Tucked at the backside of a blurb from Jeremy Fowler of ESPN concerning the Maxx Crosby commerce is a really attention-grabbing quote from an unnamed one that was “involved” in the deal.
The Raiders weren’t going to commerce Crosby to the Patriots as a result of, as the unnamed supply put it, “No way Tom [Brady] was sending Maxx to [Mike] Vrabel.”
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The commentary, if true, highlights two factors. First, Brady has sufficient energy with the Raiders to strike potential Crosby commerce locations from the listing. Second, Brady would not need to do something to assist the group with which he gained six Super Bowls.
The Ravens have been one in all the Patriots’ largest rivals throughout Brady’s time in New England. As legend has it, the Ravens instigated #Deflategate by telling the Colts about Brady’s use of underinflated footballs. So Brady is keen to commerce Crosby to the Ravens and never to the Patriots?
Either manner, Crosby remains to be in the convention. Both the Ravens and the Patriots will probably be competing, in principle, with the Raiders for playoff seeding (if/when the Raiders ever change into postseason contenders). And Brady supposedly had no qualms about sending Crosby to Baltimore however refused to ship him to New England.
It’s laborious to think about Brady having the means to block the commerce, if the Patriots had supplied greater than some other group. But the quote from the unnamed supply to Fowler was unequivocal: There’s “no way” Brady would have despatched Crosby to Vrabel and the Patriots.
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The broader dynamic is one thing to monitor. Will the Raiders do enterprise with the Patriots? And if they will not, what’s Brady’s actual concern? Vrabel is his good friend and former teammate. There’s no Belichickian animosity between the Patriots and Brady. The Patriots constructed a Tom Brady statue outdoors Gillette Stadium.
It could possibly be so simple as Brady not wanting the Patriots to change into what they have been when he was there. (Remember when he stated he had “no dog in the fight” as the Patriots have been getting ready to face the Seahawks in the Super Bowl?) If/when a brand new New England dynasty emerges, the Brady period turns into much less important to Patriots followers. The Brady jerseys slip deeper into the closet. Fewer pictures get taken in entrance of the Brady statue.
The entire factor nonetheless looks as if a little bit of a attain. But somebody concerned in the Crosby commerce believes it. That makes it attention-grabbing, except and till extra proof emerges to push the needle a technique or the different.
