posts and keep changing his various theses to defend his terrible. It's amazing that Grantland has such high quality basketball (Lowe) and baseball (Keri) writers, yet they continue to trot this clown out as their supposed NFL expert.
"If anything, people underestimate just how far Brady fell last year. Sure, he also didn’t have much to throw to thanks to injuries and off-field chaos, but he had a more effective running game and a far better offensive line than Ryan. He had his worst completion percentage since 2003 and his worst and fewest yards per attempt since 2006 — and after Rob Gronkowski suffered a torn ACL against the Browns, Brady simply couldn’t move the ball well at all."
I mean, Brady is now obviously terrible. I bet if we took away the best TE in the history of the game from other QB's along with his none rookie weapons, they would be able to move the ball fine. How can you give the exact reason his numbers dropped, and then say none of that matters?
I was hoping his Patriots hate was just an act from last year and he would find a new direction to go with his "planned" analysis, but apparently that is not the case. I am going to need to find a new podcast to fill my commutes with.
He showed so much promise and then became a terrible writer so quickly, to bad Grantland will never find a replacement as I am sure a monkey writing on the NFL and receiving the same page placement could generate similar page views.