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FWIW, after two weeks, here are (per Mike Reiss) the number of plays in which each WR participated, and (per NFL.com) the number of times Tom tried to pass to them (I include penalties and incompletions):
At the moment, one could make an argument that Brady's favorite target (at least among the WRs) is actually Welker; when Welker is on the field, the ball comes his way nearly 30% of the time. It would also appear (from watching game tapes) that a significant percentage of the time, when he's not the target, he's being covered by one or more DBs--thus eating away at the coverage available for everyone else. [San Diego figured out the necessity of this, for example, after Welker pwned Tim Dobbins.]
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Plays Pass Attempts
Randy Moss 89 18
Wes Welker 61 18
Donte' Stallworth 48 8
Jabar Gaffney 43 3
Kelley Washington 16 0
At the moment, one could make an argument that Brady's favorite target (at least among the WRs) is actually Welker; when Welker is on the field, the ball comes his way nearly 30% of the time. It would also appear (from watching game tapes) that a significant percentage of the time, when he's not the target, he's being covered by one or more DBs--thus eating away at the coverage available for everyone else. [San Diego figured out the necessity of this, for example, after Welker pwned Tim Dobbins.]