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The Pats don't have the speedsters to use the long ball.
Clearly, for this reason, they don't practice it much any more.
I'm OK with the #1 offense playing that way.
Demps is like 4'2, I don't think he'll be getting many deep balls thrown his way.
The receivers are part of the problem as well. Our fastest straight line receiver is Edelman.
It's actually Slater who's our fastest straight line WR.
It won't matter if he's four steps ahead of the secondary. And if he's not, it is because they've over committed to him due to his speed, with a safety, which just makes me giggle about opening up the middle of the field more.
I'd forgotten all about Demps. What does a defense do when he lines up in the backfield, then motions out to the end? You can't just move a linebacker out there to cover him.
Well the question doesn't appear to be arm strength per se, since most of his misses on the long ball are overthrows. IMO there is a conscious effort to put the ball where ONLY a Pats can get it. Ball Security >> forcing a 'perfect' ball.
A long pass gives the DB more time to recover, the shirt medium pass = less recovery time to the ball is zipped into a smaller window.
The 3 INT's is a very important stat to BB.
It does matter. Hitting a 5'8 guy in stride is MUCH more difficult than hitting a 6'3 one. The different in catch radius is enormous, and what could be a completion right into the outstretched arms of a tall receiver, is an overthrow for a short one, even if they're wide open. Case in point, Brady made a terrible throw to a wide open Hernandez on Thursday, but Aaron is just tall enough to reach his arm up, touch the ball, and then corral it, leading to a big gain. Had that throw gone Edelman's direction, it's an incompletion. The Welker drop/poor throw in the SuperBowl would also have been a much easier catch had the target been 6'0 or taller. The Patriots have opted to go with quick, crafty, not necessarily speedy, WRs who can work in space. That's the right approach, because it suits the strengths of Brady and the offensive system they run. But, on the downside, it also makes it much more difficult to hit intermediate/deep throws.
When you've got players like Vereen taking outlet passes 83 yards and Gronk going down the middle for 40, I'm not too worried about needing to hit Lloyd long down the sideline.
Lol...
RGIII is 1 for 12 with 1 TD on passes thrown greater than 30 yards.
Brady is 3 for 12 with 1 TD on passes thrown greater than 30 yards.
Its the receivers. Given the lack of a receiver with true down field capabilities Brady can't risk throwing it short, which is a problem he didn't have with Moss. He could throw it a little short and Moss could go up and get it.
Was counting him as more of a safety/STer.