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Memorial Day weekend is traditionally one of the lower points of the NFL calendar, when it comes to the flow of news.
But there’s a new disclosure today regarding the team that won its first 18 games of the 2007 season. Tight end Kyle Brady at one point pulled an Andy Katzenmoyer, leaving the team abruptly.
Brady was persuaded into coming back before word of his hiatus hit the wire. But the team’s decision to cut ties with him in the offseason now makes more sense.
Then again, the Pats likely wouldn’t have kept him even if he hadn’t gone AWOL. There reportedly were concerns about his mental toughness, and he reportedly ran the wrong routes “regularly” during games and practice.
May 25th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Maybe he did not want to be involved with a franchise that has to cheat and might have had the sense and the class to leave. Some people have a conscience in this world.
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May 25th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
I irony with Belichick and Kyle Brady is that he was the guy Belichick really wanted in the 1995 draft as Browns head coach in the first round. When the Jets took Brady ahead of Cleveland, Belichick was taken so off guard that he traded out of his pick (with Sapp still on the board) and down to SF’s slot so they could move up to take J.J. Stokes. Cleveland got SF’s 1st rounder the next year which Baltimore used on Ray Lewis. Bummer.
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May 25th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
At least he got me a few fantasy ponits
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May 25th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
thxkbye: Either you’re an idiot, or you’re a make belief NFL fan because the Patriots won 17 games in a row without ‘cheating’ last season.
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May 25th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
Interesting story. Although, it comes as the third part of an article from an author who claims Fernando is the next coming of Champ Bailey, and that Rodney Harrison hasn’t lost a step… Makes you wonder how unbiased the story about Kyle Brady is. A bit of a homer if you ask me…
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May 25th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
BTW, Do we have to continue to listen top these losers who want to bask the Pats because their own team sucks?! If you’ve ever gotten a speeding ticket, you have no business calling the Patriot’s cheaters - unless you want to be called a criminal! What the Patriots did was no more harmful, nor uncommon than speeding. Both are, against the rules though. And please, stop calling what they did illegal! There were no laws broken, only league rules.
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May 26th, 2008 at 12:49 am
Weird, never an ill word was spoken of him in Jacksonville. Towards the end of his tenure with the Jags, it was apparent that he was thinking of retirement in the near future–maybe he decided at some point that he’d just had enough. Wouldn’t be the first time.
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May 26th, 2008 at 12:51 am
Why is this such a big headline? Who really cares? It’s interesting that a Patriot coach is trashing a former player on an 18-1 team in public (”concerns about his mental toughness, and he reportedly ran the wrong routes “regularly” during games and practice.”) Whoaaa, that’s cold. Maybe now even former players will trash the coaches and their cheating.
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May 26th, 2008 at 2:51 am
I am sure they had him on a James Bond Reconnassaince mission. Those MF’ers. Always one step ahead of the game. You go Pats. You win the best team award. (The Super Bowl Champs of Cheating. Congrats!)
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May 26th, 2008 at 3:45 am
Of course Kyle Brady ran wrong routes. He’s a right tackle that lines up one too many spots away from the center.
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May 26th, 2008 at 8:40 am
Make sure you take some unfounded shots at him, Florio. Truth be known, he probably was sick of being associated with cheaters.
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May 26th, 2008 at 8:48 am
Or, Brady left last season and was persuaded to stay because of all the knowledge he might have of the Patriots’ various forms of cheating.
Honestly, this is the shadiest, dirtiest franchise EVER.
If he was always running wrong routes and sucking at his job, I’m sure they’d cut him . . . but WAIT, its like a fraternity over there because everyone is in on their dirty little secrets.
I have trouble believe anything I hear about the Patriots that isn’t an admission of cheating.
