MoLewisrocks

Says the increased pressure we witnessed on Sunday was the result of facing a Bruce Arians offense and QB he feared would make the downfield throws and not make mistakes unless pressured to. Says BB plays the % much of the time believing enough QB mistakes will be made absent it. Would like to see that change, doubts it will.

Credits pressure up front for improved performance. Beyond McCourty whom he sees improving with every start at FS not impressed with secondary play. Besides the INT felt Talib had a bad day at the office. Hopes that can be chalked up to rust.

Some interesting observations and opinions on offense too. Says Edelman was running routes usually handled by Hernandez. Expects him to eat into Lloyd's reps going forward as Lloyd doesn't get open quickly enough or generate the YAC for what they are trying to do. Says Woodhead's usage was down because they prefer him against tougher run D.

Pressure from Patriots may be short-lived - Patriots - Boston.com

dannydyn

This little statement just made me think.... I don't think I recall a single Lloyd reception where he generated ANY YAC... Am I wrong? All the catches he's made, he always falls or slides down.

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ALP

i agree, though it must be said, up to this last game the guy was running comeback/curl routes a lot, and those are not exactly YAC routes

not this last game he was used more by running slants, which can produce YAC, but brady's throws didn't really position him that well for that either

although this analysis is insightful, id warn about taking everything he says as a fact

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Uncle Rico

Yes, thank you for mentioning this. I've loved a lot of Lloyd's game, but for crying out lout, can he stay on his feet just once after a catch?

He's 117th in YAC, with 107 yards on 46 catches, which comes to about 2.5 YAC. Honestly, I'm surprised it's that many (I'd bet half of them are just from rolling on the ground a yard from sheer momentum!)

By comparison, Welker — you know, the little short yardage guy — is second in YAC and comes to 6 yards.

I do love that he's able to get those sideline catches, and that helps open things up in the middle. It just seems so often predetermined that he is going down as soon as (if not before) he catches the ball.

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ThatllMoveTheChains!!!

This brought a smile to my face.

Good article, and hopefully he's wrong. Giving a QB the rope and hoping he hangs himself doesn't seem to be as effective as it once was. I'm most likely wrong, but that's sure how it feels.

scout

I can't remember ever thinking 'man is he fast', as he races down the sideline after a long throw. Yea, seems like it's the back shoulder grab, the acrobatic catch, or the slide. The possession receiver?

livinginthe past

To be fair, Lloyds YAC would be considerably better if Brady could actually hit him (or anyone for that matter) in stride on those deep sideline patterns.

I mentioned this in another thread, but an area of Brady's game that I feel has regressed is this exact type of route - deep down the sideline, deep down the middle.

I think of the miscues for Welker and LLoyd on Sunday - I think back to the poorly thrown deep balls to Welker and Gronk in the Superbowl.

Brady has been awesome for a long time now - but the glaring weakness in his game is the deep bomb - often underthrown it feels like it has more chance of being picked than caught by a receiver.

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Brady underthrows people on deep balls?? What?? He pretty much always overthrows them, because he's too cautious. And the deep ball isn't the best aspect of Brady's game, but the one time he had a receiver who could get consistent separation deep, he hit him in stride more often than not. Welker and Lloyd aren't the types of receivers that you really want out there running go patterns down the sidelines. Every single guy in the NFL that's considered a great deep ball thrower has one or more guys who are great deep ball receivers. Brady's had that guy for 36 games of his career.

mosi

I finally watched the game on the DVR. Personally, I thought this was a game that was a lot closer then the score would indicate. Turnovers that the Pats made and capitalized on really made the difference. I don't know why people thought the secondary was any better, they still allowed to Colts to convert third and tens easily. I can't remember the last time an opposing team did not convert a third and long.

The O-line I thought did OK, but was made to look a lot better because of Brady. He moved in the pocket beautifully and made quick decisions. Look for the Jets to make Brady hold the ball for one more second and they know they can get to him.

These next few games without Gronk really worry me. He is Brady's safety blanket, something Hernandez is not.

Cassanova792

So the change of scheme/philosophy, though short lived, DOES make a big difference. Where are the doubters now who proclaimed our defense, especially our secondary, was terrible due to talent ALONE and not scheme. You know who you are.