Re: New England Patriots 2008- FINISH!

[nalduz12]

Anche io ho visto Macho Harris un pò di volte quest'anno (sempre grazie NASN!) e confermo che è proprio un bel giocatore in difesa e un buon ritornatore, non so poi se valga la pena della nostra prima scelta o se arriverà alla nostra seconda (non sono ancora in grado onestamente di capire i valori dei giocatori del college), ma sarebbe un'ottima addizione alle nostre secondarie

[joesox]

L'intera intervista a Tom Brady.

BM: And Tom Brady joins us on the telephone now. Mr. Brady how are you?

TB: Hi Bob, good afternoon.

BM: Good afternoon to you. I get the sense. Now we don’t know each other, but I get the sense that you’re a politically active if not interested guy. I wonder because we’ve spent a lot of time talking about yesterday and what an extraordinary day it was. I wonder if you were in front of your television all day.

TB: Yeah I think that most of America was watching yesterday and it was pretty incredible to see the turnout with over two million people there witnessing that. It was a historical moment and I think there are a lot of proud Americans and I think I’m happy to be alive to witness it all. It is all very exciting.

BM: You went to Africa in 2007 with a group that was organized by Bono, of course of U2, and Bono was part of the celebration the day before the inauguration. What was that like?

TB: It was great, it was great, I took my sister with me. Kind of on a mission to learn and listen and explore another part of the world, and it was one of the best trips that I’ve taken in my life. It’s created a new awareness for me and I’m always trying to share with my friends and family the experiences that I’ve had when I was over there. I hope to go back some day, hopefully in the near future I’ll take a trip back there and see if I can experience some other things that could really change my life.

BM: Just to seize on that point for a moment Tom, everybody knows your football career, but not too many people probably recall that you were cum laude at Michigan. If the president asked-

TB: (Laughs) There were a lot of athlete classes.

BM: Still the consensus is you’re a bright guy. If the president asked would you be interested, either post career or in the offseason, to try to get more of an African initiative going, or anything along those lines? That would smack a little bit of politics in but also might help the greater good.

TB: Sure, that’s why I took that mission over there. You know I think one of the great parts about, over my career, the attention you get, you use it for causes that you really believe in. I think that was one of the big benefits of going there, you raise some awareness, and there are a lot of people in this world that need a lot of help, and when you take a trip to Africa you realize that the level of poverty is pretty extreme, and if you can find ways to help and help people find ways to cure diseases it’s a really great thing, and it’s for the greater good of mankind. So I’ve always enjoyed that and I hope to continue to enjoy that.

BM: With Tom Brady, the quarterback of the New England Patriots. Before we get to some specific football stuff and the Super Bowl upcoming, what generally was it like, I’m sure difficult, to spend an entire football season virtually and not be playing?

TB: Yeah you know, you play this game long enough and s*** happens, so to speak.

BM: (Laughs) Yeah ain’t that true.

TB: The reality is that it happens to everybody and I’m in a new part of my career, and a different process that I’m excited about rehabilitation and different challenges. The tough part is you’re just not experiencing something that you love to do, but you get over that and you focus on what you’ve got to focus on, and you just say well I’m happy and I’m moving on and that’s what we’ve done.

BM: Over the many years that I’ve been doing this, I’ve talked to various guys who have been in your position, and you get a totally different response. My sense is that some guys are still absorbed, watch all the time, stay up with all the news, other guys tune it out completely when they can’t play. Which were you?

TB: I watched everything. I was the biggest cheerleader for our team (laughs). I mean it’s painful when you see our team lose, and I thought that we really had a great year. Being that we finished 11 and 5 it was tough to see us not make the playoffs, and the team that’s in the Super Bowl, the Arizona Cardinals, we beat by 40 points. I was disappointed along with the rest of our team and coaches, but you know it was what it was, it was a tough competition in the AFC this year. We’re going to try to make some improvements this offseason and see if we can make it back to being the division winner next year.

BM: Tom, looking at that blow out win over Arizona, does it surprise you that the Cardinals regrouped and managed to get themselves to a Super Bowl? Is there something going on in the NFL today that allows teams, that maybe don’t have the overall record, to just seize the moment? What’s going on out there?

