Well if Schoop actually said that Tom Brady "carried the team in 2001," he truly IS an idiot. Give JP Brady's O-line even, much less his defense and ST's (sorry but the ST's suck this year), plus Belichick, Weis, and Crennel, and he TOO would be winning a SB.
And my opinion of Felser was lowered when he went into training camp thinking JP was a bust, and then did a complete 180 after JP won the starting job.
As has been said, these guys know no more than any of us, despite their contacts. At best they're good for inside information on what's going on, not predicting the future.