Sunday, January 5, 2020
Will Tom Brady Stay with Patriots or Move On?
After falling to the last-place and rebuilding Miami Dolphins at home for their final 2019 regular season game, eliminating themselves in the process from a first-round bye in the playoffs, the New England Patriots made an early exit from the playoffs yesterday evening as they lost in their fog-shrouded home stadium in the first round 20-13 to Tennessee. The Titans were led on the field by ex-Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill, who was aided by a fierce running attack headed by Derrick Henry and a solid offensive line...elements that already-legendary Patriots quarterback Tom Brady sorely lacked in his own team this year. Brady has been known to be willing to forgo the big paycheck he deserves in favor of having those needed players on the field around him to bolster his offense...the Pats let him down this year. Consequently, with Brady as a free agent now, talk is going around that he will either go to another team to seek a higher level of pay or to one that has that supportive offensive cast of players he demands and needs. After all, look at Tannehill's lackluster performance in Miami when he didn't have a quality roster around him and how well he took to Tennessee, a franchise that knows how to build a team from the inside out. I'd like to see Tom Brady go to a team outside the NFL East so I can support him...being a Dolphins fan for better or for worse, I view the Patriots, Bills, and Jets as the "enemy". Brady is 42 and not likely to be playing for much longer...seeing that he already has nine Super Bowl appearances and six championships to his credit, I'd be surprised if he doesn't either go for a very financially lucrative short-term contract with another team or just remain with New England with assurances of them bringing in higher-caliber teammates. I strongly doubt that he will announce his retirement after such a dubious ending to his playing career, his last pass being a pick-six interception...
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