Franchise Quarterback

Courtesy of The Athletic Written by Sam DeCoste If I were to tell you at the beginning of last season that DeAndre Hopkins would be a Cardinal, Stefon Diggs would be a Bill, Todd Gurley would be a Falcon, Philip Rivers would be a Colts, Teddy Bridgewater would be a Panther, and Tom Brady would be a Buccaneer, you would have laughed at me. But this is the alternate Madden-esque reality which the NFL will be in 2020, with a number of brand value names playing in different uniforms. Even the great Tom Brady has parted ways with the Patriots, and DeAndre Hopkins was shipped out of Houston for a roll of toilet paper. This offseason could mark one of the most historic periods of transition for the NFL and define the trajectories of more teams than ever before.  Now that the first wave of free agency has died down, we have a chance to breathe and break down the biggest transactions of the first week of NFL free agency and determine who are the winners and losers of the ...

Well, this is going to take some getting used to. Tom Brady has left the New England Patriots, and will be taking his Hall of Fame services down south. Brady is signing a multi-year deal with the  Tampa Buy Buccaneers. The Buccaneers officially announced the signing of Brady on Friday morning. Brady's contract with the Patriots ran up following the 2019 season, and neither party entered true negotiations to renew his deal. Brady announced his decision to part ways with the New England Patriots on social media.  In his 20 years in New England, the former sixth round pick won 17 division titles, 9 AFC Championships, and 6 Super Bowls, among a laundry list of accolades. But for a perennial champion and the widely heralded G.O.A.T. (Greatest of All Time), Brady's tenure ended on a sour note in his final season. The Patriots lost four of their last eight regular season games in 2019, and they fell to the Titans in the Wild Card Round, their worst finish to a season ...