The Ints to Moss

AndyJohnson said:

Thats what I thought also watching it live, but watching again, I disagree. I think he was looking off the safety. It happened a lot faster than Simms described. Watch where Moss is when Brady throws it, and how unthreatened he is by any rush. He fully expected that Moss had his man beaten. It is certainly possible that Welker was the first read, but when he saw Moss, it wasnt settling, Brady expected a TD and threw it exactly where he wanted to.
There is just no way he expected Cromartie to beat Moss to the 3 yard line.

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AndyJohnson said:

As I said Simms had me convinced of the same thing until I rewatched it myself. Regardless of who he looked at first, he had the coverage he wanted on Moss, and Moss was where Brady wants him to be when he let go.
Mike Shanahan used to tell WRs if you cant beat man coverage John Elway has 7 car dealerships you can go work at. I think Moss can be held to that standard. He simply did not bust his butt on the route.

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zipster9 said:

Brady's fault and the OC's fault.

You have 2 very good TE's who can catch the ball with THEIR hands. Yet, you don't even use them in the 2nd half? Don't tell me they were covered.

The problem is, as was late last year, was Brady is forcing to Moss. When the Patriots are successful, the ball is spread to RB, TE, WRs.

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AndyJohnson said:

He didnt need to make up 5 yards they were almost even and Cromartie was still turning his hips when the ball was thrown.
There is simply no question that if Moss went after that ball like he did the TD he gets there first. Why he didn't I dont know, maybe he never expected the ball because he was a 3rd option....he didnt throw his hand up, and he most certainly did not give his best effort getting to the 3 yard line as fast as he can.

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upstater1 said:

You could be right but the replay clearly showed Brady scanning in 3 different places before he looked far to his right and decided to throw to Moss. You could tell he didn't look Moss's way (by design?) until the last second.

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DocE said:

The first interception was a "miscommunication" per Randy Moss's postgame interview. What likely happened was Brady expected Moss to make a route adjustment and go downfield while Moss felt Cromartie was bailing deep and he should settle. If you watch the replay, you will see that Cromartie reacts to the ball way before Randy.

I'd have to see the second interception again to comment on it, but I never got the feeling that was a ball that should have been caught.

The last ball to Randy was not an overthrow, he beat Cromartie and Cromartie interferred with him. I saw Randy react more negatively towards an official for that call than any call in a long time. In fact, I believe its Tom Curran's article where he says they have video of Randy following the official to the locker room after the game.

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