Brady is “Enraged”
PFT – At least one person in the Tom Brady camp is not a happy camper about Brady losing his favorite wide receiver. Just minutes after the Broncos confirmed that they reached a two-year deal with former Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker, Tom E. Curran of CSNNE.com spoke to a source close to Brady who was “beyond enraged.”…
Spoke to someone close to Tom Brady. Beyond enraged at contract details that netted Broncos Wes Welker. “Disgrace” “disservice” were used.
—Tom E. Curran (@tomecurran) March 13, 2013
I don’t blame Brady one bit for being pissed. It can’t be easy to be the quarterback of an offense that just lost a guy who is a guaranteed 16 games, 115 catches and 1,200 yards. There aren’t many sure things in this life or in football, but Wes Welker is one of them. Plus you can’t blame Brady for being emotional about this. He was a great teammate and an impossible guy not to root for. But then again Brady reacted the same way about Lawyer Milloy, Willie McGinest, Richard Seymour, Mike Vrabel and a half a dozen others. We all did. It’s the normal, sentimental reaction. But running the most successful organization in all of sports isn’t about sentiment. We weep for Welker and curse the Patriots front office. We have that luxury. We have the luxury of not knowing what Belichick knows: that Welker’s departure, while tragic, probably wins games. At least by their calculations it does. This wasn’t some screw up on the Patriots part. They weren’t caught with their pants down or blindsided by some surprise offer by another team that came out of nowhere. This was calculus. They read the market, decided what they felt he was worth, and stuck to their number. For sure Belichick, Ernie Adams and Nick Cesario weren’t running around the office waving jazz hands around going “Ohmygod ohmygod whatarewegonnado whatarewegonnado????” As a matter of fact, Belichick was so panicked he spent Tuesday night on Twitter answering questions about the last book he read. You can question their judgment, but you can’t argue they didn’t know exactly what they were doing.
In any belief system, your faith gets tested and Belichickism is no exception. Take the Bible. I’ve always felt like there are two Gods in there, your Old Testament God and your New Testament God. The New one is all about love and understanding and forgiveness. The Old one is about suffering and sacrifice and punishment. The New Testament God is John Henry, giving 37 year old DHs coming off ankle surgery $28 million, a truck and a plague for home runs he hit in 2004. Belichick is Old Testament God, letting you sacrifice yourself, give him everything you’ve got, then striking your ass down whenever it suits him. Sure it’s cold, but you can’t deny it’s been effective. In Welker’s case, they let him lay it all on the line got the best years of his career out of him, then replaced him with a younger version of himself. Is Danny Amendola Wes Welker? No. But then again, Wes Welker wasn’t Wes Welker until he came here either. He went from 100 catches in 3 years in Miami to having 100 catches here every year before I started my Christmas shopping. And at the end of Amendola’s deal he’ll be the same age Welker is now. Brady and my and most people’s faith is getting tested again on this one, but right or wrong, it wasn’t personal, it was a football decision. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it now: In Bill We Trust. @JerryThornton1
no word from brady yet, the person close to him was the one enraged.
“The source close to Brady was “enraged.” I do not know Brady’s state of mind. Sorry for the confusion.” – Tom E Curran ……….
Brady is to worried about his image to actually speak out in public. Wes was a beast and still is..
Its not Brady who is enraged you fucking senile bastard he isn’t even in the country to be heard from.
9 years since the last SB win, does not make the “most successful organization.”
Brady dumped Bridget Moynahan for Gisele to go younger.
Bill dumped Welker for Amendola to get younger.
He should understand.
Hahaha the most successful organization in all of sports, that’s funny, where do you come up with this stuff?
If Brady really restructured his deal so the Pats could sign Welker, then he would have waited until a deal with Welker was done. Brady is a company guy and should be just as pissed at Welker for not taking the Pats deal if he is pissed at all at the Pats, which I doubt.
Usually the most successful organization in all of sports requires winning titles not regular season games, and not getting your ass kicked in the playoffs at home every year.
What a fucking crock of shit. Any retard that thinks Tom Brady re-did his contract with the Pats to make it more cap friendly exclusively for the purpose of resigning Welker needs to put their Joffa helmet on and take a ride on the short bus. You think you sit your star QB in a room and lie to him about your plans for the team going forward? That makes for a motivated team oriented player? Brady probably knew all along what Belichick’s plans were for Welker but of course he has to act shocked or pissed that the team let him walk. Think he’s going to tell the media “Ya, I knew they had no intention of resigning Welker, but fuck him, he wouldn’t have ever reached the level of success he’s had without me anyways. I’ll find someone else to get the ball to. Always fuckin’ do.” It’s a business and he knows it.
” But running the most successful organization in all of sports isn’t about sentiment.” Are you fucking serious?
Have you ever heard of the New York Yankees? Or The Celtics? Or the Lakers? All of which have had long stints of successful regular seasons and multiple championships in recent years. jerry at least be fucking reasonable.
All I got from this post was that John Henry gave Big Papi the plague, and that you don’t know how to read the news. Brady hasn’t said shit about shit, let alone Welker. Go away, Jerry, it’s hockey season.
Yeah Pres hadn’t started his Christmas shopping either
can we all agree that the Steelers are the most successful organization…this coming from a Jet fan (FUCK ME)
Jerry,
I’ll give you props on the A Few Good Men shout out. If Belichick ever had an equal in this world, it was Colonel Nathan R Jessup
What a bullshit report from Tom E. Curran. Someone “close to Brady” is pissed that Welker’s gone? Who cares?? It could be his fucking plumber for all we know. I don’t understand why this is newsworthy. I normally like the Dragon but this is him just trying to insert himself into a conversation that already has way too many voices.