TB: Well, I think a couple years ago the Giants, when they won the Super Bowl against us they were a six seed going in, the Cardinals weren’t playing their best football towards the end of the year, but you just get hot at the right time. They certainly have a lot of great players, I mean Larry Fitzgerald, anyone who has seen him play in this last three weeks understands he’s unbelievable, and I gain a new respect for him, I mean you don’t see too many Arizona Cardinals highlights on TV but when you watch him for a full game it’s pretty impressive what he can do. You know I feel that the NFL is extremely competitive from week to week and the rules that are in place are to bring everyone back to the middle, and a team like Arizona that has hasn’t ever been to Super Bowl, hey they have an opportunity and that’s the beautiful part of how the league is set up, the hope that it creates for each team at the beginning of the year. I think it’s pretty cool that Arizona is in it and they are going to play a great team in Pittsburgh that our team played as well this year.

BM: Speaking of your return, how’s the rehab going?

TB: It’s going really well, it’s going really well. You know anyone who has come back from injuries that require surgery, it’s just a process, you know there’s some good days and some bad days, and you’ve got to just keep plugging though them and that’s life, like I said things come up and you’ve just got to focus your energy and attention on all the positive things that you can gain, and it tests you in a lot of ways. Like I said I’m excited about the process, I’m excited about the workout, I have so many wonderful people that have helped me. I’ve said that I’m the most well taken care of knee patient in history, so I’m very very fortunate.

BM: (Laughs) Well to that end, I myself have gone through I guess four knee operations now, and not dissimilar to yours, anterior cruciate and medial collateral, and so I’ve sort of been there not obviously trying to get back to the level you’re at, but last September I was sent this product called Myo-Med, and I tried it and I had no real expectations of it, and I was surprised to find out that it actually worked.

TB: (Laughs) You’re surprised when you buy something and it works? It should work.

BM: Yeah, but you know yourself I mean, being an athlete you’re confronted with products from time to time that you look at and you’re skeptical, you know they make great claims but they don’t always achieve, at least for me, what they were designed to but this was a product that did, and then many months later I found out that you are also a spokesman for Myo-Med and have been using the product, and what have you experienced?

TB: Yeah, I mean you’re right I come across a lot of things over the course of my career and I have found something that has been great. I started actually using it a few years ago on my arm, I had some pretty bad tendinitis, and it was a product that I used and I really liked. It’s just over the last two years I’ve used on my ankle before the Super Bowl, I’ve used it on like I said on my elbow, and this year it’s been nice, it’s worked very very well on my knee. It’s just a great pain relieving cream and I’m glad, and hopefully people who hear this understand that if they have those aches and pains that it’s a really special product. Like I said, I’ve been fortunate to find it and I’ll be using it for the rest of my life.

BM: Did you traditionally ice your arm after every game? Or just when you felt you needed to?

TB: I always did when I was younger, I iced it a lot, and you know ice is a very important part of that. You know a lot of soft tissue work is extremely important, a cream like Myo-Med is extremely important for me, I use heat which is important, I mean there are all kinds of things that I’ve found that I’ve used that work for different reasons and at different times.

BM: This is a revelation for me because I am plagued with tendinitis issues, and I had no idea that there’d be something out there that could work on your arm.

TB: Just rub it on your jaw after a long day.

BM: (Laughs) After we’ve talked too much?

TB: Yeah I can’t imagine how sore those jaw bones get.

BM: I know there is no time set for you to come back, but when you do, the last two seasons it seems like there is an annual brain drain in relation to assistant coaches and coordinators and the like leaving New England. Does that make it difficult as a quarterback to come back every year and get everybody on the same page? And how do you think the Patriots will fair next season? Do you see people coming in the conference that could eventually rise to the level that you’re team has been at?

