Week 11 Thread

Adamcp898 wrote: »

Yep they have been skewed for sure but, tbh, the silliest thing is him not remembering any media training and deciding to go the extra bit and say what he said about his team mates.

I'd say the moment he came out with it he knew he had fudged things up and it was going to be jumped all over. If he wanted to speak about accountability for results and performances he should've known to only reference himself directly and if we wanted to speak about the team as a whole then phrased it a hell of a lot better.

It's the type of thing where I'm sure it's a non issue in the dressing room given they will have heard the full transcript but it has nevertheless now generated the type of attention that doesn't help matters. Especially when there isn't a week that goes by without debate or comment on the Redskins QB situation and who should be declared starter if anyone.

I've just realised I've wasted more than enough lines on debating how professional athletes should address the media :pac:

I don’t think anybody has really found their stride this year,” Brady told WEEI, via the Boston Herald. “I don’t know who you can point to on offense and say, ‘Wow, they’re really clicking.’”

When it was suggested that wide receiver Julian Edelman (10 passes for 84 yards yesterday, top 10 in the league in both receptions and yards) might qualify, Brady reluctantly let him in the club.

“Yeah, he’s done a good job, so that’s one,” Brady said. “We’ve got a lot of other guys on offense. There’s 22 other guys on offense, so I’m not going to sit here and say every single guy is clicking. We’ve had one individual player that’s caught some passes. Great. Does that make a good offense? I don’t think so. . . .

“We’ve all got to figure out how to do a better job of that. It’s not one person. It’s not not singling any person out to say, ‘Wow, if this person were out, or if this person were in.’ I mean, if we had 11 people on the field that were producing like Julian Edelman, we’d have a pretty good offense. We’ve got one guy.”

UnitedIrishman wrote: »

Other side of that is that Brady has earned the right to say these things like the team isn't doing their jobs properly, and use the media as a chance to get the message out to the team. He's one of the best players of all time so others sit up and take notice.

The difference is that RG3 has come back from injury, had a poor game himself and doubts still remain about whether he is good enough following that major injury last year. In that position he should just be going with the old 'I just got to worry about myself, I need to get better so the team can get better' line. Because otherwise those guys he's saying aren't playing well are going to look at Colt McCoy and say - well at least we won a game with that guy this season.