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ESPN to drop story tomorrow at 8 AM on power struggle in Pats organization

Posted on 1/4/18 at 7:42 pm
Posted by Tigerfan56
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Posted on 1/4/18 at 7:42 pm
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Per Bruce Allen.

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Source: ESPN readying new hit piece on Bill Belichick, Tom Brady and Robert Kraft set to publish tomorrow morning at 8am. The topic will be a power struggle among the trio as to who deserves the most credit for the dynasty.


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The article claims that the rift is so severe many Patriots feel this is the last year together for the trio. Also that Brady went to Kraft to force Belichick to trade Jimmy G. ESPN is planning a full day of promotion tomorrow for the article and its author @SethWickersham



Posted by DelU249
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Posted on 1/4/18 at 7:44 pm to
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Posted by Lsuhoohoo
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Posted on 1/4/18 at 7:49 pm to
Belichick to LSU?
Posted by mrbayoublu
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Posted on 1/4/18 at 7:49 pm to
I would love nothing better than to see the Pats organization implode. Power breeds arrogance, and arrogant power people eventually consume each other.
Posted by hg
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Posted on 1/4/18 at 7:50 pm to
Slow news in the sports world

ESPN trying to make something out of nothing

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ESPN is planning a full day of promotion tomorrow for the article and its author @SethWickersham


This post was edited on 1/4/18 at 7:52 pm
Posted by rintintin
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Posted on 1/4/18 at 7:52 pm to
ESPN is such hack journalism at this point.

They just know they'll have nothing to talk about when the Pats run through the playoffs again, so they're making up a storyline now.
Posted by hg
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Posted on 1/4/18 at 7:53 pm to
Yea this drops right before the playoffs.
Posted by RedRifle
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Posted on 1/4/18 at 7:55 pm to
Except that other outlets are also reporting the same thing. Your anti-ESPN virus is so strong
Posted by wildtigercat93
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Posted on 1/4/18 at 7:55 pm to
Yawn
Posted by JohnnyRebel
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Posted on 1/4/18 at 7:56 pm to
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Sounds like fake news


I prefer the term 'RatPoison'
Posted by RightHook
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Posted on 1/4/18 at 8:01 pm to
brady shakes his dick at belichick every morning when he parks on the front lawn.
Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 1/4/18 at 8:03 pm to
Isn’t Friday the worst day to drop a juicy story?
Posted by Jcorye1
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Posted on 1/4/18 at 8:10 pm to


Belichick and Brady just go out of their way to get recognition.

Posted by Walking the Earth
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Posted on 1/4/18 at 8:12 pm to
I would love to read something good that destroys the Patriots but this seems like warmed over, twice baked bullshite.

Kraft is the owner so he gets his due credit as the guy that was smart enough to hire Belichick and get out of his way. Kraft never pretended to scout players or design plays.

Even if there is a Belichick versus Brady struggle (and I doubt it), that will sort itself out in due time because Belichick can coach for the next decade plus so he has plenty of time to show everybody how he can consistently do without Brady.

This seems like a story for 2020 or 2021 when Brady would still want to play but would probably be holding the Patriots back.
This post was edited on 1/4/18 at 8:14 pm
Posted by Pedro
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Posted on 1/4/18 at 8:16 pm to
That team wouldn't be humming along like it is if there were that many problems there
Posted by wildtigercat93
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Posted on 1/4/18 at 8:16 pm to
Whatever the spread is next week, I'm loading up on the Pats. They'll come out swinging just as a big eff you to ESPN and the globe
Posted by AlexTheGreat
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Posted on 1/4/18 at 8:16 pm to
So Tom Brady in the middle of a season at which point he had a 22-2 td to int ratio, went to kraft and said force belichick to trade jimmy g?

Fact is pats were not gonna pay jimmy $24 mil in a franchise tag and there was no way they could have gotten rid of brady with his level of play at the time. So it was either let him walk for nothing or get something in exchange and atleast help him out by sending him somewhere with a good coach/gm
Posted by Jcorye1
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Posted on 1/4/18 at 8:18 pm to
I could easily see Jimmy G come back to the Pats after a franchise tag or two.
Posted by Colonel Flagg
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Posted on 1/4/18 at 8:19 pm to
Brady is awesome, but it isn’t like he doesn’t have peers. He was not carrying shite to the Super Bowl all those times.

It is definitely Belichik.
Posted by Pedro
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Posted on 1/4/18 at 8:19 pm to
This story seems like a huge reach. Like I don't buy a word of it

ETA: I don't think Brady and Bill are best friends or anything but the problems being that bad is a huge stretch
This post was edited on 1/4/18 at 8:24 pm
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