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.
Not fat enough.
Bill has always been a slightly above average head coach who lucked into a few more super bowls than he deserved. He isn’t an awful coach or anything, but he’s also nowhere near one of the best.
This is a fair and correct assessment.
I think your post belongs in r/nflcirclejerk
Just take it from the fans of teams that had to play him every single year, twice a year. He’s a defensive mastermind, who got fairly lucky getting a QB like Brady, but probably would’ve been a very successful coach even without him. Together they were simply unfair
Bill took Matt Cassell to an 11 win season. Matt Cassell.
Reality is they kept pushing back the cap and bad contracts while Brady was there and it took time to clean that up. He whiffed on the QB which is killing him. Wouldn’t be shocked if he trades or signs a vet QB. Shit might see DJ there next year
Bill the GM is bill the coach’s worst enemy.
Belichick is a great coach, but he’s not a take vendor. Since he spent his entire career treating the take writers with disdain, he shouldn’t be shocked these same people aren’t being overly charitable to him now. That’s just common sense.
Personally he seems like a pretty miserable dude, and as a hater of nepotism I’m really enjoying watching his sons fail.
Help me out. FIFTEEN TOP TEN defenses, I don’t get it.
Belichick is a great coach but the question is he the GOAT head coach and the jury is still out on that. Other head coaches have had great success with multiple qbs. Bill hasn’t had that yet. Bill still has time though.
Bruh Belicheck is just waiting ominously for an opportunity to show how much more tricks he has in the bag.
one poor season
*seven poor seasons
Agreed the disrespect is genuinely baffling to me, you don’t see anything like this with pop during the spurs recent bad years for example. Idk wtf is going on
has gone*. Please.
I think I would maybe try hiring a GM first and let BB focus purely on coaching. His drafting isn’t exactly amazing, and he hasn’t hit on a ton of really good FAs lately. It’s clear that his coaching isn’t the problem, in my opinion.