TB: Yeah I mean there’s change every year and I think you’ve got to get used to that in the NFL. I mean you look at Tony Dungy for the Colts retires, the head coach, and then you have the defensive coordinator I just saw, Meeks he retires. Every team deals with it, we’ve dealt with it about three or four years ago with our two coordinators Charlie Weis and Romeo Crennel, Eric Mangini left and this year it’s different defections, and there have been incredible coaches that have been a huge part of our success that get opportunities and people who work hard deserve those opportunities. You know they take with them all the great memories and experiences they’ve had from our team, and it’s the responsibility of the people who are still with the Patriots to worry about the Patriots. As long as we have Robert and Jonathan Kraft and as long as we have Coach Belichick, I always think we’re going to be just fine.

BM: We wish you good luck with the rehab, and we expect to see you on the football field maybe this summer and certainly by the fall, and thanks a lot for taking time for us tonight. And hopefully you’ll come back and see us some time as well.

TB: Yeah great talking to you guys. I hope you guys aren’t too cold up there.

BM: (Laughs) It’s plenty cold. We’re really cold.

TB: I’m sure it is.

[GoPats]

Oltre alle famigerate throwbacks il prossimo anno mostreremo un nuovo logo:



Mi piace molto! 

Comunque è stato intervistato anche Cassel che ha rilasciato delle dichiarazioni interessanti, che probabilmente non sono sincere, ma che se lo fossero potrebbero semplificare di molto l'offseason. In sintesi afferma che potrebbe rimanere anche altri anni ai Patriots, addirittura come backup.

Per questo non credo che siano vere le sue parole!  :D

[joesox]

addirittura come backup.

Io credo che Matt Cassel abbia dimostrato quello che vale, poco o tanto, a seconda dei vari GM.
Ed un posto da QB titolare lo troverà, secondo me.
Se anche facesse il backup - poniamo da novembre in poi - dimostrerebbe che ha anche spirito di squadra e sarebbe FA alla fine della stagione. Io però credo che ai Pats giocherà molto nel 2009. Magari Tom Brady non sarà pronto e forse sarà pure usato poco, anche quando sano. C'è incertezza, ma con Cassel per me sono in buono stato.

[chinasky]

dovevano guardare un pò più su...

Sempre più su sempre più su
Non vedo angeli nel cielo
Sempre più su sempre più su
Niente marie niente Gesù (cit)

[Doc. J]

Oltre alle famigerate throwbacks il prossimo anno mostreremo un nuovo logo:



Mi piace molto! 

Comunque è stato intervistato anche Cassel che ha rilasciato delle dichiarazioni interessanti, che probabilmente non sono sincere, ma che se lo fossero potrebbero semplificare di molto l'offseason. In sintesi afferma che potrebbe rimanere anche altri anni ai Patriots, addirittura come backup.

Per questo non credo che siano vere le sue parole!  :D

Piace molto anche a me

[Doc. J]

Io credo che Matt Cassel abbia dimostrato quello che vale, poco o tanto, a seconda dei vari GM.
Ed un posto da QB titolare lo troverà, secondo me.
Se anche facesse il backup - poniamo da novembre in poi - dimostrerebbe che ha anche spirito di squadra e sarebbe FA alla fine della stagione. Io però credo che ai Pats giocherà molto nel 2009. Magari Tom Brady non sarà pronto e forse sarà pure usato poco, anche quando sano. C'è incertezza, ma con Cassel per me sono in buono stato.

Perchè pensi che TB sarà usato poco anche quando sano?

[joesox]

Perchè pensi che TB sarà usato poco anche quando sano?

Perchè credo nel sistema Patriots.

Non dico che aver Brady o Cassel sia uguale, ma quando leggo che Welker quest'anno ha ricevuto 111 passaggi (secondo nella lega) per 1165 yds, mentre lo scorso anno aveva ricevuto 112 passaggi per 1175. Moss da 23 TD è passato a 11 (comunque terzo nella lega), ma lo scorso anno era stato eccezionale. L'attacco ha segnato 410 punti. Negli anni del SB vinto avevano segnato 371, 348, 437 punti.

Running Game.
Migliori Pats in 25 anni - 513 tentativi per 4.44 yds per tentativo. hanno segnato 25.6 punti a partita (secondi nella AFC).

11-5 è stato il sesto miglior record della NFL con un differenziale di +101, migliore di sette squadre che sono nei PO.

