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Guys/Gals, we are going into a bye week.
What is your assessment of Tom so far this year? Do you think he'll return to form b4 the end of the year (or, shudder, ever)?
He has missed on a bunch of plays so far this year. Is jumping around much more than normal int he pocket this year.
No the sky ain't falling and understood it takes time. Just interested in hearing your take...seems to me we are missing Josh a bit more than some would like to admit.
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Umm....did you watch last week's game? This crazy thing happened, he threw five touchdown passes in a quarter and broke an NFL record...and missed only five passes (in a snowstorm) in 34 attempts.
I'm going to be a bit harsh on this, but bear with me. Your "return to form" comment floored me.
I'm missing the part where life is bad today. They're 5-2 at this point, and in sole control of the AFC East with Miami about to go down today. I was frustrated with the turnovers and stupid plays in the first half, but you also have to realize this: Tampa's defense is probably the best one you're going to see from a terrible team (they're probably the best of the worst). That endzone play was dumb because he doesn't throw well when moving to his left and badly judged it anyway. On the deep pass the defender made a great play, because if you go back and look he closed so fast that even Brady probably didn't expect that. I also don't think he tries that throw if the game was closer, as when you're up by that much you're less worried about taking that risk.
Not to mention the fact that I'm sure none of the guys were 100% because traveling that far along with the time difference probably didn't help things. I think making that sort of a trip takes a toll on anyone's body - even pro athletes.
But as I said they played a team with a good defense but a terrible offense (they were 4-of-15 on third down which tired out their defense) - so the fact New England struggled a bit offensively isn't exactly a disaster - especially considering they won by such a convincing margin.
PLEASE take some time and really think before you post something like this. Wait until later on tonight when the stats are compiled from today and you see how he ranks compared to the rest of the league - you may be even more sorry you posted this. I don't mean to be tough on you, but posts like this will cause people to come down on you and you've been here a while now so you need to try and take more things into consideration before making these statements.
Ian
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