With the news this past weekend of Tom Brady having impregnating his ex-girlfriend, Bridget Moynahan, whilst jaunting around the globe with his current girlfriend, über-model Gisele Bundchen, Ian and I decided to give my roommate Rob, an unapologetically biased Jets fan, a forum in which to discuss his feelings towards Tom Brady in a potentially reoccurring piece called: From a Jets' Fan's Perspective. The premise behind FJFP is that Rob will get to air his sour grapes on any subject without argument from us. In this edition of FJFP, Rob presents his skewed views on Brady while referring to Chad Pennington as a "potential Rhodes scholar" without even a hint of irony. Enjoy:
So, on the news that Tom Brady now shares a little something in common with Willis McGahee, Shawn Kemp, and Chance from "I love New York", I, the disgruntled Jets fan, thought it would be a good time to take a step back and perform an unbiased analysis of this era in Patriots history (I tried to find a clip of the Jets injuring Bledsoe... alas, youtube let me down).
First off, let's go back to the 2000 draft, in which Brady was the 199th pick, behind such quarterbacking luminaries as Spergeon Wynn, Tee Martin, and Giovanni Carmazzi. Of course, the Jets were too busy selecting a potential Rhodes scholar to be bothered with a part time collegiate starter. Anyway, as shown, Brady's credentials were worse than that of a Patriot league player. Not the best way to get a career started.
Fortunately for him, he landed on the soon-to-be juggernaut Patriots and lucked his way into becoming a starter. More importantly, he ended up with a smart coach and a stifling defense, leading me to my main conclusion: Tom Brady is a system quarterback. With such great coaching on both sides of the ball, all he has to do is not screw up. Frankly, Tee Martin could've continued to one-up Peyton Manning if he went to the Patriots instead of riding the pine on the Steelers. At least he has the public appearances to fall back on. More importantly, as a regular reader of this blog, I wouldn't have to read mock plays like this one (scroll down).
I guess my point is, Tom should be thanking his lucky stars that he landed into the perfect situation, as he was a few picks away from completely different fate.
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Ever notice how every great QB has been called a "System Quarterback" by jealous fans from rival teams?
Reading this post was worse then watching Nate Robinson in a dunk contest.
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