Quindi a me sembra che chiunque giochi l'attacco funziona.
E se Brady torna, o meglio quando Brady tornerà io penso che BB non andrà subito al 100% di snap per Brady. Ok che si devono vincere le partite, ma penso che lo userà con precauzione. E comunque con un infortuno del genere e con il recupero, mi pare di poter dire, lento, vedo Cassel giocare molto.
Ma non vedo problemi.

Il vero problema e la mia preoccupazione è invece la difesa.

[joesox]

Intanto Nick Caserio sembra che prenderà il posto di Scott Pioli. 

[Doc. J]

Perchè credo nel sistema Patriots.

Non dico che aver Brady o Cassel sia uguale, ma quando leggo che Welker quest'anno ha ricevuto 111 passaggi (secondo nella lega) per 1165 yds, mentre lo scorso anno aveva ricevuto 112 passaggi per 1175. Moss da 23 TD è passato a 11 (comunque terzo nella lega), ma lo scorso anno era stato eccezionale. L'attacco ha segnato 410 punti. Negli anni del SB vinto avevano segnato 371, 348, 437 punti.

Running Game.
Migliori Pats in 25 anni - 513 tentativi per 4.44 yds per tentativo. hanno segnato 25.6 punti a partita (secondi nella AFC).

11-5 è stato il sesto miglior record della NFL con un differenziale di +101, migliore di sette squadre che sono nei PO.

Quindi a me sembra che chiunque giochi l'attacco funziona.
E se Brady torna, o meglio quando Brady tornerà io penso che BB non andrà subito al 100% di snap per Brady. Ok che si devono vincere le partite, ma penso che lo userà con precauzione. E comunque con un infortuno del genere e con il recupero, mi pare di poter dire, lento, vedo Cassel giocare molto.
Ma non vedo problemi.

Il vero problema e la mia preoccupazione è invece la difesa.

secondo me non si valutano due QB esclusivamente con i numeri anche se capisco chi lo fa ,il sistema offensivo dei pats è vincente e questo è appurato,ma io vedo il Brady come vertice di questo sistema nel senso che è il giocatore che ci si affida quando la partita si mette male.
Sulla difesa non posso che essere d'accordo con te,il problema più grande è proprio quello ma forse abbiamo la persona giusta per poter affrontare questa restaurazione e cioè BB.
Sulla promozione di Caserio, penso sia stata la cosa più logica .

[GoPats]

Importante addizione nel nostro Front Office. Qualcosa inizia finalmente a muoversi!

Floyd Reese hired as a senior football advisor.

Ho letto che è stato per molti anni General Manager dei Titans e questo mi fa pensare che sia un'ottima acquisizione, soprattutto per instradare bene Caserio, che almeno così non si ritroverà solo a gestire il Cap, i contratti e tutte le altre questioni spinose.

Penso che ora sia stato tappato il buco lasciato da Pioli, quindi è facile che il prossimo obiettivo sia quello di rimpolpare il coaching staff.

[Doc. J]

Importante addizione nel nostro Front Office. Qualcosa inizia finalmente a muoversi!

Floyd Reese hired as a senior football advisor.

Ho letto che è stato per molti anni General Manager dei Titans e questo mi fa pensare che sia un'ottima acquisizione, soprattutto per instradare bene Caserio, che almeno così non si ritroverà solo a gestire il Cap, i contratti e tutte le altre questioni spinose.

Penso che ora sia stato tappato il buco lasciato da Pioli, quindi è facile che il prossimo obiettivo sia quello di rimpolpare il coaching staff.

letto ora sul nostro sito, ottima acquisizione Reese ha lavorato molti anni nei titans ed ha una esperienza trentennale nella NFL e laorerà con Caserio.
Bene così incominciamo a mettere le basi per la stagione del 50tenario

[all3n]

Qualcosa su Ted Johnson che ha raccontato la sua storia alla CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/26/at ... index.html

[assioma 2]

Nuova polemica bostoniana sul rapporto tra Brady e Giselle!  :lol2:
Brady is gone soft

Che bel pupino!!

[Tasco]

Nuova polemica bostoniana sul rapporto tra Brady e Giselle!  :lol2:
Brady is gone soft

Che bel pupino!!

ebbeh se fossi al posto suo sicuramente non direi di no....