Shannon says Tom Brady was the LARGEST ERASER in pro sports, always fixing mistakes 😬 | First Take 

It’s crazy to wrap my mind around the fact that Brady quite possibly was UNDERRATED

I’ve tried to tell people that Brady wasn’t a system QB, he was the system itself. 677 TDs to 99 different receivers, a comeback for the ages against Atlanta, taking a 7-9 Tampa Bay to the Super Bowl after leaving NE. He made stars out of players who wouldn’t have made it without him. The one constant throughout the years was always him. The further New England falls, the more his legend grows

I love Shannon for admitting that Brady was the force of the patriots dynasty! ✊

Skip was right about Belichick the entire time and now Shannon admits it.

Outside of Moss for a few seasons and Cooks in 17, its crazy to think that in Brady’s entire tenure in NE he never had an elite reciever. Best pure receivers were 5-11 Deion Branch and 5-10 Julian Edleman. Pats woulda been even better if Belichick coulda found just one guy in all those years.

Fact check: Belichick's record without Brady as the starter is 80-92: 1991: 6-10 1992: 7-9 1993: 7-9 1994: 11-5 1995: 5-11 2000: 5-11 2001: 0-2 (Brady's 1st start was Week 3) 2008: 10-5 (Brady started only in Week 1 before his injury cost him the rest of the season) 2016: 3-1 (Brady’s faux suspension) 2020: 7-9 2021: 10-7 2022: 8-9 2023: 1-4

Everyone knows the clip of Brady and Bill discussing on how to beat Ed Reed and it was Brady who was coming up with all the various concepts on how to counter Reed

Stephen A is right.. Bill the GM has done Bill the HC a disservice. His draft history as of late is atrocious on the offensive side specifically. This defense when its healthy can be good but it doesn't matter if your offense cannot produce. This team is going nowhere with Devante Parker as WR1. Even if they were to draft one of the top QBs in the draft, the skills group is atrocious.

I’m happy even football people is acknowledging what I’ve seen since 2005. Tom made that offense side of the ball something bill didn’t have to worry about. Bill was great bc he played the percentages on defense and took away most teams first and second option. But he won super bowls bc of Tom Brady not the other way around.

Tom Brady was the one THAT made the Patriots defense great! Brady keeping the offense on the field is one of the reasons because that allowed the defense to get rest, but also Brady not turning the ball over in his own territory thus giving the opponent great field position, Brady literally never did that, Mac Jones on the other hand just gifts the other team free points by throwing pick sixes or turning it over in his own territory, this is also why Brady made the Buccs a great defense too, because they were always tired from being on the field when Jameis Winston was their qb because how many times he turned it over! Brady is the goat for a REASON!!!!!

Wow Brady finally getting Credit from Shannon after hes not on undisputed and saying bill was 70 percent of the success or that Bill was gonna get Mac Jones right after Brady left.

Without a doubt - Brady has been the underdog that no one could believe his greatness - even after winning #7 - the critics - still said the Bucs were stacked - Bellichick wanted to throw Brady away in 2015 when they drafted Garropolo - Tom ended taking them to the Super Bowl 4 more times and WON 3 - Bellichick still wouldn’t give Brady a long term contract - Bellichick is a cheap suit - Brady made him shine -

Crazy how Bill has two records with and without Tom Brady. Bringing back Patricia and Judge was the worst decision ever. Patricia made Stafford not a HOF qb and Judge he's doesn't deserve to be a coach in the first place.

This just proves why Vince Lombardi is still the GOAT head coach. Lombardi after Green Bay went to Washington for a year before he passed away. completely flip them around from a 5-9 team in 68 to a 7-5-2 team that year. If Lombardi didn't lose his fight with cancer, Washington would probably have a few more Super Bowl championships in the trophy case today.

Bill B made the worst mistake a man can make: he let his ego take over. This is like MJ with the Hornets: terrible drafting, terrible people management, yes men everywhere in key roles. Just because you are a good coach/player doesn't mean you are a good people manager.

Tom Brady was the reason New England Patriots were so successful, not Belichick

Belichick's record without Tom Brady as his starting QB is 80-92, and 1-2 in the playoffs.

