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The ripple effect of Tom Brady leaving New England

By John Buhler

FOXBOROUGH, MA - DECEMBER 29: Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots runs onto the field before a game against the Miami Dolphins at Gillette Stadium on December 29, 2019 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Getty Images)
FOXBOROUGH, MA - DECEMBER 29: Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots runs onto the field before a game against the Miami Dolphins at Gillette Stadium on December 29, 2019 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Getty Images) /
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Matt Ryan, Atlanta Falcons. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) /

NFC perspective

Yes, Brady leaving New England impacts the NFC too, regardless of if he joins a team like the Bears or Panthers. Any NFC franchise playing the Patriots going forward won’t have to deal with Brady AND Belichick, just the mumblings of a football genius in a Darth Sidious NFL hoodie and not TB12. This helps any NFC team playing the Patriots going forward chances of being victorious.

However, if Brady arrives at either quarterback-desperate team in the NFC, it makes things even more challenging for future Hall-of-Fame quarterbacks like Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers and Matt Ryan of the Atlanta Falcons. Other NFC North and NFC South quarterbacks will suffer too, but this quarterback tandem will be most negatively impacted by Brady’s NFC arrival.

Rodgers is already in his mid-to-late 30s. He deals with two quality quarterbacks regularly in Kirk Cousins of the Minnesota Vikings and Matthew Stafford of the Detroit Lions. Rodgers is better than them, but having Brady in division may be the difference between Rodgers reaching the Super Bowl and sitting on the couch in January. Brady could make the Bears a dangerous team.

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