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Should Pats Sit Brady? Tough Questions Surround Tom Following Abysmal Game

By Toni Matthews
Published on: 16:24 PST, Sep 30, 2014

Putting Tom Brady on the bench in the 4th quarter could not save The New England Patriots from a humiliating 41-14 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

However, some are wondering aloud if keeping Brady there could help the team avoid future disasters.

For now Patriots coach Bill Belichick is firmly in Brady’s corner.

For now.

He scoffed rather sarcastically at the suggestion that Tom’s job security could be threatened.

The reaction may have gone viral, but it’s important to remember that Belichick is hardly a stranger to replacing star quarterbacks.

After all, Tom Brady would have possibly never gotten his chance back in 2001 had one Drew Bledsoe not been hit with a major injury at the height of his career.

Bledsoe was the face of the Pats at a time when hardly anyone knew or cared about Brady. And yet he slid seamlessly into the role of starting quarterback when called upon.

Years later and now some are arguing it’s Tom Brady that needs to be let go. The difference is that unlike Drew Bledsoe, one wouldn’t exactly consider Brady cut down in his prime.

Such a response begs the question of just how reasonable it is to place a mediocre start to the NFL season squarely on the shoulders of one man.

As Belichick himself said, “We all have to do a better job.”

Asking whether or not the Pats should sit Tom Brady is like asking whether or not the tip of the iceberg sank the Titanic.

Even as some suggest New England fans prepare themselves for a Post-Brady era, the reality is that replacing a single player has never been the entire solution to a football team’s problems.

The New England Patriots will be in need of a natural leader to step in when Brady does go. The position is irrelevant; the man must be capable of pushing his team to raise their game to impossible levels. Even if they are average players, it should never show.

Once average abilities are revealed among previously feared teams, the facade of invincibility soon fades. This is what we’re witnessing with the Patriots.

Brady may be the de facto leader at present, but he is not the sort of quarterback that can carry a mediocre team.

This isn’t to say that Tom Brady isn’t still the “golden boy” in the eyes of his coach, team, and fans. It’s also likely he really was benched in an effort to rest him and give everyone a chance to play.

A 2-2 start to the season isn’t ideal, but all that can really be done by Brady and the Patriots is to accept the humiliating outcome actually happened and then move on.

In order for the Patriots to improve their fortunes, it’s been suggested that they improve the overall quality of their team.

That may very well begin with sitting Tom Brady and even replacing him in the near future.

It certainly won’t be the end of the matter; not if what we’re seeing is a popular franchise headed into decline.

Image Credit: Keith Allison

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