Molly outchea getting her back cracked by the Jets guy sound insane 😂😂

Bill CAN cook the food, he just CAN'T buy the groceries - Bill Parcell's remastered quote

Did Molly just tell us some Jets guy comes to her house and breaks her back? 🤯 😂

I’ve been saying this for years that it was all Brady. Nothing brings more joy and warmth to my heart to see Belichick be exposed. All his tough man bravado was built on the back of Brady. He is the same coach when he was with the Browns lol

Not a Brady fan but I always use to debate with Pats fans that once Brady left, it was over for them. They would debate me and say anyone can thrive under Belichick's system. I said ok we'll see. So far it's off to a horrible start. You gotta respect Brady like him or not that he was the difference maker.

this is unbelievable how shannon has completely changed his stance on brady after he went to first take, one might say it’s because of belichecks poor coaching as of late, but my theory is that the skip and shannon era highly influenced shannon to be at odds with the pro-brady skip baylees for the sake of entertainment and ratings

I guess he Admitted that Skip was Right about Tom Brady. Lol 😂

Bill Bellichick is the grandparent we gotta sit down and explain why it’s not best for him to drive nomore😂

I’ve been saying this for years and years that Tom Brady made the offense click because Brady was smart and always played with a chip on his shoulder. He was the Michael Jordan of the NFL and Bill Belichick got pretty lucky to even get Brady and that first title. The first title they won, they had key players that were drafted by Parcells & Brady never had HOF players aside from Moss.

I’m surprised to see sharpe giving Brady credit 😂😂

We are turning into orthopedic’s show? 😂 Shanon you are the best.

Man, imagine how many more rings Brady would have won them if Bill wasn't a bad and cheap GM. So many bad picks and so much wasted potential not putting another elite WR with him for most his career. It's crazy, BB may have held Tom Brady back...look at what he did at that age in Tampa once he got an elite offense around him, now imagine he had that most years during his actual prime and youth.

The fact that Tom Brady had to save so many games in the last two minutes speaks volumes alone. Not ignoring the other factors

As a Patriots fan, we have entered the dark days we are going to want to forget years from now when we are good again.

took shannon forever to see the light of the truth. Lmao

I’m glad Tom is finally get his flowers for what he did in New England. Everyone gave the credit to Bill after every star he ran off.

Brady was never carried by any defense in his career. Bill has never developed a 2013 Seahawks defense or 2015 Broncos defense. There's no argument. After a 1-2 start in 2001, Belichick was on the verge of getting fired. Tom led the Patriots to the playoffs, which was Belichick's first appearance with the Patriots because the team went 5-11 with Drew Bledsoe in 2000, and won them a super bowl. Without Brady taking less money all those years, Belichick never would have been able to keep his favorite defensive players. And let's not forget, Bill's defense allowed 40 points against Mahomes and 41 points against Nick Foles in Super Bowl LII. Had Belichick not benched Malcolm Butler in that super bowl, who knows! Maybe the Patriots could have made just one stop on 3rd down to prevent the Eagles from scoring any more touchdowns, which would have won NE another super bowl. Needless to say, Belichick held Brady back all these years. If Brady had Andy Reid, imagine how much better his offenses would have been during his prime years.

On top of that Belichicks scouts kept telling him not to draft N’Keal Harry and go with Aj Brown or Deebo instead. Can you imagine if we had one of those guys at receiver?

Its crazy how Brady's legacy of greatness keeps expanding, almost at an eye opening rate. In retrospect, Patriots had offenses that had little business to succeed as well as they did (2001-2006, 2018-2019) and yet Brady made them work very well and routinely made nobodies look a notch higher than they actually were minus some all-time greats like Gronk and Moss. Without Brady, Belichick would have potentially been out of the league a lot sooner because despite his defensive genius, the man is GM and cannot draft offensive talent to save his life. He's made some good picks, but most have failed or were drafted much too high. Those down years offensively, they made the playoffs because of Brady. Very few QBs could have made it work throwing to reggie caldwell or aaron dobson. It's insane how easy Brady made it look, like QBs are suppose to make average or above average guys respectable. What a legend, and I get this feeling Belichick is finally getting a much needed reality check. It's almost tragic to think Brady could've put up better stats if Bill the GM wasn't drafting total busts.

I definitely owe Tom an apology …. He’s so good ….

The one season the patriots had a competent wide receiver. They went undefeated and we’re really close to winning the Super Bowl, talent makes a difference.

Should've known it was Brady when in 2007 he finally got a true #1 receiver and ended up smashing records that season.

Welcome to 20 years ago. This guy had the hubris to let a defensive coordinator be an offensive coordinator. Years without needing to draft offensive players with their top picks, instead always loading up the defense. Picking and playing a LACROSS player to play WR in the NFL. It was always Brady.

Steven A. hit his take on the money… Bill is responsible for this franchise sputtering out of control

Tom Brady is the GOAT. He made Bill look great.

I love Shannon he said “If you don’t gotta QB that’s 6,4 and can throw it’s like tryna whistle in the wind.

