Pretty sure you could plug Jim J. Bullock into Belichick's system and he would be successful.
Been saying this for years. I am certain that if Garappolo played all 18 games for the Pats this year, they would be in the exact same position. Probably wouldn't go 14-2, but would win the division and beat Houston and Pitt. No doubt about it.
Brady is great. But you could take a middle of the road average NFL qb and they win 10-12 games in the Pats system every year. Brady is worth an extra 2 wins.
Whereas Rodgers takes a 6 win team and they win 10-12 games. Same with Peyton and the Colts all those years.
Brady sat back in the pocket all day yesterday surveyed the field and then threw it to a receiver who was 3 yards from the closest Pitt defender.