Ex-Patriot Rob Ninkovich Weighs In On New England’s Offense Without Tom Brady

Rob Ninkovich shared an interesting take on the New England Patriots and their first season without Tom Brady. Will the Patriots do good without the star quarterback?

Mike Reiss from ESPN reported that in 2020, the Patriots will have a stronger offense. Second-year quarterback Jarrett Stidham will probably go under center, and head coach Bill Belichick has brought a few great weapons in Foxboro. Reiss also cited Brady’s league-leading 33 throwaways in 2019. According to him, this is a sign that the Patriots’ offense failed terribly.

Rob Ninkovich makes comments on Tom Brady and the Pats

This didn’t sit well with Ninkovich. He belies that the Patriots offense may be inconsistent in 2020.

” … Look, you had a Hall of Fame quarterback for a very long time and in the quarterback position — if you have a great quarterback — their job is to make everybody better,” Ninkovich said on ESPN”s “Get Up.” “Their job is to check the offense into the best possible play against the defense. You talk about throwaways, that just means nobody was open and the quarterback was doing the smart thing and throwing the ball away. You get into a situation with a young quarterback, he might try to force the situation. The No. 1 way to lose in the NFL is turnovers. So if you don’t take care of the football/you don’t throw the ball away in situations you’re supposed to throw the ball away, you create turnovers. That’s how you lose. That’s losing football.

“It’s hard for me to think the Patriots are going to be better without Tom Brady. You talk about running the football. Yeah, if you’re not playing from ahead and you don’t have the lead, you can’t just run the football over and over and over again. You have to play from ahead to run the football. I don’t think the Patriots are in a better place without Tom Brady.”

The Patriots have to find a way to play without Tom Brady. Stidham may compete with veteran journeyman Brian Hoyer. Belichick has great plans for both of them, and he also signed two undrafted free agents. In other words, Belichick has great plans for 2020.