Ring 6
PatsFans.com Supporter
PatsFans.com Supporter
2021 Weekly Picks Winner
2022 Weekly Picks Winner
- Joined
- Sep 13, 2004
- Messages
- 63,761
- Reaction score
- 14,113
I just rewatched the game, and among other things I was watching for the Brady leaning on Moss claim.
What I saw was, after thinking Brady played poorly while watching live, particularly on the Ints, that IMO both of the Ints were on Moss.
On the first one when Brady let the ball go, Moss was one on one vs Cromartie at about the 35, about dead even, maybe a step behind. Moss should beat Cromartie to that ball every time. I think Moss thought a fly on 3rd and 13 wouldn't come to him, and wasn't ready to accelerate like he normally does (like he did on the TD) when the ball went up. If he accelerated on that route like on the TD route, it was another TD, or pi at the worst.
On the second Int, flat out it should have been caught. No need to one handed tip the ball, he should have caught it.
I don't to start the Moss flaming but on those 2 plays, he failed.
That went a long way toward the failure of the offense.
On the 3rd deep ball, on 3rd and 7, Moss isn't in the screen until the ball comes down, so I can't tell if he should have made up the extra step it would have taken to get to the ball, because he had the man beat, or if Brady overthrew.
Frankly, Brady made the right decisions based upon what Moss has done with the ball in the air up until now, but if thats what Moss is going to do going forward, Brady needs to reassess what "Moss open" means.
Secondly, while I did not see a huge focus on Moss, I didnt really see any passes to him that were bad decisions, the areas of the field Brady was throwing to changed.
Up until the first Int almost every pass was defended by a LB, or sometimes a safety with only a handful thrown at a corner.
From that point forward, Bradys throws were at a corner 6 times, at a safety 3 and the only throws covered by LBs were the 2 in a row (screen and swing pass) to Morris. I dont know if the Jets changed something to create that, but out of 12 passes, more were down the field than in all of the first half, and nowhere near all were at Moss.
What I saw was, after thinking Brady played poorly while watching live, particularly on the Ints, that IMO both of the Ints were on Moss.
On the first one when Brady let the ball go, Moss was one on one vs Cromartie at about the 35, about dead even, maybe a step behind. Moss should beat Cromartie to that ball every time. I think Moss thought a fly on 3rd and 13 wouldn't come to him, and wasn't ready to accelerate like he normally does (like he did on the TD) when the ball went up. If he accelerated on that route like on the TD route, it was another TD, or pi at the worst.
On the second Int, flat out it should have been caught. No need to one handed tip the ball, he should have caught it.
I don't to start the Moss flaming but on those 2 plays, he failed.
That went a long way toward the failure of the offense.
On the 3rd deep ball, on 3rd and 7, Moss isn't in the screen until the ball comes down, so I can't tell if he should have made up the extra step it would have taken to get to the ball, because he had the man beat, or if Brady overthrew.
Frankly, Brady made the right decisions based upon what Moss has done with the ball in the air up until now, but if thats what Moss is going to do going forward, Brady needs to reassess what "Moss open" means.
Secondly, while I did not see a huge focus on Moss, I didnt really see any passes to him that were bad decisions, the areas of the field Brady was throwing to changed.
Up until the first Int almost every pass was defended by a LB, or sometimes a safety with only a handful thrown at a corner.
From that point forward, Bradys throws were at a corner 6 times, at a safety 3 and the only throws covered by LBs were the 2 in a row (screen and swing pass) to Morris. I dont know if the Jets changed something to create that, but out of 12 passes, more were down the field than in all of the first half, and nowhere near all were at Moss.