I’m with Brady on this, don’t feel any need to try in credit one more than the other, they worked great together, but there’s no doubt Belichick can’t be in the GM role he’s in

Wow, that stat Stephen A pointed out regarding Bill Belichick win/lost record w/o Brady is mind blowing

From 1991 until 1995, Belichick was the head coach of the Cleveland Browns. During his tenure in Cleveland, he compiled a 36-44 record, leading the team to the playoffs in 1994, his only winning year with the team. Brady made Belichick look much better than he was. Belichick without Brady was a loser.

During Brady's 18 year tenure as full season starter in NE they had 17 top ten offenses while they had 15 top ten defense. On average the offense was ranked 4.8 over 18 years! The defense during that same 18 year period averaged 7.2. During Brady Belichick they had 11 top 5 ranked offensive seasons and 8 top 5 ranked defensive seasons, 3 #1 ranked offensive seasons and 2 #1 ranked defensive seasons. All SB seasons offense average rank 4.3 defense 5.5. SB losing seasons offense average rank 2, defense 8. SB winning seasons offense 5.5 defense 4.3. Brady came aboard with 2 NCAA Bowl wins as QB. Bill had 1 playoff win as HC, ironically over the Patriots. Yes Bill has SB's while defensive coordinator but those were while coaching under a HC that was the previous DC. Bernie, Vinny, Drew and Cam all #1 overall drafted player and Bill managed 1 winning season with Vinny in 94' and 18 of 18 winning seasons with his 6th rounder. It is crazy how some point out it's a team game then turn around and point out the great defenses Brady had while ignoring most of the time the offense he lead was ranked better than the defense he had. Last thing is another irony. NE defense was 17th in 2000 and 6th in 2001, Tampa defense was ranked 31st and 29th previous 2 years to Brady and suddenly 8th and 5th first two years after Brady got there. Hmmm

Molly be getting that back cracked 😂😂

It's safe to say that it was Brady and not the system.

for 20 years bill showed everyone the door. it's time someone shows him the door.

Orlovsky looks genuinely surprised by Belichick’s record without Brady as QB 😳

The question should no longer be, "Who deserves more credit for Patriots dynasty?" It's clearly Brady, by a wide margin. It looks like Brady succeeded in spite of Belichick, not because of him. You can't tell me that Walsh, Parcells, Tomlin, Coughlin even, wouldn't win as much with Brady as Belichick did if he was their QB for 20 years. Those 6 rings are Brady's, Belichick just came along for the ride

Crazy stat: the patriots have more turnovers in the last two games then points. That is HAUNTINGLY bad.

One of the few times I agreed with Skip over Unc, Brady just very well might be owed 80% of the credit for the dynasty. On and off the field

“Did you hear my back crack” you know Molly let a fart loose on air lmaooo

Brady told Robert Kraft when he drafted him that it was the BEST decision he ever made. He stopped listening to that advice and it’s been downhill ever since.

I have gained alot resepct for brady since he left NE. And i hate brady, but man did he really cover up the flaws of those patriot teams. Bill definitely getting exposed.

Every player bought into Tom’s mindset and unselfish, team oriented but super competitive personality. His teammates would run through brick walls for him not Bill. “The Brady Way”

Andy Reid>BB He's done well with multiple QBs. McNabb, Vick, Alex Smith, Mahomes

No more discounts to play for a HOF qb. No more discount to have a good teammate. Goodluck Bill, you’re gonna need it

Joe Gibbs won 3 SB with 3 different qb yet no one talks about it

people dont talk about how much bills bad drafting and talent acquistions actually held tom brady back from winning more SB's they went like 10 years without winning one and brady was balling in those years with scrubs

Dan and that face is killing me 😂😂😂

It was the New England Brady’s lol. I was lucky enough to see Brady play live since he subbed in for Bledsoe! 12-13yrs old til 34! Wild!

THANK YOU as a long time fan I been saying Bill should've been fired before letting Brady go. This man is hurting Mac's rep with this ridiculous coaching and coaching staff. I've been writing and emailing people since the day Brady put on another's team jersey. Bill got to go don't even let him finish the season

Football is a team game for sure but man does the quarterback position sure make or break you. Time is really doing wonders for Brady’s legacy and it would be interesting to hear more ex patriots chime in on the debate as well

OMG Shannon I know why I loved and still love you!

Brady took less money and was so good bill didn’t need to pay big money to skill players. Bill could afford 13-14 starters on D so he could scheme against opposing offenses. On O he just had to pay for good linemen.

Also think about this. Bradys last year with new england he still beat the bills twice and thats when people were trying to crown the bills early and saying brady was washed up. Brady was the only reason the pats had a pulse for most of time.

It's often overlooked that for 20 years the Patriots had to spend zero draft picks or trades looking for a starting QB. Any team is going to be good when you can focus on filling other positions while still having pro-bowl level qb play over 20 years.

I love this new look for Steven a and first take Shannon Sharp just brings everything to a show. Bill belichick is in the hot seat no doubt.

