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  • January 4, 2018 at 10:47 pm #79944
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    Tom Brady went to Robert Kraft demanding Bill Belichick trade Jimmy Garoppolo, Brady-Kraft-Belichick era may soon end: report

    ARI GILBERG
    NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Thursday, January 4, 2018, 8:20 PM

    http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/brady-kraft-demanding-belichick-trade-garoppolo-article-1.3738501

    Talk about a Bomb Cyclone.

    ESPN is preparing to publish a bombshell report Friday exploring the power struggle brewing in Foxborough among Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft — according to Boston Sports Media Watch.

    Revealed in the story is the claim that Brady went to Kraft behind Belichick’s back demanding the team trade backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo.

    According to Boston Sports Media Watch, the story will highlight how the rift between Brady, Kraft and Belichick has become so severe that some Patriots personnel believe this may be the final year together for the trio in New England.

    ESPN’s Sarah Spain later confirmed the validity of Boston Sports Media Watch’s report.

    Brady has frequently aired his desire to play until he’s 45 and finish his career as a Patriot. The fact that Brady didn’t appear ready to retire any time soon led to the Patriots having to make a decision on Garoppolo’s future with the team. The Patriots ultimately traded the backup quarterback to the 49ers for only a second-round pick, leading many to question Belichick’s decision-making.

    Belichick has historically had no trouble moving on from older veterans, having previously traded Drew Bledsoe and Richard Seymour and releasing the likes of Ty Law and Vince Wilfork. Belichick has also long been fond of Garoppolo leading some to speculate he may prefer to deal Brady and stick with Garoppolo for the long term.

    This report now sheds light onto the fact that may very well have been the case.

    If the trio behind the Patriots dynasty do break up, Belichick would most likely be the odd man out as Kraft won’t sell the team any time soon and it seems unlikely Brady is going anywhere.

    January 4, 2018 at 10:53 pm #79945
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    ESPN story about Patriots coming

    Mike Florio

    ESPN story about Patriots coming

    Patriots fans and ESPN have had a contentious relationship in recent years. It could soon be getting more contentious.

    PFT has confirmed, as reported by Bruce Allen of Boston Sports Media Watch, that ESPN will publish a new story about the Patriots on Friday. The focal point reportedly will be the relationship between quarterback Tom Brady, coach Bill Belichick, and owner Robert Kraft and, specifically, the existence of a rift among the three central figures in the 16-year run of unparalleled NFL success.

    Allen contends that the ESPN report will explain the struggle flows from the question of which member of the trio deserves the most credit for the franchise’s success, and that the report suggests the rift is so severe that this could be the last year that the three men work together. According to Allen, the ESPN report also claims that Brady went to Kraft to force the trade that sent Jimmy Garoppolo to the 49ers.

    A source with knowledge of the ESPN report tells PFT that the ESPN report will not contend that Brady tried to force a trade. Beyond that, the specifics of the report aren’t currently known.

    Whatever the specifics, it’s inconceivable that the Patriots would have traded Garoppolo if they had any doubt about Brady’s desire and/or ability to play for the team in 2018. The trade happened presumably because Garoppolo was unwilling to sign a contract that would have paid him high-end backup money until Brady finally retires.

    But even if the team believed there was any chance that Brady would leave, voluntarily or otherwise, after the 2017 season, the smart play would have been to let the next several months play out. If, ultimately, Brady hadn’t retired and the Patriots had decided not to use the franchise tag on Garoppolo in order to kick the can into 2019 (or for an attempted Matt Cassel-style tag-and-trade), the Patriots could have allowed Garoppolo to walk away as a free agent, setting the stage for a third-round compensatory pick in 2019 — which isn’t dramatically lower than the second-round pick they’ll get in 2018 as a result of the Garoppolo deal to San Francisco.

    Putting it another way, if the Brady-Belichick-Kraft partnership were careening toward some sort of critical mass, there would have been no reason to dump Garoppolo in late October for a 2018 second-round pick. Instead, the right move would have been to wait it out and to make decisions about Brady and Garoppolo after the season ends.

    January 4, 2018 at 10:56 pm #79946
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    The above 2 reports contradict each other on some key points.

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    January 6, 2018 at 2:16 pm #80005
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    This soon spells the end of the Patriots run. My wish, we meet them in the Super Bowl, beat them and we are the ones to end their run.

    January 6, 2018 at 2:25 pm #80007
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    JackPMiller wrote:

    This soon spells the end of the Patriots run.

    Depends on which story is true.

    We don;t know yet.

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