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Overall a pretty balanced and fair take. Not snipy or snippy or whatever.
Pretty accurate... no need to tippy toe around it, Brady hasnt been Brady for years in the playoffs
It's simply this, folks: larger sample size. He was pretty good in the playoffs early in his career, but the stats show that he wasn't ridiculously good. Clutch? Yes. But don't forget, in that Carolina Super Bowl he threw a HORRENDOUS interception late that could have cost them the game. Fortunately, it didn't.
The more you play high quality opposition (which is what the playoffs consist of), the more likely it is that you will struggle. It's simply things evening out over a longer period of time. Every great QB that played in a lot of playoff games eventually had some real turds....even Joe Montana and John Elway. All of them have. Give Brady enough chances to play top-shelf defenses and guess what will happen? He'll have some bad games. His bad games recently in the playoffs have come against superb defenses: NY Giants (2007), Baltimore (2009), NY Jets (2010), and Baltimore again (2011). I mean, put any QB up against that lineup and it's going to be hard to have great game after great game. Since bad playoff games tend to = elimination, it sure feels a lot worse. But it's simply the law of averages catching up to him.
Brady career regular season: 63.8%, 7.51 y/a, 2.61 td/int, 96.4 rating
Brady career post season: 62.8%, 6.67 y/a, 1.89 td/int, 87.6 rating
It is normal and expected that, because he's playing harder teams in the playoffs, that his stats will be worse in the playoffs compared to the regular season. What I love, though, is his record: 16-5. :singing:
Great post. I don't have to say no more. Who else is hoping Brady has a legendary game next Sunday?
Great post. I don't have to say no more. Who else is hoping Brady has a legendary game next Sunday?
It's simply this, folks: larger sample size. He was pretty good in the playoffs early in his career, but the stats show that he wasn't ridiculously good. Clutch? Yes. But don't forget, in that Carolina Super Bowl he threw a HORRENDOUS interception late that could have cost them the game. Fortunately, it didn't.
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Brady career regular season: 63.8%, 7.51 y/a, 2.61 td/int, 96.4 rating
Brady career post season: 62.8%, 6.67 y/a, 1.89 td/int, 87.6 rating
It is normal and expected that, because he's playing harder teams in the playoffs, that his stats will be worse in the playoffs compared to the regular season. What I love, though, is his record: 16-5. :singing:
The NYG offense is by far and away better than the BAL offense.
Brady needs to be at his best for the Patriots to have a chance.