Talent is such a weird word in football, particularly at the QB position. No one is innately talented or born to be good at throwing a football. It's an unnatural motion! One gets there by hard work, and endless repetition! Now some people are faster at getting it than others, and so going by combine and college results, obviously Tom is far from what you would consider a natural talent.
Still it actually didn't take him long to really be a good QB (contrast that with most young QBs).
In those first few years, the most immediate thing that struck me about his play was that he had wonderful anticipation and footwork in the pocket. He easily could move aside and made a lot of rushers look really bad.
The next thing was obviously the great accuracy. Brady is really the most accurate passer of his generation, and that wasn't obvious at all by watching his college performance. Its interesting too, b/c it's obviously a very mechanical accuracy. He never forces a throw that he doesn't think he can make (and those first few years there were many throws he couldn't make).
As time went on, he added range and different types of throws to his arsenal, and I think he is much more comfortable now than he used too be.
Still.. He has arguably the worst physicality in the NFL, and his arm strength is merely average. Which just goes to show you that physical talent is only one part of a whole, and chronically overvalued in pro football.
