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Tom Brady playing for the Arizona Cardinals? Maybe. If Hector Longo's logic makes sense to anyone in charge over in Foxboro. (Eagle Tribune photo illustration/AP photo)
For a writer based in North Andover, Mass. it must be tough to fill up the margins on a Sunday in January. Especially when the Patriots have been eliminated from Super Bowl contention, the Celtics are underachieving and the Red Sox are well, quiet for the moment.

That's the only logical explanation one can give for Hector Longo's piece in the Sunday edition of the Eagle-Tribune.

It's been nine years since the Patriots last claimed a Super Bowl title, and Longo suggests that a change might be needed in Foxboro.

What kind of change you ask?

Longo says the team should look into trading two-time NFL MVP and soon-to-be Canton-bound quarterback Tom Brady. Although Longo still believes Brady is an elite quarterback, after yet another disappointing postseason performance he's not convinced that the team has enough championship-caliber parts to ever get back to their Lombardi Trophy-winning days.

So what team does Longo think would be the best fit for the eight-time Pro Bowler's services?

Bruce Arians and the Arizona Cardinals.

First and foremost, the Cardinals can't hurt you. In the NFC West, Brady is as far away as possible. Unless he plays another five years — highly unlikely — the only place you'll encounter Brady again on the field of battle is at a Super Bowl.

The Cardinals have the ammunition to attract the Patriots to the negotiating table. Remember, they pick at No. 7, an attractive spot for this draft, which has already been fortified by over 70 underclassmen.

Arizona also has incredible need. Most draftniks currently have the Cards dabbling with the likes of USC QB Matt Barkley or West Virginia's Geno Smith in the first round.

For a team that played four quarterbacks in 2012 and was 28th in passing offense it's nice to dream, but it's hard to fathom Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft parting ways with the face of their franchise.

Regardless, after hearing names like Michael Vick and Alex Smith projected as free agent targets for the Cardinals, a Brady rumor now and again never hurt anyone.

And for a town that has had it's fair share of news lately, what's one more major headline, right?

Dave Dulberg, Web Content Editor - ArizonaSports.com

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    Hummer71 wrote...
    Huh
    Did Mass legalize marijuana the last election?
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    grimmy01 wrote...
    ha!
    Do yourself a favor and write a list of teams that he wouldn't be a good fit for. I'm betting that list is much shorter...
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    gijoe516 wrote...
    What?
    When did the cards get red facemasks?
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    sundevil7901 wrote...
    Thank you Dave
    for posting a headline that is accurate and appropriate to your article. Most other writers on this site would mislead with something to the effect of "Brady to Cardinals?" or "Pats could trade Brady to Cards" or some such nonsense. I will follow your articles in the future for this reason alone.
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    DZAZ99 wrote...
    110% agree with the comment above.
    Well written tag, Dave. Some on this site would not only create an incendiary headline/tag, but the go on to twist this into some sort of half baked op-ed article. Kudos.
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    Guyinaz wrote...
    Terrible!
    Whoever the photoshop guy is should probably crack open the instruction manual at least once,
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    DisgustedD wrote...
    More like
    the Louisville Cardinals with the helmet/logo! Who wouldn't want Brady to come here over the guys we currently have?! Not sure you trade your 1st Rd & possibly more for him at this point of his career!
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    Joe1013e wrote...
    *Insert chuckle*
    Typical East Coast media. The second a team has a bad quarter, inning or game it's time to dump everyone and start over. Sports fans from other states come in here, call us "fair weather" and other nonsense but they refuse to read their own newspapers and won't read their own comments. I'm sorry, it wasn't Ken Phelps the Yankee fans were booing two or three years ago, it was Derek Jeter after hitting .200 for the first month. Makes me laugh.
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    DepressedAZFan wrote...
    Cute, real cute.
    I love how you can tell he is just scraping for content, and desperate for a few papers to sell (do they still sell those?) I could see Brady coming to Arizona, maybe in a celebrity golf tournament, or in a future Superbowl when we host again... Sigh... if only.
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