Seven-time Super Bowl champion, five-time Super Bowl MVP, three-time single-season MVP, six-time Season Team, 15-time Professional Bowl, the Iron-Defined Future Hall of Fame, and the greatest player in rugby history in most people's minds, 44-year-old Tom Brady announced his retirement yesterday via his social media. The thing is whisked away, and the merit and name are hidden deeply.
Two years ago Brady transferred from patriots to pirates in a rage, which made the Atlantic coast city glorious, a Super Bowl trophy, after fourteen years to regain the south of the country, Brady's two seasons of playing for pirates the greatness does not need to be questioned, but now that the forty-year-old retired, pirates will also experience the same pain period as the patriots two years ago, how much attention, fans, economic benefits will be lost? We don't know, but we can rationally analyze where pirates will go in the "post-Brady era".
Look for quarterbacks
First of all, we have to find a new captain for the Pirates, considering that the Patriots tried the old Cam Newton in 2020, and then picked a full class last year with the first round pick, it can be seen that a Hall of Fame-level quarterback left the team, and the search for spare tires will naturally not be particularly smooth.
Brady's number one substitute, Bray's PFF rating of more than 70 this season, will be the first spare tire that people think of, but Gabot's good performance this season comes entirely from the data of garbage time brushes. In 2011, No. 10 pick Gabot was a famous draft pick of the century, and the failures of multiple teams proved that he was not up to the NFL start, and he will be 33 years old next season, which is not a long-term choice for pirates. Even now that he has just entered the free market, it is unknown whether he can be renewed by pirates.
How about Kyle Trask, hand-picked by Brady and selected in last year's second round? He didn't catch any of the playing time in the regular season, and from the early 50th slot of the preseason, he could see that the shortcomings of inaccurate passing, not running out of the pocket, relying on the talent of the receiver, and the so-so talent of the arm were completely exposed, and it looked like he was a long-term substitute option, and it seemed difficult to become a team's signature through exercise.
This year's draft quarterback is extremely poor, not much better than Trask, and even with a more suitable rebuilding leader, it seems that it will be difficult to be picked up by the Pirates at the end of the first round. Looking at the choice of adult quarterbacks, the tradable goals are:
- Matt Lane, a sworn enemy in the same district who is difficult to trade;
— Deschoan Watson, asking too high and facing litigation;
- Cork Cousins, the asking price will not be cheap and the system is slightly unsuitable;
- Jimmy Gallopolo, former Brady's apprentice, but extremely incompatible with the pirate system;
- Baker Mayfield, extremely incompatible with the pirate system;
Since the first round of the Piracy this year is the 27th pick, the value is extremely limited, and if you want to trade the well-known quarterback, you will inevitably have to use the first round of the next year or the following year, which will damage the balance of the future Pirates team building to some extent. In addition, Bruce Arians' offensive system requires a very high level of precision for quarterbacks' arms and long passes, and brady has adapted to more than half a season, not just pulling a quarterback can be quickly adapted.
In my opinion, if the Pirates are eager to continue to maintain their impact on the playoffs and the Super Bowl next season, the most suitable replacement for Brady is James Winston. This jun is the champion picked by the pirates in 2015, and although the 2019 year of cooperation with Arians has passed out 30 copies of the top ten single seasons in history, the five-thousand-yard season and the passing code king are not at hand. 28-year-old age, unrestricted free agency status, no more than ten million annual salary, perfect adaptation system, perhaps Winston is the best solution for the temporary Pirate quarterback.
Team rebuild
At this time last year, in order to pursue the defense of the title, the pirates signed back all the main forces entering the free market, spending a lot of money, fortunately, Brady retired to clear nearly 20 million salary space, so that the pirates will not tighten their belts.
The main players who enter the free market today are:
- The three main running positions of Leonard Vernett, Ronald Jones and Giovanni Bernard;
- Signature catcher Chris Godwin;
— The first two near-range strikers Gronkowski and OJ Howard;
— Centre-forward Ryan Jensen and right-wing forward Alex Kappa;
- Main defensive front line Ndomkunsu, JPP and Willian Golston;
— Number one angle guard Carlton Davis and main security guard Jordan Whitehead;
Considering the temperament of Big Gron and violent Sue, there is a high probability that there will be no return; last year's first round of show Léon Shoinka will become the main passer, and JPP will not renew, but in the limited salary situation, how to sign back Godwin, Carlton Davis, Jensen and Capa, the core of the team, is the real core of management.
However, considering that Goldwin and Davis's average salary is close to 18 million, and Jensen and Kappa's average salary is not lower than seven or eight million each, it is almost impossible to return to the whole team for two consecutive years. General Manager Jason Wright said today: "We are very excited about the future and we will continue to move forward. "I just don't know if this is a dead duck's mouth or if it's really a mountain man's own brilliant plan."
Future projections
What kind of division are pirates in today?
Saints: The league's worst-paid team, a large number of defensive superstars firmly stuck in the salary space, the heavily renewed Tythom Hill seems to be completely incompetent for the role of NFL starting quarterback, although they have the league's top defense, but the ceiling is only "defensive strong attack weak", and they have just lost the coach who has led the team for fifteen years, Sean Payton.
Falcons: Last year it was a little strange that Matt Lane did not trade matt Lane to implement a rebuild, but after another disappointing season, it became necessary to trade Matt Lane, and the Falcons, who entered a period of complete rebuilding, will not make much of it.
Black Panthers: After three consecutive wins, only 2 wins in the last 14 games of the season, this is the reality that the Panthers are facing, the coaching staff invited from the NCAA has no new ideas, the draft players are growing slowly, and the new season may have to rely on Sam Danold.
Two years ago, Guonan also had three Future Hall of Fame quarterbacks, and the best quarterback in Guonan at the start of the new season may be Tysom Hill or Danord. Even if the Pirates lose Brady, the free market has also lost some of its main players, and in one of the weakest divisions in the league, if you can be lucky enough to bite some key division civil wars, it will not be difficult to win the top spot in the south of the country to enter the playoffs with 9 wins and 8 losses.
I hope that those fans who have entered the pit because of Brady will not choose to give up the pirates because of Brady's retirement.