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This is an interesting observation that probably should be explored further. It's one that I haven't thought about. I think most of us have forgotten that BOB was the real architect of the initial 2 TE offense.
Probably needs its own thread since the Josh McDaniel haters are going to want to go to town on this.
, especially after such a choppy offensive effort last night. I'm certainly NOT a hater, but one could really criticize a lot of his red zone choices last night, though we will never know how many of those plays were eventually called by Brady on the LOSBrady's not perfect. He never has been. What we forget is that most of the time he's simply LESS imperfect than all of his contemporaries. They ALL throw some really inexplicable passes sometimes, even Manning and Rodgers. I'm sure we will see that number increasing as Brady enters his dotage. But that being said, for the next 3 or 4 years there STILL won't be more than a handful of QB who will be better than him, and as long as he's here, he will be good enough to QB this team to a superbowl. Maybe not "carry" a team to a championship, but good enough to lead one there.
Lets remember that the elite Tom Brady has never won a superbowl.
I'm a bit less effusive about Browner and his effect. In my view his greatest impact is the kind of flexibility his skill set allows the secondary to practice. The match ups he can present, and the coverages and disguises he allows. As an individual CB, he's the kind of guy Josh would abuse if he could single him out on a consistent basis. I think Patricia realizes this and doesn't allow it to happen. And in so doing it, gets us seeing the "good' Browner mostly and only a minimum of the "bad" Browner.
For Browner he couldn't have wound up in a better place for his career. Like I said he has some unique skills for a CB, but like I've also said, he has flaws that can be exposed if allowed. If he'd had gone to a team like Raiders or Jets, he'd have been the butt of fans hatred after watching him get beat deep several time a game.
There is a reason why I chose his number at the start of TC. I see what he can become down the road. As he improves, that rare kind of potential looks even more reachable, since its become clear that he wants to be that great and seems to have the work ethic to reach it.
Now hopefully over the next couple of years, Easley begins to evolve into the impact Warren Sapp like DT I envisioned. I'm hoping that his pedestrian but not bad play is due to a combination of dealing with injuries old and new, plus the need for him to play so much DE. Also the example of Hightower's slow start gives me patience to wait on him.
Amen, brother, but watching teams like the Raiders, Jets, and Jax rise up on odd weeks to beat their supposed betters makes one cautious. And Buffalo and Miami are better teams than most here give them credit for. It wouldn't take much of a slip cause a defeat in a game we SHOULD win. I'm happy to have them both at Gillette.
