The incredulous Tom Brady

[Wilson Gray]

On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I still think you're missing the point, Joel. Best I can tell, the
> phrase refers to Brady's first two years in the league, when he came in
> as a rookie after being a backup at Michigan for four years IIRC, but he
> got drafted because one of the coaches made a personal appeal for him to
> Belichik. He only got promoted to started when Bledsoe got injured. So,
> yes, he could have been easily considered to be a "wide-eyed kid
> quarterback" in those years. But he's a long way from it now. Either
> way, "incredible" makes no sense here IMO.

FWIW, I'm with you, Victor. That Brady should be described as
"incredulous" in the sense of "surprised, amazed, stunned,
is-this-really-happening?-I-can't-believe-it!" sense strikes me as
perfectly unremarkable.

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