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Frenz: How does Brady’s MVP impact his legacy?

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Frenz: How does Brady’s MVP impact his legacy?

Good stuff from FOPPer (Friend of PatsPropaganda) Erik Frenz. Patriots fans are all conditioned, by success and by BB’s coaching style, to look at any non-Lombardi Trophy season as a failure. But the reality is that the Patriots legacy could’ve gone one of two ways this season. Most seemed to think this was the year, due to all the youth on defense, that they would take a step back. It’s only logical.

But what we learned was that regardless of who the players are the Patriots will always be contenders as long as Bill Belichick and Tom Brady are there. Despite a total defensive turnover in the last three seasons. Despite the loss of Moss. And yes, even despite the Jets last two playoff runs.

And it’s finally the off-season…

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Anyone else feeling a sense of calm this morning? 31 NFL teams are all disappointed, and just the Green Bay Packers are happy. 

So here on Day 1 of the 2011 offseason what are our general thoughts? 

First and foremost has to be the CBA, because without that there won’t even be football. I’m not going to lie, I’m a little concerned. There isn’t much time until the March 3rd expiration of the current CBA, and if they get there without a new deal this could drag on for a long time.

The reason I’m worried is that the NFL has grown fond of orwellian language like “enhanced season” and signs like that generally point to them being set on what they want out of this next CBA. The commissioner continues to tell the world that fans want an 18 game season, but every educated fan I’ve heard from is against it. The fans and bloggers I’ve talked to are almost universally in favor of the players.

The NFL’s negotiating tactics and gasp, propaganda, are worrisome, but ultimately there’s too much money at stake for this to go too badly wrong. I hope. Otherwise the game could be severely set back.

So we’ll see how it all plays out in the next few weeks.

If we do get a new CBA there will be a mad scramble as everyone figures out the new rules for Free Agency. Players like Logan Mankins could be largely effected.

The draft however should stay largely the same, though the pay structure for rookies may not.

This should be one of the most interesting off-seasons for NFL fans in a long time. The game is going to change, perhaps just slightly, or perhaps entirely (if we see a lockout). Either way I expect the Patriots to be ready to take advantage however they can.