Listen, i’m not saying his time isn’t coming to an end at the elite level. But one poor season in 23 years does not call for some of the revisionism occurring here lately. Arguably, the defences he’s still producing (2022, 2021, 2020) have kept the Patriots from rebuilding properly. It isn’t easy in this league to escape from 8-8 hell without a franchise QB.
“Brady made him”. You can use whatever stat you want here, but let’s use the most basic one. Points allowed per game. Of course there are influences here. Time of possession, special teams, ability to generate turnovers. But at its most basic level this is what determines the result of a game.
Brady had 20 seasons as a Patriot. He had a top 10 defence in 17 of them. In 3 super bowl victories, the Patriots played 3 of the top 15 offences in NFL history. 01 Rams, 16 Falcons and 18 Rams. 17 points, 22 points(pick six), 3 points. Even throw the record breaking 04 Colts in there, 3 pts. If we change to PTS per drive, he still has 15 top 10 defences!
Manning had 4, Rodgers had 3, Brees had 2. All three had great ball security and time of possession.
Is Brady the GOAT, yes. His consistency in clutch moments puts him ahead of the likes of Peyton and Rodgers. Did he make Bill the greatest defensive mind in history, no!
Brady record when scoring 20+in the playoffs: 32-4. Rodgers is 12-9 in this statistic for a direct comparison.
Average finish in points per drive among notable QBs
Brady: 9th
Rivers: 15th
Peyton: 18th
Rodgers: 18th
Brees: 20th
Mahomes: 20th
And we are trying to pretend Bill didn’t give Brady a significant advantage over his peers? Another 2 super bowls as a DC.
But it’s really fair to want Bill gone at this point. Non pats fans see this only as “one bad season” that’s happening right now, but actually it’s second awful season and a lot of bad stuff overall over a lot of years. BB is a bad GM in terms of drafting and signing offensive talent. And you can’t just make Bill stick to coaching and give up roster building fully to someone else. Yeah, he showed flashes here and there telling everyone he’s still a great coach that can win with a bad team, but it seems like he can’t build a good one anymore. I mean, Mac played one season with no offensive coaches (Patricia and Judge are just a couple of shits who had some good coaching years but on defense and special teams respectively) and almost two seasons with no oline. Oh, and the best pass catcher this team has had since Gronk left was Meyers (well maybe Hunter Henry) and all the others were pure shit or Kendrick Bourne (who missed most of the last year because Patricia has beef with every player that calls him out for being a shitty coach). But Bill doesn’t want to address the needs. I don’t see him giving up even an inch of his power and change in his approach that clearly doesn’t work if you don’t have an elite QB who can overcome bad roster around him. And that’s why Belichick has to go