“For sure Belichick, Ernie Adams and Nick Cesario weren’t running around the office waving jazz hands around going “Ohmygod ohmygod whatarewegonnado whatarewegonnado????” – that’s the best line in a Jerry blog ever! I actually laughed outloud
@elportnose … Why are you looking at just SB wins? How about playoffs/championships and SB appearances
You’re a fuckin idiot Jerry, Tom Curran acknowledge it was Brady’s friend who was enraged. You have the journalistic integrity of Ron Borges.
a colossal who gives a fuck. he’s gone. next.
Jerry you are a dumb fuck
Draft Ryan Swope
clearly the source close to Brady is Gisele. Duh
Lakers are the most successful franchise in sports.
Why are people so jealous of the Pats? If you can name another organization that has had the kind of success that they have had in a salary capped sport then please name them. THE STEELERS?!? Right, because their success has been more recent? What planet am I on?
“Belichick knows: that Welker’s departure, while tragic, probably wins games” – have you gone full retard, boy?
” But running the most successful organization in all of sports isn’t about sentiment”
The patriots are not even the most successful organization in the NFL jerry. The Steelers 49ers and Cowboys all have more Superbowl wins, while being tied with the Raiders with three. Please stop. Your homerism (?) degrades your actual football knowledge and writing skills.
“Not the most successful organization in the NFL”. . .there is no better advertisement that a man is a fool than to let him open his mouth.
Except for the fact that my sentence was grammatically correct…
Tom will be pissed when Gieselle tells him he is pissed, and not until.
How did john henry give someone the plague?
“….the most successful organization in the NFL”. They don’t have 13 titles like some other NFL organization, do they? What did I miss here?
your delusion does not help your credibility. show a little humility. you don’t question the departure of the most reliable receiver over the last half decade in order to pay more for a less proven guy? sure, maybe it does pan out and you get to pat yourself on the back from being so smart and taking a stab in the dark about him. but i hope he goes down in training camp after reading this bs. in this game if your not first your last, so join the party and dont act like such a dickhead
Black People. REALLY? Grammatically correct, huh? Patriots is capitalized, it’s a proper noun. As is Jerry, it’s a name. And, logically, you are off the grid. Jerry’s homerism (?) has absolutely no effect on his writing “skills”. Perhaps it has an effect on his credibility, but certainly not his skills.
@nutella, nobody talks about the Celtics’ 21 conference titles, do they? No. They talk about the 17 Championships.
I don’t capitalize the patriots or jerry on principle. And ok I’ll give you the skills, credibly point but if you really freak out over that, you’re probably someone I have no interest in knowing.
I’m not a huge fan of the move but I’m going to wait and reserve judgement until I see what they do with the rest of the team.
I don’t think Amendola is as injury prone as he’s made out to be. I worry more about joint and muscle injuries. Broken bones are more bad luck than anything. I agree that Welker’s very durable but don’t forget he shredded his knee without being hit. he only ended up missing one game because the next one was a playoff game and we lost, and then he had the entire offseason to recover. If the timing was different and that happened in week 2 and was gone for the season we’d think of him a little bit differently.
Seriously Thornton, what the fuck. Do your homework. Curran has been fighting people for the past 18 hours on twitter about the fact that it wasn’t Brady.
“But running the most successful organization in all of sports…” – aaaannnd that’s quite a broad statement there Jerry. Pats have been awesome since Kraft / Belichick, but if successful = # of CHAMPIONSHIPS won in your respective sport? Then it’s Packers, Yankees, Celtics, Canadiens for the big 4 of pro sports.
What a shame?!? I was so hoping that a dude with a name as witty as yours wanted to be my BFF..
Failed reading comprehension with flying colors did you Jerry? By the way, anyone hear the rumors that the Pats may be working on getting Victor Cruz, Larry Fitzgerald or Greg Jennings to New England? Of course not, because people are too busy putting words in Tom Curran’s mouth
Cruz can take his salsa elsewhere. Jennings is decent. I’d give up the farm for Fitzgerald. He’d have Nintendo numbers with Brady throwing him the ball.
I’m sure Giselle was happy about Welker leaving, do you think she wanted to hang out with Mrs Hooters 2007. Giselle thinks she is WAY better than that.
most successful organization in sports? they arent even in the top 5 in the nfl. the pats have lost 4 times in the superbowl. There are also 5 teams with more superbowl wins, and each of them have lost in the superbowl less than the patriots. boston fans are such fucking morons
WoW! Ummm, okay, we are now going to discredit them for Super Bowl appearances. History will remember the early 2000′s Patriots as one of the greatest runs in sports ever. The logic of some people is amazing. I suppose the Yankees suck too?! They’ve lost quite a few World Series along the way.
Is Ernie Adams the secret genius who keeps drafting duds for DBs and WRs?
this team is a team that has walls and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. whos gonna guard these walls. Felger? Mazz? You don’t want the truth because deep down in places you don’t talk about at parties, you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall
Take this blog down you dicklicker. Brady hasn’t commented on anything yet – it was the guy close to TB12 that was “enraged.” Completely irresponsible to leave this stuff up.
jonny – irresponsibility is the foundation of this site.
Welker was awesome. No doubt. I think he and his agent are pretty stupid though. They obviously completely misread the market out there. I’m not worried though. The Pats won 3 SB’s with receivers named “Givens”, “Coleman”, “Brown”, “Patten”, and on and on. Not worried.
He should be pissed.
http://aidanfromworcester.com/2013/03/13/new-pope-upstaged-on-big-day-pats-replace-welker-with-injury-prone-welker-jr-bob-kraft-is-ballin-on-a-budget/