People complained that, at the end of the '07 season, Brady was forcing the ball to Moss to get the TD record. The only other time people were complaining was late in '09, and '10 when Moss wasn't getting the separation nor jumping/fighting for the ball and Brady kept going to him.
Wrong. People complained every time we lost. Brady to Moss tore up the league. When they didnt all of a sudden Brady ois forcing the ball.
The Patriots offense tore up the league last year and this year. When they lose 2 playoff games with good but unspectacular passing games that must be the new thing to complain about.
When this team loses, its fans now whine. Thier typical MO is that the thing that we won with must now be why we lost.
I honestly feel like '09/'10, Brady made the mistake of forcing the ball to Moss against tough defenses (Jets, Ravens) when they were game planning against him and more or less gave Brady the middle of the field.
I'm sure you think that but you are wrong. Brady barely threw to Moss vs the Ravens, and i dont think there was one deep ball.
The other time people complained was the first Jet game on 2010, when Brady threw to a single covered Moss twice and Moss gave lame effort and it resulted in Ints. THAT GAME created a revisionist history that Brady forces the ball to Moss. Those are the facts regardless of what you want to make up.
See my post above. We killed the league going deep to Moss. As soon as we lose a playoff game and 1 regular season game you must now deem the reason we succeeded as the reason we lost because there is too much thinking involved in looking for the facts
Now you see just the opposite, teams are jamming the middle because there aren't any deepthreats (guys to beat man outside). I feel like Brady has been trying to force the ball downfield to keep the defense honest, but it just doesn't work now because he's got no one to throw to.
Forcing the ball downfield? When? How? Because we called one long pass vs Bmore where Slater had his man easily beaten, or because of a broken play scramble where he saw Gronk open deep? Come on. You are pretty much just making things up.
Get someone to keep the defense honest and it opens things up again. It would be a HUGE help against tough pass defenses.
They were open this year. Welker in the slot had the 4th most receptions (1 behind 2nd) of any receiver in any season ever (think about that) and the 15th most yards any receiver has ever had in any season.
Gronk had the most receiving yards any TE has ever had in a season, and the most TDs, and Gronk + Hernandez DESTROYED the best numbers ever put up by a teams TEs in any season.
To say that our offense faced struggles with the inside passing game is the most ludicrous statement you could ever make. No team in NFL hisotry has been more successful throwing inside and its not even close.
If your argument is we need an outside receiver to make it easier for the inside receivers when the inside receivers had a legendary season, your argument is idioitic.
Just because the O-line disintegrated in SB42 and Brady made mistakes in other games (forcing to Moss rather than taking the middle/short, forcing the ball deep to keep the defense honest without anyone downfield to actually make plays) that doesn't that a deepthreat doesn't help, nor does Brady's success this regular season.
I didn't say having better receivers wouldn't make the offense better. I said the offense is already head and shoulders above the defense, and that the facts show that the myth that a 'deep threat' is needed to allow Welker, Gronk and Hernandez to succeed is inaccurate.
Also, the "if it's not broke, don't fix it" arguments are BULLSHT. Belichick is ALWAYS looking to improve EVERY facet of his team.
Ah, the I will use BB to make it sound like he agrees with me so I am right manuever
He also knows he doesnt have the resources to improve every facet of the team so he focusses on the biggest liabilities.
So why wouldn't you look to improve a clear weakness? Seriously people... They have the cap space and the FA are going to be there, what the hell is the issue?
They passed for the 2nd most yards in NFL history. They allowed the 2nd most passing yards in NFL history.
They lost 4 games and in all 4 they couldn't come close from stopping the other team throwing the ball when the game was on the line.
Yeah, it really sounds like complementing 3 guys who caught 291 passes for 3800 yards and 33 TDs is a glaring weakness on this team.