Gronk was WIDE open on the conversion

Brady was battered all day.

What is the point of this post? It is not like Brady could even get to his second reads. Lucky Brady was even able to finish the game in one piece considering the offensive offensive line supposedly protecting him.

After the beating he took, I'll give him this one.

Just brutal man. Winning the SB *or making it there* often comes down to a couple of plays. We didn't make them this year.

Yeah, we know. The problem is that Brady's clock was sped up so fast at that point and it was the last play, he HAD to get a throw off. It sucks but I'm sure he wasn't waiting to survey the whole field.

Given the less than admirable performance of the OL, one can hardly blame Brady for feeling perceived pressure. There's only so much even the GOAT can absorb.

Football is the ultimate team game. Brady got totally killed all game long, and was under pressure on the 2-point conversion as well.

And yet..... he should have made that play, and even in a moment of total honesty (not just playing the humble leader for the cameras), he would, I'm pretty sure, say he just missed this one.



The first second after that ball was snapped he should have been able to see what would be open, given how Denver reacted to the two receivers right of the hash marks.

Obviously Brady is incredible and anyone can make a mistake and lord knows he's been amazing. But he didn't get this one right. Huge bummer, but there it is. Gronk was indeed wide open.

surprised the didn't have a go to 2 point play..a throw to a double teamed jules wasn't going to cut it

That picture is even offensive. Is that Cannon already falling down? The OL is chasing after the defenders.

I see Brady being on a collision course with a broncos pass rusher. Gronk was open for a brief second, but as the play developed he was no longer wide open.

There's a defender right In his throwing lane, it doesn't look that simple imo and he doesn't look that wide open after watching the vid...

Could be wrong just doesn't look so cut and dry

should of gone to gronk. didnt matter if he was tripled team
the only guy on our offense who can make big plays...

It's a play Brady should have made but didn't. If the offensive line didn't give him PTSD the whole game, I wouldn't cut him some slack for it.

I need a view from behind Brady. That view shows that the guy in the upper deck could see it. But from Brady he would've had to throw it over the defenders on the goal line and inside the defenders on White.

Plus, we don't know his progressions. If it was White, Gronk, Edelman, then I can see why he didn't he 87. He was beaten for 3 hours, and people on this board expect him to be as accurate and proficient mentally as he was at the beginning of the game. He was also on a half rollout. WTF was McDaniels thinking? He isn't Aaron Rodgers running the rollout flat pass to Cobb. TB12 is slow and not as great on the run as Rodgers. McDaniels screwed up the 4th down and 1 call also by going heavy formation and running a PA pass when no one would respect the run game anyway.

Getting hit speeds up a QB, effects his accuracy and his brain/reads.

I was hoping for the play we used with Edelman when we scored the go ahead TD in the Super Bowl.

The quick slant, stop, and break back to the outside.

I didn't see it once this game and I think it's pretty effective against man press coverage.

Yup. Saw it when it happened. Too bad he didn't have more time.

asking for a 2 point conversion against that defense is a borderline miracle, they were ferocious yesterday.

Just watched the vid a few times, he looks for gronk as he rolls right and didn't go there.

That picture is potentially misleading. See the two defenders on the goal line? They're in the throwing lane. Brady would have had to lob it over them, potentially giving them time to drop back and make a play on the ball. Still, the next day from the sky view it looks like a better choice than the throw he made.

EDIT: Let's not forget the three rushers, all having beaten their Patriots counterparts and converging on Brady at a rapid rate.