Waterford - I agree.
Several things happened here, even though Bellichek says things haven't changed in the game plan, they have. There are many more quick dumps to the backs and slants now called with Brady then there was with Drew. The offensive line isn't protecting Brady any better than it was Bledsoe, the sacks/ pass attempts is actually higher now than the last 18 games for Drew and the sacks/ yards passing is now higher too. The O line is improved in that it's offering a much better setup for the running game than it was before and Smith is doing a pretty good job running the ball - the best here since Curtis ( I have a nice autographed NFL football from his rookie year
). Also, many more plays are put in to create mismatches between reciever/defender or otherwise place a receiver in an advantageous position to catch the ball. This means that just as often as not, he has 1 predetermined receiver to choose from and if that rec is not open, he dumps off to an outlet. He is not needing to cycle through recievers to find the best play. This also allows him to take less steps & get rid of the ball quicker than Drew did. Neither can be confused with being "mobile". If Drew could ever sell a fake, maybe some of these trick plays they never used would work for him too.
Oh yeh, there is the whole thing about the team playing drastically better on both sides of the ball...
Drew has a better passing game (at least ability) and would have benefited from some of the breaks Brady has had this year. What has Brady done? Won a couple games but he has not done the big choke either (well, 2 or 3 game chokes were close - anyone remember the Denver game). But he has overall not hurt the Pats and that is his biggest credit. With the amount of experience and time in the league that Drew has, he shouldn't be making a lot of the stupid mistakes he has made.
In the long run, I think it would be a mistake to keep Brady over Drew. Drew is the better QB IMO. OTH, the Pats can get more for Drew in terms of a quality draft pick and salary reductions than they would get for Brady. So we know what will happen.
FW - shushhhh
Arby - Jets, Jets, Jets!!! I liked it when the came thru for us!!! Now they'll lose in Oakland and Ole Foxboro will hold a game in the cold & snot for the fair weather boys of Oakland a week from Saturday. The Jets will be golfin' Golf!Golf!Golf! ....
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