Charlie Pierce thinks so:
http://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2018/02/28/charlie-pierce-the-twilight-patriots-dynasty-has-finally-arrived/4HxBBZIQDxxS0ZJWz3eKTK/story.html
Starting a new thread because we are in the dog days of the offseason. Plus, there has been a continuing drumbeat of the themes first outlined in the Wickersham piece and summarized by this piece. To recap, the reports say that there is some level of friction between:
For all the strurm und drang, there's still a lot we don't know -- and the team has made some moves to shore things up (retaining McDaniels in particular) that suggest things may be getting back on track. But given what we do know--particularly the "will he or won't he" that has been Gronk's offseason (supplemented by reports from Curran, who I trust)--I have a hard time waving this all away as media-driven noise, as many here did when ESPN first ran its piece this fall.
How serious do we think this is? Is Brady going to play for another 5 years under this regime? Or are things going to come apart before he gets the chance?
http://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2018/02/28/charlie-pierce-the-twilight-patriots-dynasty-has-finally-arrived/4HxBBZIQDxxS0ZJWz3eKTK/story.html
Starting a new thread because we are in the dog days of the offseason. Plus, there has been a continuing drumbeat of the themes first outlined in the Wickersham piece and summarized by this piece. To recap, the reports say that there is some level of friction between:
- Kraft and Belichick
- Belichick and Brady
- Belichick and Guerrero
- Belichick and Gronk
- Belichick and the players
- Players and the training staff
For all the strurm und drang, there's still a lot we don't know -- and the team has made some moves to shore things up (retaining McDaniels in particular) that suggest things may be getting back on track. But given what we do know--particularly the "will he or won't he" that has been Gronk's offseason (supplemented by reports from Curran, who I trust)--I have a hard time waving this all away as media-driven noise, as many here did when ESPN first ran its piece this fall.
How serious do we think this is? Is Brady going to play for another 5 years under this regime? Or are things going to come apart before he gets the chance?