GoPats

A great video with overhead shots of the record breaking pass from Brady to Moss. Courtesy of NFL.com

http://www.nfl.com/videos;jsessionid...000d5d805b5d95

BRADY2MOSSS

nice td wow

Seacoast Fan

thanks for the link, that was good. There is also a video there of Moss top catches.

Fanfrom1960

Wow. I didn't know until seeing that video that Brady got decked by a Giants linebacker right after he let it fly (3:35 mark). Good find, GoPats.

upstater1

LOL, look closely. This is not what everyone is portraying it to be. Brady is throwing to Moss BEFORE the CB bites on Welker's curl.

Brady was going to Moss all the way.

Look at it closely. Brady is set and already in his throwing motion to Moss before the CB even breaks toward Welker.

Brady is even ballsier than I thought. We all assumed he had Randy in one-on-one coverage on that play, and decided to go to him.

No, he made that decision before the CB broke!

MetalBleachers

great link. thanks. Fun to see Welker's and Bruschi's reactions that weren't shown during the broadcast.

WhiZa

Yea, I see the same thing. He either knew they were going to break on welker or he just wanted to throw into double coverage for the 23rd time this season

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Vern

He read the coverage. Part of the read is seeing the safety coming over the top, so the CB didn't have to break yet for him to see right off that it was a trap technique they were doing. Moss running right past the CB is another tell tale sign. No way speed alone lets you get by a guy who in 10 yards who is already 5 yards off to begin with.

What makes that play is that BOTH Moss and Brady read the coverage BEFORE the CB breaks - Moss to blaze past the safety and Brady to throw it as deep as possible. If you only make the read AFTER the break, then it's too late because either the pressure collapses the pocket and you can't step into the throw, or the safety has too much time to get over and get in the way.

This is what people mean when they say Brady is so good (and Moss is so smart) at dissecting a defense. It's the speed with which he reads it, not just THAT he knew what it was.

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Satchboogie3

Yea, Brady wasn't intending to go with Moss. He read the coverage and saw it was a trap play - before it played out. He could tell that the CB on Moss was about to cut in to Welker so he knew Moss would be single covered by the safety and let it fly.

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RayClay

Considering Welker was directly in the line of site and the cornerback only needed to be leaning the wrong way because it's Moss, I don't know how you could come to that conclusion just from watching a clip.

I'll trust the guys on the field.

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