Not sure about fixing mistakes but for sure leading his teammates, keeping them “together” and build a culture of excellence

As a pats fan belichick is the goat coach he always has a good d but he’s his gm work on getting his QBs top WR and now pats fans want mac benched cause he has no weapons all rookies have been given an elite weapon over the years

I wish he was still on undisputed for this lol

Brady was the reason why Bill Belichicks’s was a great Coach and that goes for a lot of coaches in the NFL and College Football the players make y’all look good.

SHOUTOUT TO SHANNON GOOD JOB UNC

Bill Belichick's track record when it comes to drafting is pretty terrible the last 10 years. He can't be GM anymore 100%. Mention Nkeal Harry in New England and folks get heat flashes

After Brady left New England, I figured that the Patriots would decide to tank. I think Belichick has done a good job keeping that team afloat. With that said, I do believe they should strive for high first-round picks. If they play their cards well, it might only be for a few years.

We’ll said Shannon from the UK. I watched most Brady games and he was the difference maker

Good to see you finally came around Shannon. Nothing more likable than a self deprecating man.

Been saying it for years,look at Bill record before Brady 5-11 now look at his s record after Brady,Brady was the the offense

Idk if this game will be featured in Sportsball. Because making that segment would take more time and and effort than New England bothered to show.

I'm a bit confused by Stephen A's Belichick numbers: He's 80-94 without Tom Brady starting the game. That's a Win% of .460 That's absolutely crappy. If we want to be nice, and say that he really didn't become a great coach until his second chance as Patriots head coach. It's even worse! 44-49 .473

Don't forget Spygate. Those tapes helped a lot too! 😭😭

Bill Belichick & Gregg Poppovich are both sadly staying longer than they should. Once their stars left Pats & Spurs can’t really seem to get back on track & I think it’s 100% on these legend head coaches. They’re about to get the Tom Landry treatment soon

It was obvious it was mostly Brady when he went to a new team at an old age and immediately won a ring

I've been telling people this for many years. Belichick has a losing record without Tom Brady at the helm.

The year that pisses me off the most was 2002 . Brady led the NFL in TD's passing and was 4th in passing yards but Belichick's defense was less than average and cost The Pats a possible 4-peat. And instead of letting Brady pass on 3rd down he choose to run the ball 80% of the time. If he would have let Brady pass more the Pats would have made the playoffs. Belichick's ultra conservative approach to offense cost The Pats many wins. I think Belichick grew envious of Brady over the years and held him back in many games.

I won't lie with the way Unc has completely changed his stance on Tom Brady. It makes me wonder if Skip had him purposefully opposing Brady for the sake of entertaining debates.

I’ve been saying since 2007 it was all Brady and I think it’s time to have the conversation have how much Brady suffered and to overcome dealing with Belichicks non sense and bad offense over the years

"you have people coming to your house to crack ya back" lmfao

The fact that our offense looks worse w/o Matt Patricia and Joe Judge is saying a lot. Then there’s the injuries and lack of personnel. And I just feel bad for Mac Jones, he’s the scapegoat in the end. What a time to be a pats fan lol

The way the defend Mac jones is wild. What has he done to earn the benefit. When cam played everything was his fault. Now all of a sudden is everyone except mac fault. Bill isn’t out there throwing them interceptions.

People said that Belichick is overrated for years, even during the peak Patriots years! And many people still clung to the idea that Bill is some mastermind, just because he's grumpy and looks serious all the time. He's a sub-.500 coach without the arguably smartest pro QB in history. Just the fact that Brady fell into the Patriots' lap on draft day, and the fact that Bill is a terrible draft picker, and the fact that Brady wasn't even seeing the field until Bledsoe gets hurt (when the team was 3-9!!) just goes to show Belichick lucked into TB12's success. And now we are seeing the truth.

They are back to Bill Parcells issue with Robert K..grocery n meal thing....Bill Belli. Inherited a great O line from Parcells I think one of the bestvin nfl history brady used to have ALL kind of times to throw thr ball his first like 4 to 6 years....

0:33 Stephen A. almost got caught with his hand in the cookie jar, lol.

Everyone is forgetting how Bill wanted to move on from Brady while Jimmy was still there. Kraft traded Jimmy against Bill’s will so that Bill would have to focus on Tom, while he was still in NE. If Jimmy was still on the Pats I’m curious as to what kind of team they’d be today.

Shannon should have stayed with skip.

A good QB is always more important than a good coach. This is obvious. How is this even debatable?

The GOAT Reg season record W 251 L 82 - Post Season W 35-L 13-- Reg season passing yards 89,214, TDs 649,-Post Season 13,400 Passing Yards, TDs 88.