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Interesting quote from Brady:
Bedard: Tom Brady knows he needs reinforcements for Patriots to be Super
Closest I've ever seen him calling out his teammates. He does it indirectly, but it's an acknowledgement that Britt, Dorsett, etc aren't getting the job done. Not sure if it's been posted on here yet.
A bit more from the article (sub required):
He could have gone further and talked about how Brandin Cooks and Danny Amendola aren’t supposed to getting 11 and seven targets, respectively, in a game like the did on Sunday when Gronkowski was on mothballs. But you get the idea.
Everyone wants to know why Brady’s throwing deep so often. They also want to know why his stat line over the past five games (87.3 rating, 10 TDs, and six INTs) has been so far off career December numbers prior to this season (93.0 rating, 108 TDs, 40 INTs).
We’ve discussed it before, but it deserves more explanation.
We knew once Julian Edelman was lost for the season, that the Patriots offense would look somewhat different. But there was still plenty of talent for the Patriots to keep most of its short-passing game intact. Chris Hogan and Amendola could approximate some of what Edelman did, and James White and Rex Burkhead were huge assets in the short passing. And it’s no coincidence that the offense was at its best in the two games after the bye week against the Broncos and Raiders, when Martellus Bennett was on the roster and giving Brady another weapon in the short area of the field.
Since then, and especially once Burkhead and White were lost against the Steelers, the offense has changed. Without short-area receivers — Amendola and Lewis are the only two accustomed to that role — Josh McDaniels and Brady have had to morph the Patriots’ passing attack from a quick-throw scheme, to one that featured deeper drops and deeper routes for the receivers. That’s where the weapons they have at their disposal — Gronk, Dorsett, Cooks, and Britt — are at their best. It’s not what Brady does best, but he’s Brady and he can make do. His completion percentage would take a hit, and he’d have to throw a few more dangerous passes, but that’s what the Patriots had to work with. That’s why it has looked so different.
But I expect, once the playoffs start, for the Patriots to be back and running their normal scheme.
Bedard: Tom Brady knows he needs reinforcements for Patriots to be Super
Closest I've ever seen him calling out his teammates. He does it indirectly, but it's an acknowledgement that Britt, Dorsett, etc aren't getting the job done. Not sure if it's been posted on here yet.
A bit more from the article (sub required):
He could have gone further and talked about how Brandin Cooks and Danny Amendola aren’t supposed to getting 11 and seven targets, respectively, in a game like the did on Sunday when Gronkowski was on mothballs. But you get the idea.
Everyone wants to know why Brady’s throwing deep so often. They also want to know why his stat line over the past five games (87.3 rating, 10 TDs, and six INTs) has been so far off career December numbers prior to this season (93.0 rating, 108 TDs, 40 INTs).
We’ve discussed it before, but it deserves more explanation.
We knew once Julian Edelman was lost for the season, that the Patriots offense would look somewhat different. But there was still plenty of talent for the Patriots to keep most of its short-passing game intact. Chris Hogan and Amendola could approximate some of what Edelman did, and James White and Rex Burkhead were huge assets in the short passing. And it’s no coincidence that the offense was at its best in the two games after the bye week against the Broncos and Raiders, when Martellus Bennett was on the roster and giving Brady another weapon in the short area of the field.
Since then, and especially once Burkhead and White were lost against the Steelers, the offense has changed. Without short-area receivers — Amendola and Lewis are the only two accustomed to that role — Josh McDaniels and Brady have had to morph the Patriots’ passing attack from a quick-throw scheme, to one that featured deeper drops and deeper routes for the receivers. That’s where the weapons they have at their disposal — Gronk, Dorsett, Cooks, and Britt — are at their best. It’s not what Brady does best, but he’s Brady and he can make do. His completion percentage would take a hit, and he’d have to throw a few more dangerous passes, but that’s what the Patriots had to work with. That’s why it has looked so different.
But I expect, once the playoffs start, for the Patriots to be back and running their normal scheme.
