~2020 NFL Season Thread~

[Mdot21]

Detroit Lions supposedly considering PJ Fleck. 

[Mdot21]

Saw this on Cowherd, Patriots Offense in 2019 vs 2020 - mind you this is basically the same exact roster on offense with actually probably a better RB room and OL in 2020...

#7 ranked scoring offense in 2019. 

#28 ranked scoring offense in 2020.

2019 Brady stat-line: 
24 TD, 8 INT, 253.6 Pass Yards Per Game, 88.8 QB Rating. 

2020 Cam stat-line
5 TD, 10 INT, 172.5 Pass Yards Per Game, 78.9 QB Rating.


Belichik has now won less than 46% of his games as a head coach without Tom Brady- and it's now only the 3rd time since 2001 that the Patriots have not made the playoffs. They missed the playoffs in 2002 after going 9-7 following their Super Bowl victory in 2001, and they missed the playoffs in 2008 when Brady tore his ACL in the opening game of that season and missed the entire season. 

I think he's a great defensive coach, for sure. Greatest coach ever? I don't think so. I'll always say Bill Walsh. Walsh was a terrific GM and he invented an offensive system that revolutionized the NFL and he still has disciples of his using that offense today. Plus he's had countless coaches under his tree leave and have success and win Super Bowls at other places. Belichik? He's a horrible GM and sucks at drafting players, every single coach he's ever had under him that's left New England has been absolute horseshit, and having Brady- the greatest QB to ever play the game for 20 years covered up a lot of his warts.

[MrNubbz]

But Tom made great strides under BB also.Took some nads to bench Bledsoe and hand Brady the reigns.And BB could recycle and coach up NFL cast offs.Crappy evaluator of collegiate talent over all,tries to make things work that just won't

[FearlessF]

Bledsoe's ripped sternum benched him

[MrNubbz]

I mean when he returned

[ELA]

I mean when he returned

I thought he did go back to Drew initially, but he was terrible

[Mdot21]

I thought he did go back to Drew initially, but he was terrible

No, Bledsoe didn't even get a chance to compete for the job after he came back healthy. There was a huge controversy over it at the time. Bledsoe split reps in practice with Brady the week he came back from the injury, but Brady still got the start. The Pats lost that game, and then the following week Belichik said Brady is our starter, we're not splitting reps- Drew is our back-up, Brady is our starter- and it was all she wrote from there. The Patriots never lost another game again and rode that wave all the way to the Super Bowl.

Belichik sticking with Brady actually took a lot of balls. Bledsoe was the #1 overall pick in the 1993 NFL Draft, and his arm had been compared to Marino and Elway coming out of college. Bledsoe lead the NFL in passing in 1994, lead the Patriots to the Super Bowl in 1996, had made the Pro Bowl in 1994, 1996, and 1997, and had just signed an at the time record $103 million contract in 2000. Dumping Bledsoe for a 2nd year player drafted in the 6th round was ballsy. Not very many coaches would've done it.

[MrNubbz]

The Patriots never lost another game again and rode that wave all the way to the Super Bowl.Perhaps you mean that season

 Dumping Bledsoe for a 2nd year player drafted in the 6th round was ballsy. Not very many coaches would've done it.That's basically what I was saying the two complimented each other well

[ELA]

Browns drought over with a 2 point win over the Steelers' 4th preseason game squad

[ELA]

Never thought I'd watch the Cowboys be actively screwed by the refs repeatedly with the playoffs on the line.  Seeing how the other half lives.

[ELA]

Never thought I'd watch the Cowboys be actively screwed by the refs repeatedly with the playoffs on the line.  Seeing how the other half lives.

Ope, never mind

[Kris60]

Fox with the best shot of a bottom of a scrum for a fumble I’ve ever seen.  Somehow they got a clear shot of the Giants RB under a pile securing a fumble.

[MarqHusker]

Some years 6-10 gets you a top 10 pick, this year it may get you a home playoff game.

[Mdot21]

Browns drought over with a 2 point win over the Steelers' 4th preseason game squad

Steelers started off 11-0. Went 1-4 down the stretch. Wow. Not a good sign. You want to finish the year 4-1 with momentum going into the playoff. They’ll be a one and done in the playoff and bounce out immediately.