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Belichick’s Belichick Gone?

This is good news for the 31 other NFL teams and their fans. Ernie Adams is extremely low profile but is regarded as an absolute football genius in analyzing a game. Don't know if you ever noticed but there was always a phone marked "Ernie" right next to Brady on the sidelines. Ernie could quickly distill what was happening and give his feedback during a game, if needed.

From Wikipedia - Adams joined the NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS in 2000 not as a coach, but as "Football Research Director." Adams fills a variety of roles for the team. On gamedays, he assists the coaching staff from the press box, advising Belichick on which plays to issue a replay challenge. He also assists the scouting department in preparing for the NFL Draft in the spring, and builds the team's player value chart for the draft. Finally, Adams works on special assignments for the coaching and scouting staffs, which typically involve breaking down game tape. In 2007, as part of Spygate, it was revealed that Adams received tapes from a "third camera" that recorded opponents' defensive signals from a location on the sideline, in violation of a league memo issued by commissioner Roger Goodell. Belichick confirmed this was the case, but said that they were only a small part of the "mosaic" that were the Patriots' offensive game plans at the time.
 
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rickd13 said:
It's not like New England is all that great at drafting. It's that Brady covered for a lot of mistakes for many years.
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Don’t know about that. He didn’t draft a boat load of HOFers, but all those hybrid players playing multiple positions over the years won a lot of SBs. They drafted fine
 
Belichick drafted well for a long time. He played the Cap well. There was probably some back door stuff with Brady, allowing them to pay other players.

For several years now though, they have drafted ****, despite their draft grades. Punk ass brady saw the writing on the wall and left to a team that was stacked and won another championship. TB wins nothing else, and neither does NE, for a long time. I rejoice. Praise Science!

Edit: I crack your skull, like a clam on my belly.
 
EasyRider said:
Don’t know about that. He didn’t draft a boat load of HOFers, but all those hybrid players playing multiple positions over the years won a lot of SBs. They drafted fine
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Every year the so called draft experts gush over their drafts and they always seemed to have plenty of them because of trades and compensatory picks, but their success rate is no better than average. Brady was the ultimate mistake eraser.
 
The good news is not they’ll be missing his draft acumen, but BB made it sound like Ernie was retiring altogether. The draft is not his strength. Game planning and shady stuff is. And if that’s gone, that’s good for everyone except the Pats. Which is good for us.
 
Malleyo said:
The good news is not they’ll be missing his draft acumen, but BB made it sound like Ernie was retiring altogether. The draft is not his strength. Game planning and shady stuff is. And if that’s gone, that’s good for everyone except the Pats. Which is good for us.
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Ernie was the mastermind behind the illegal taping and deflating and blah blah blah all of the **** the cheatriots did? Let's hope he had no mentor.
 
New England mastered the concept of quantity when it came to picks. The always traded back to get more picks. This also meant they missed a lot on their selections. Easily covered up by having the GOAT at QB. I’m surprised more teams don’t do the same, collect many 2nd and 3rd round picks to give yourself a better chance of getting impact players than one first round pick.
 
Patriots had a good draft. Santa Clause was on their side as quality players fell into their laps.

Having said that, Belichick has not fared well without Brady.

Only 4 seasons as a Pats coach has he not made the playoffs. 3 of them were the 3 seasons Brady didn’t start.

Only has 2 winning seasons and 6 losing seasons without Brady as starter.

Overrated.
 
The Patriots have quantifiably been one of the worst drafting teams for a decade and even before that their drafts were often bad, but saved by a great player at the top like Vince Wilfork, Seymour or Gronk. Some of his high picks were hilariously bad.
Almost Seahawks level awful.

Most of the guys he won with initially were guys already on the roster when he got there--Faulk, McGiniest, Bruschi, Milloy, Law, Johnson, Woody and bolstered by trades like Harrison, Dillon, Welker, Moss, etc. Brady's genius was the difference. The Mac Jones experience is gonna be comical.
 
AdamD13 said:
Patriots had a good draft. Santa Clause was on their side as quality players fell into their laps.

Having said that, Belichick has not fared well without Brady.

Only 4 seasons as a Pats coach has he not made the playoffs. 3 of them were the 3 seasons Brady didn’t start.

Only has 2 winning seasons and 6 losing seasons without Brady as starter.

Overrated.
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Any draft that starts with Mac Jones at number 15 is going to suck bawls like the Patriots do.
 
Joe Dolfan said:
Belichick drafted well for a long time. He played the Cap well. There was probably some back door stuff with Brady, allowing them to pay other players.

For several years now though, they have drafted ****, despite their draft grades. Punk *** brady saw the writing on the wall and left to a team that was stacked and won another championship. TB wins nothing else, and neither does NE, for a long time. I rejoice. Praise Science!

Edit: I crack your skull, like a clam on my belly.
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he went to a 7 and 9 team that had been terrible for 20 years
 
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