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What's amazing is not only how well he has performed but also how he has handled it. For most star QB's if you took away his two best receivers and replaced them with cast offs he would throw a fit. Brady hasn't done this, at least not in the media.
When you watch the Colts it's really amazing how often his WRs/TEs/HBs are WIDE OPEN. I really do wonder how Peyton would do with a bunch of targets who didn't get instant seperation and maintain it through their routes.
When you watch the Pats WRs, their version of 'open' is normally a yard or two of seperation at the most. The Colts WRs routinely catch the ball without a defender within five yards.
This is more my memories of the games I saw last year than the few I saw this year, but it's still probably true at least to some degree.
I sometimes wish Tom had such open targets to hit.
But he does okay with the targets he's got to work with.
While this is definitely true, I wonder why people don't also see the opposite which is also true.
Peyton, Harrison, and Wayne have many years together and have peaked. They will never be any better than they are now, and in fact, with age and injuries will soon begin a decline into a lesser unit, if it hasn't happened already.
Pats passing game should keep getting better and better and hasn't come close to peaking.
Granted, the potential of the Pats passing game may not be as high as the Colts, but the gap is rapidly closing with Brady's familiarity with his receivers.