Only because its warranted on the nonsensical drivel you are slinging.
There are things that Brady rightfully deserves bashing over. Being ****ty in championship games is not one of them. Think about it....Tom Brady has played in 6 SBs and 10 conference championship games. You say he sucks at them. It's silly.
If you want people to respect your opinion and arguments you need to have some perspective.
In SB 36 Smith was an ave back who did ok and Brady won it after the D gassed out.
In 38 Smith was an ave back and did ok and Brady won it after the D collapsed.
In 39 Dillion did ok, Brady was surgical and the D did enough to win it.
In SB Blount - who is an average back did nothing and Brady put up 10 points in the 4th qtr vs the #1 defense in the NFL.
In 42 the Giants overwhelmed the line. LoMo (another average back) had nowhere to go even on 2nd and short. Watch the game.
If you give the ball to average runners they will do average things over time. We aren't talking about a 1992 Dallas Cowboys or Alex Gibbs coached line here.
No one was complaining in 2014. Worked vs the #1 D in the NFL.
This team has problems but Brady is not one of them. The line and maybe the pass rush are.
This team has won SB's with lead backs and RB by committee. So have other past SB champions. There is no single formula.
What I know is that this team has a 10X better chance of winning a SB with a kick-ass pass blocking o-line, TB12 throwing it 50 times to JE, DA, Gronk, Hogan and Lewis than handing it off to a RB 20 times a game. Mixing in the run and a little play action certainly helps but it's not critical to this team's fortunes.
IMO it all comes down to the defense. If the defense is stout, they win. If the D sucks, then Tom needs to try and make a ton of plays and great defenses will make him pay.
False.
Weis never subbed out Smith or Dillon at the rates McDaniels subbed out our defacto lead backs from 2007-Present (w/OBrien doing the same damn thing).
The only time Weis would sub was this:
1. Wrinkle on a different drive, using a scatback or more shotgun spread.
2. To give the lead back a breather on a drive.
3. Out of desperation to get something going.
MacDaniels is swapping out guys in between downs, left and right, over and over!
Now, if their base offense with Brady mostly under Center did not work and they had to adjust a bit at halftime, yep, in came Faulk and maybe a LArry Centers or whoever, maybe a Patrick Pass, and voila, they're running more shotgun and using a wrinkle.
BUt, Weis never did the psychotic stuff McDaniels does. McDaniels and Brady over-think this stuff and it gets them into trouble.
Now, with McDaniels, the base offense is the finesse shotgun spread, with constant over-manipulation of offensive personnel, never before seen in the history of the league. Bad/mediocre Ds? Sure, it works on them, but not the better ones. Gotta roll up the sleeves and get down and dirty in the title games and SBs, because that's where the good/great Ds are.
Disagree on absolving Brady from sucking in key spots. If he is the GOAT, why is it ok for him to suck, toss INTs, miss wide open guys, lose field position with constant 3 and outs, miss in the red zone leaving at least 3 points on the board, etc, etc?
It's an offensive era!
Why would you make it more of an onus on the D than the O in an offensive era?! That makes no sense whatsoever.
BB started building these teams for offense when Polian/Goodell changed the rules in 2006. Wise move, as it ups your odds you can win, especially when you have the GOAT, right?
But, if the GOAT sucks, at times or is mediocre overall, doesn't Brady hold any accountability in your eyes?
Is Brady on the team or not? Does he play the most important position in the sports world or not?