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May 26th, 2008 at 9:42 am
So even if everything else that was mentioned in the article is true and assuming age started to catch up to K. Brady the following quote from the article seems like they were just trying to tack stuff on: “Not only was there the collective belief that he was a less than adequate blocker” ANYONE who watches any tape is going to know that is crap. Brady, built like a lineman was brought in TO block (which explains the 9 receptions (2 touchdowns), which with the exception of 2006 is Bradys lowest # of receptions in his career…the guy is a blocking Tight End. (Which in addition explains why Jacksonville kept Brady around at several million dollars even though they had drafted Marcedes Lewis who is a receiving TE).
Long story short, maybe the South Coast Today should stop relying on the Matt Walshes of the Patriots organization to fill out articles when they don’t review the facts. (Btw, the Pats are still cheaters.)
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May 26th, 2008 at 9:55 am
“Some people have a conscience in this world.”
Yes, that must be why he didn’t show up for the Voluntary Off Season workouts, held out from Training Camp, and asked for a trade. Oh, wait, he didn’t do ANYTHING that might indicate he was unhappy being on a Championship-caliber team. All he did was prove that he doesn’t have what it takes to be a member of the elite - you know, things like running the pass route called for the play…
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May 26th, 2008 at 10:15 am
Who really cares? We are talking about an article from South Coast Today. I live in Massachusetts and I have never heard of the publication.
Fact of the matter is a lot of older players who come from other teams have trouble adapting to the Patriots rigid standards. There have been several players who have retired the first day of training camp. Brady just was unable or unwilling to meet their standards. That happens on every team.
As for the ludicrious idea that the Pats are trying to smear Brady, why would they wait until Memorial Day weekend with a publication of a readership of about 10 to release this information. If the Patriots were looking to smear Brady they would have given the information to the Globe around the time they released him.
I do see that certain Pats hating posters’ obsession with the Patriots does go beyond Sygate related stories.
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May 26th, 2008 at 10:58 am
I love it how all the haters automatically conclude that he left the team because they “cheated.” Grow the f*ck up you whiney b!tches.
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May 26th, 2008 at 11:49 am
darthfag. are you one of those chowderhead starwars douchebags that camp out at bestbuy to buy the latest schtick. dumbass chowder eatin’ punk
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May 26th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
obamahater1 says: The Patriots always kick my teams butt, I am very angry and sad about it
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May 26th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Hey it’s a holiday weekend. The cheatin’chowdahs are doing what every all-american funlovin’ MAsshole does on a weekend. Go to a barbeque? No. Play on the internet and trash the haters? Yes. This is their life. If there was no internet, they would be molestin’ their sister. lol
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May 26th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
“I have trouble believe anything I hear about the Patriots that isn’t an admission of cheating. ”
That’s because like a dozen or so other parasites on this web site, you’ve let your irrational hatred and jealousy of the Patriots success completely cloud your judgment. At this point posts like yours are nothing but boring and tedious.
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May 26th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
It was a Fumble.
-Rich Gannon
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May 26th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
JJ Stokes what a loser he was and still is. Did he get a ring with the Pats just bye standing on the sideline?
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May 26th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
The dude’s head is the size of a friggen chevy. How did they even find a helmet big enough to fit that massive head.
I guess that the Bostonians like big heads.
Check Bruins player Milan Lucic, his head is massive as well.
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May 26th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
He was quoted as saying he didn’t want to be a part of a cheating organization.
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May 26th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
So many people here assuming that since he left, he was obviously of some high moral fiber and couldn’t handle being on a team of “cheaters.” These are the same people who have little or no understanding of the game, or its history.
Could it be that Kyle Brady simply couldn’t handle being on the team? A team that reportedly has the highest of standards for their players, and is among the toughest to learn and play on? Could it be he just couldn’t handle what was required of him, and he quit? If he supposedly had this strain of moral fiber, why did he just up and leave? Why didn’t he speak out? Why did he cut and run out quietly, like someone who had been beaten down? It is FAR more likely that he couldn’t hack it in NE. He isn’t the first, and won’t be the last.
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