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Re: Around the NFL (4.12.11 - 9.10.15)
« Reply #4635 on: September 09, 2015, 08:41:30 pm »
9. John Fox won't fix Jay Cutler

Because no one can.

That is what John Fox will realize, and after this season, the Bears will cut Jay Cutler. They'll have had enough. Can't blame them.

Then, I wouldn't be shocked to see Cutler end up as a backup in New England or Philadelphia.

 

10. Tom Brady will retire

And we come full circle, back to the man at the center of the biggest story of the offseason.

Brady is 38 years old. If he wins a Super Bowl, he will have won a historic case against the NFL and captured his fifth championship. What else would there be for him to do? He is, to me, already the best quarterback ever. Another title would further cement that.

Even if Brady reaches the Super Bowl and loses to the Packers, he will have reached his seventh Super Bowl, which would be, well, pretty amazing in its own right.

Part of these calculations will be—here's that word again—Deflategate. The NFL's appeal will keep moseying through the system and could take months. Theoretically, it's possible the NFL wins after the season has already unfolded, and the four-game suspension would come next season.

That's what somewhat occurred in the infamous StarCaps case. That took years to resolve. I don't think Brady's case will take that long, but it certainly could last the season.

I think if Brady reaches another Super Bowl, he'll realize he's done everything, and he won't let the Deflategate court case hang over his head. Brady will want to control his own future, not allow the NFL to do it. He'll walk away as the best ever, and then the Jimmy Garoppolo era will begin.

 Mike Freeman covers the NFL for Bleacher Report.