The Curse of Mo Lewis

Lot of factual errors in there...

Jets haven't won a playoff game since the Bledsoe injury?

41-0 ring a bell? The Eric Barton Game? Nothing? Hmm?

 

That's really funny.

 

Sounds like an awful lot of work... And really Every Jet fan was proud of Mo Lewis at the time. He made a big play and helped us win a game, and although unfortunate that Bledsoe was hurt badly, we all at the time figured the Pats would go on to have a terrible season and Belicheck the dick that left us would be fired. So Mo really did the Jets a favor. Then all hell broke loose and the world turned upside down, and this Brady guy who didnt even start for his College team, Michigan, suddenly became one of the most clutch Qbs of all time. and as of this past season played his way into the HOF even if he were to die tomorrow. Now many would have said the 3 rings would have been enough to get him in, but I wouldnt have considered it personally. He now has some records and a phenomenal season, in which it is obvious if he wasnt around their offense wouldnt be as insanely explosive as it is. And if he wins a fourth ring, it would be hard pressed to keep him out of the hall for 4 years after his retirement....

 

how about the fact that we were the only 2-5 team to win the division(beating NE along the way, then getting NE's help!). the years since the mo lewis hit haven't been all bad for us.

also the mets collapse wasn't the largest in regular season history. that phillies team was up 6 with 7 to go and collapsed to the cardinals.

 

That hit literally happened right in front of me. It was such a loud sickening THUD. I looked over at a Patsy fan and we both basically said "DAMN!" and shook our head. He acknowledged that it was a legal hit.

 

I have nightmares of that hit.

I still see it so vividly.
I remember being so proud of Mo Lewis, my favorite jet layin the wood. Damn..

 

The hit was worth it , We got a win over the hated Belichick who had just left our team not to long ago and we killed there Super Bowl QB , They just got lucky with Brady... Sonz of bitches... haha

 

I tell all New England fans that they should name their first child Mo in tribute to the man that has altered the course of history for their team. That hit sent waves through the space time continueum that have altered the cosmic forces against us.

 

Brady's time was coming, Lewis only accelerated the process. Belicheck wasn't going to put up with Bledsoe and losing much longer. In Cleveland, he benched Bernie Kosar for Vinny. He was going to do the same eventually in New England. Would they have won that first Super Bowl? I don't know, but Brady would still have developed into the QB he is today.

 

Where is your logic on that? Where does such a low draft pick have "their time comming"? If Bledsoe had finished out the season you don't think the Pats would have drafted a QB or addressed it in the FA? I sure think so... you don't lay your team on the line with a 6th round draft pick, and I remember when the hit happened thinking how fucked the Pats were going to be... boy was I wrong.

 

Exactly. Odds were Belicheat, IF he remained the HC, would have addressed the QB position in the draft.

At the time, you had 3 QBs that were drafted in the 1st round in that 2002 draft [Carr, Harrington, Ramsey]. Each at the time were considered better QBs then Brady.

God damn it Mo!

 

Absolutely. Brady was the heir apparent. BB drafted him, and in the books I have read, they had their eye on him or Tim Rattay.

Belichick kept Brady as a 4TH quarterback his rookie year! That alone should tell you the value TB had to him....

I think BB was waiting for Brady to mature, and after starting 0-2 that year, against bad teams, I'm not convinced Bledsoe wouldn't have lost his job with another loss or two anyway....especially if they went 0-3 against Indianapolis the following week.

 

Brady was going to get his shot. He had moved ahead of Damon Huard on the depth chart that training camp. It was bound to happen. Lewis DID accelerate the move. Brady wasn't necessarily drafted to be their future, but he was going to be it regardless.

 

0-2 against bad teams huh? One of those losses came at the expense of a 10-6 Jets team

 

Who gave up 45 points to the Colts the week before.

Going into game 3, the Jets were not considered a good team. I'm not ripping the Jets here...I am talking about the perception ON THAT DAY, from the Patriots' perspective. The loss to the Jets was considered a loss to an inferior team. This was following a loss to the lowly Bengals.

Brady's time was coming. I think Mo Lewis only accelerated it by about 5 weeks.

 

Why let facts get in the way of kicking the Jets when we're down?

It would have been very interesting had Bellichick stayed and coached here, what would have happened. He loved Vinny, may have never drafted Brady or played him.

 

Dude, you are so full of dogshit. 'Heir apparent'? Who was it apparent to? You? Every frigging Patsy fan I knew, going up to and during that game, was calling for Michael Bishop to come in and save the season. Belichick made a great decision, but let's not pretend it was obvious where Brady was coming from. Tell you the truth, the fact that you think it was so apparent that Brady was the next guy to come in makes me wonder what team you were rooting for at the time.

 

While it wasn't obvious that Brady was the heir apparent, a QB change would've been in order anyway. Brady had moved his way up the depth chart and would've taken over at some point during the season.

He wasn't a much heralded "waiting in the wings" type of guy like Rivers or Carson Palmer, but he was the backup.

Just like with Chad in 2002, was Chad a big name guy who was destined to lead the team in the future? no, but eventually his time to start was going to come.