I hope you're wrong. Those who don't see where there mistakes were in the past are doomed to repeat them in the future.
Although if they're really smart, like I believe Bill is, they wait for history to put them in perspective. Sometimes it turns out they weren't mistakes at all...
Speaking of pots and kettles, you're a funny guy. Used to start protracted debates here with people who made bold opinion statements absent any factual basis.
Brady didn't knock the rust off mentally or physically last week only to revert to it this week. The assessment of his mechanics last week was not mine but JAWS. This week he was dealing with a lot stiffer pass rush and a couple of new receivers in addition to one who has appeared to be slow grasping the offense and an old friend Randy whose shortcomings/incomsistencies you've expressed concern about in the past.
The OP can't recall Brady ever struggling like this under pressure. I on the other hand have some vivid memories. He's also human and has been known to have an entirely out of sorts day every now and again for no discernable reason. Those usually manifest themselves in an inordinate number of picks for a guy who prides himself in not making costly mistakes.
This was all about pressure and timing. While last Monday was clearly also about rust and finding his way back from injury, Sunday appeared to be just a continuem of a problem that first began to manifest itself down the stretch in 2007. When we still had Seymour and Harrison and Vrabel and Bruschi and even Seau and that defense failed to cover Brady's hard fought come from behind drive with just 3 minutes to go for a ring. This is his third game back since and he's facing the same problems that plagued him in his last game before the knee injury.
Listening to him on WEEI today I clearly get that sense reinforced. Not executing efficiently is his shorthand for we got some route adjustment and protection issues to iron out. He will never point fingers or throw an individual teamate under the bus. (And he always makes a point of lauding his OL which I understand is something QB's have to do for practical purposes. It annoys me they never, ever speak up and take responsibility in kind.)
But on the heels of Moss' postgame comments about going backwards in the fourth quarter (when we did that throughout the game as well and he was part of it via a facemask call) I though it was enlightening that rather than just take it on the chin for an overthrow pick Tom opted to explain that he had called Moss over at that juncture and told him he was going to take a deep shot, as deep as he could launch it, because they hadn't been able to attempt let alone connect through the first six quarters. I think he clearly expected Moss to find a way to beat single coverage rather than get beat off the jam and slow up as if he wasn't expecting the throw and blather about double coverage that wasn't there in the postgame as well. Kind of jived with the picture I saw on the sidelines after that turnover with Moss sitting sheepishly alongside his usually engaging QB who was seemingly ignoring him.
It was an interesting experiment and certainly worth a shot at the price two years ago. No way they are getting value here at this juncture. Particularly considering the bullseye painted on Brady's chest since the end of the record breaking, in your face season. They can still exploit certain matchups, but others are increasingly embracing the blueprint two years in with an eye on not being one of them. And we haven't hit on anything consistently approaching an antidote.
