phinfan40353
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When the Pats would not stubbornly re-sign Welker, I said then they were making a bad organizational move. Gronk can't stay healthy and Hernandez has had health problems, as well. You do not escort a valuable piece to your organization out the door without a rock solid plan.
This only highlights how terrible their plan was flawed. Outside of Brady, they have pinned the design of their offense around 2 players who have not proven they can stay on the field. They cut ties with a guy who wanted to play for them who actually has no equal except Megatron and one or two others in the league over the past 4 or 5 years. A player who's never been questioned for his toughness, professionalism and willingness to do anything you need him to do. You replace him with, quite simply, his antitheses and pin the hopes of the franchise on them.
There are financial moves and then there are franchise moves. They wanted Welker to be a financial decision. In fact, it was a franchise decision. This single decision has begun the downslide of Brady's career. He'll still be Brady, but we all know what it is like to watch an icon slowly erode as the organization slowly takes away key piece after key piece pinning more and more responsibility on him to be the sole reason you win or lose. The Pats won Super Bowls built around the team concept with interchangeable parts. They are withering because they have slowly made individual moves that have eroded their franchise's model. Pride for pride sake. Saying you don't need someone just to show them the door doesn't make their importance to your organization vanish.
It is officially our time. How we handle this opportunity decides the fate of this franchise for the next 10 years. We have the pieces. We have rebuilt ourselves with a vision. It's time to execute the plan.
This only highlights how terrible their plan was flawed. Outside of Brady, they have pinned the design of their offense around 2 players who have not proven they can stay on the field. They cut ties with a guy who wanted to play for them who actually has no equal except Megatron and one or two others in the league over the past 4 or 5 years. A player who's never been questioned for his toughness, professionalism and willingness to do anything you need him to do. You replace him with, quite simply, his antitheses and pin the hopes of the franchise on them.
There are financial moves and then there are franchise moves. They wanted Welker to be a financial decision. In fact, it was a franchise decision. This single decision has begun the downslide of Brady's career. He'll still be Brady, but we all know what it is like to watch an icon slowly erode as the organization slowly takes away key piece after key piece pinning more and more responsibility on him to be the sole reason you win or lose. The Pats won Super Bowls built around the team concept with interchangeable parts. They are withering because they have slowly made individual moves that have eroded their franchise's model. Pride for pride sake. Saying you don't need someone just to show them the door doesn't make their importance to your organization vanish.
It is officially our time. How we handle this opportunity decides the fate of this franchise for the next 10 years. We have the pieces. We have rebuilt ourselves with a vision. It's time to execute the plan.
