maverick4

From 01-04 I remember one or two years we lead the league in fewest dropped passes. No doubt this was an emphasis from the offensive staff at the time, and allowed us to make important plays when needed in high pressure situations.

Fast forward a few years, after spending lots of high draft picks or trades for offensive weapons, and overall the attention to drops has fallen off quite a bit.

MrBigglesWorth

what do you expect? it's a brand new qb

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Patjew

Troy, Givens, and Branch were all clutch. Patten too.

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MoLewisrocks

He doesn't drop them, any more than the HOF'er did in his brief attempts to connect with them in the first quarter of the first game in 2008.

Belichick has always stressed how focus and preparation and effort and execution can mitigate so called measurables talent. Talent provides the capacity to do more, but unless it simultaneously does the little things equally well it often doesn't matter...

PatsWickedPissah

Excellent point. Once again, we really need to reflect on and appreciate the entire Patriot teams that won those SBs. The work ethic, the clutch gameday performances, great gameday coaching and overcoming injuries.

maverick4

Has nothing to do with the QB. We had few drops under a relatively new QB from Michigan too, one who primarily played a horizontal passing game and threw a wobbly ball on long out routes.

Even under Brady after he began to reach his peak, we have had way more % of dropped passes since 05.

Pats726

Stats anyone?? Or just what people seem to remember??

maverick4

I'll try to find the article now, I know it exists.

I believe it was on cold hard football facts, from 04 or 03.

Pats726

I just wondered about 'real" stats other than anecdotal...I do remember Givens in his early days dropping a lot and an offseason on the Juggs machine...and such

MrBigglesWorth

whatever you guys want to believe. this is a game of inches so it's ball placement. throwing the ball in front and behind. the speed of the throw. the rotation of the ball.

no matter how you like it... the change of qb has something to do with it. not all, but something

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