Tom Brady said the NFL is filled with mediocrity, but is the legendary quarterback right about the state of the league?
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00:00 Tom Brady told Stephen A there's a lot of mediocrity
00:02 in today's NFL.
00:02 Dakota, what do you think?
00:04 - I think he's right.
00:06 I think there's a lot of factors to it,
00:08 but I think he's right.
00:09 I think one of the immediate things I think of
00:11 is the fact that the CBA has now changed the rules
00:14 on practicing.
00:15 He talked about the fundamentals
00:16 or the lack thereof fundamentals.
00:18 But when you can't practice that much,
00:20 that takes away your opportunities to be sound
00:23 in just the basic stuff.
00:24 So I think that plays a part of it.
00:25 And when you look at tackles
00:27 and the lack of tackling or bad tackling,
00:29 I think that plays a large part into it.
00:31 And then you look at the fact that
00:33 you really can't hit anybody.
00:34 So you got guys that are playing the football
00:36 where it should be an instant thing
00:38 having to second guess themselves a lot.
00:39 So I feel like it's a lot of factors,
00:41 but it's definitely been a bit mediocre.
00:44 - He sounds like an NBA analyst all of a sudden.
00:46 You know, this is his way to protect his own legacy.
00:48 Things were better back in my day when I played,
00:50 you know, so he can be the Michael Jordan
00:52 to Patrick Mahomes' LeBron James, if you will.
00:55 But there's some stuff that bothers me about the league
00:58 and some of the penalties that I think are over the top.
01:01 But when it comes to just a pure skill standpoint
01:04 and how difficult it is to stop offenses
01:07 as a result of those rule changes,
01:09 the product is at a high level.
01:11 All games evolve, all sports evolve,
01:13 and all the old guard usually complain.