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Alex Smith Calls Out Tom Brady for NFL Diss, Playing in 'Uncompetitive' AFC East
(bleacherreport.com)
this post was submitted on 28 Nov 2023
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The "Diss" runs secondary or tertiary to the comment that Brady had just won a super bowl in the "current game". Alex made a valid point there that's going to be lost in the comment that Tom played in a historically uncompetitive division, which is also technically true.
I think both scenarios exist where Tom was great and the division sucked, in fact I'd even just call that our version of reality. At no point however, did I feel Tom Brady as a Patriot was ever Mediocre.
Tom and the Pats were a major factor in the division sucking though. Constant ass kickings are demoralizing and lead teams to do drastic things.
Fire the coach, reach for players in the draft, get a new quarterback, trade for the star, overpay for the free agent, etc.
It also keeps players from joining his most direct competition. I admired Alex Smith with the 49ers and especially after his horrible injury. But the reality is that the premier free agents did not want to sign with a team that wouldn’t even make the playoffs because of Tom Brady.
I hear the arguments of "Well X QB doesn't want to go to a team that has Mahomes in the same division", and find that a bit ludicrous (see: Russell Wilson) but there are other divisions that are more wide open that don't have a Mahomes in it, where that QB has a better chance to win it. They have a better chance of making the playoffs.