Otis Day wrote:Shea is just a piece. he gets about 30 snaps a game, contributes some, big deal. What is worse IMO is when people talk of Trent Dilfer being a starting QB on a Super Bowl winning team.
well he was
the fact he played a very minor role in the Ratbirds winning that Super Bowl is a point of discussion ... essentially, he was brought in to simply not screw things up for the defense, which was something Tony Banks, who was the starter at the beginning of that season, could not accomplish
Dilfer simply not screwing up does not qualify him for any sort of special accolade from that particular team, in fact he became the first starting QB to be cut after winning a Super Bowl ... but his not screwing up talent should not be dismissed as trivial ... many Bears QB's could not measure up to his standards in that regard
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Otis Day wrote:Shea is just a piece. he gets about 30 snaps a game, contributes some, big deal. What is worse IMO is when people talk of Trent Dilfer being a starting QB on a Super Bowl winning team.
Let's be real, had the Bears beaten the Colts, Rex Grossman would've been grouped in with Trent Dilfer because the make up of the '00 Ravens and '06 Bears was very similar. But we would've defended Grossman to death because the Bears had won.
Otis Day wrote:Shea is just a piece. he gets about 30 snaps a game, contributes some, big deal. What is worse IMO is when people talk of Trent Dilfer being a starting QB on a Super Bowl winning team.
Let's be real, had the Bears beaten the Colts, Rex Grossman would've been grouped in with Trent Dilfer because the make up of the '00 Ravens and '06 Bears was very similar. But we would've defended Grossman to death because the Bears had won.
instead we are left to despise Grossman because he was a key contributor to the loss ... and idiot boy Turner who's idea of a gameplan was to allow Grossman to be in that spot
Grossman's efforts are an indicator of what I was referring to earlier ... his inability to avoid major screwups make him less of a QB than Dilfer
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CRM 114 wrote:Either Phil Emery or Martellus Bennett and Shea will win a super bowl. Just another punch in the gut to us Bears fans.
Eh, doesn't bother me. Emery's basically back to being a scout, Bennett is depth and still a mouth-running jagoff, and Shea is a utilitarian guy who doesn't impact things.
They're all in lesser roles playing bit parts in the tales of two teams that have some of the best QBs in the business.
RustyTrombone wrote:i live in new england, and new england sports talk radio is literally the worst. if the pats lose they will eat themselves alive. SHOULDA PUT IN GAROPPOLO.
that was a wild assed game ... I think Blank jinxed the Falcons by doing the Jerry Jones stroll to the sideline before the game was over ... was funny watching his little trophy wife staring at him so if she knew whether to cheer or not
that 4th quarter was an utter disaster for the Falcons ... was pure suicide giving Brady and friends multiple additional chances
that catch by the Ewok on the tying drive was incredible ... more incredible was the officials getting the call correct at the time it happened
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I don't see how he retires. Patriots are primed for yet another run, and that would put cement on the cement Brady poured last night of being the most decorated QB ever. The way the NFL is now, it will be near impossible for a QB to ever win 5 rings to match Brady. Win a sixth, and he raises that pedestal he's already on above everybody else.
RING4CHI wrote:I don't see how he retires. Patriots are primed for yet another run, and that would put cement on the cement Brady poured last night of being the most decorated QB ever. The way the NFL is now, it will be near impossible for a QB to ever win 5 rings to match Brady. Win a sixth, and he raises that pedestal he's already on above everybody else.
I fully expect the Patriots to reload in whatever weak areas they may have and be back in the Super Bowl next year for Brady to get his 6th
whether or not he gets his 6th does not in any way diminish that he is the GOAT in my opinion
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Patriots running back James White’s got to go to Disney World, and he’s probably getting something new to drive when he gets home.
Via Mike Reiss of ESPN.com, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady suggested he plans to give the truck that comes along with his Super Bowl MVP trophy to White, just as he did with Malcolm Butler two years ago.
“I think James White deserves it,” Brady said Monday.
White might have deserved the trophy Brady was holding as well, after setting Super Bowl records with 20 points scored (three touchdowns and a two-point conversion) and with 14 receptions, and the small matter of capping the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history with his overtime touchdown run.
“He just does everything right, and you can never get mad at him,” Brady said of White. “Even when he doesn’t make the play, he feels worse about it than you do. He’s just the best teammate, an incredible player and has been that way since he really assumed that big role when Dion [Lewis] got hurt [in November 2015]. I’m so proud of everything he’s accomplished. I’ve seen him grow up as a rookie, to working his tail off and becoming a big factor in all these games. . . .
“It was a great performance by him when we needed it most on the biggest stage, and he really came through for us.”
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Two days later, it's still hard to believe it actually happened. That the New England Patriots stormed back from 25 points down to win their fifth Super Bowl; that Tom Brady threw for a Super Bowl-record 466 yards and secured his fourth MVP; and that Julian Edelman made that catch.
The Edelman Catch, or Ankle Catch, or Edel-Catch, or (insert clever name here) is still hard to comprehend, just from a physics standpoint, less than 48 hours after the wideout secured the impossible grab on New England's game-tying drive. Even Edelman had to concede that he was not entirely responsible for the miracle snag.
Edelman, flanked by coach Bill Belichick on The Tonight Show, told Jimmy Fallon on Monday that the catch, deflected by numerous Falcons and propped up by an errant leg, was "70 percent luck, 30 percent skill."
"After it all happened, I was kind of disappointed in my route, I'm not going to lie," Edelman said. "I should have stuck it a little harder."
Edelman's grab undoubtedly ranks among the greatest catches in Super Bowl history, if not the most skilled. David Tyree's helmet catch in Super Bowl XLII and Jermaine Kearse's forgotten juggler in Super Bowl XLIX fit into that category, with Tyree's probably taking the cake. Patriots fans will loudly argue otherwise.
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