Patriot Missile
Pro Bowl Player
- Joined
- Feb 4, 2005
- Messages
- 14,085
- Reaction score
- 11,101
I don't think this gets enough discussion. It seems that WRs that come here and don't produce get 100% of the blame for their "inability to pick up the system", while Brady's inability to adjust to the tendencies of his WRs escapes criticism. Lafell is a great example. The guy is by no means a superstar, but he has produced ever since his sophomore year in college. He gets to New England, and he's all of the sudden a one meaningless catch a game guy. I think this has much less to do with Lafell (and the others) and much more to do with Brady's tentativeness in the pocket, and his unwillingness to go through his progressions. A great deal of this can be attributed to the extremely poor OL play, but this has been an issue for a couple years now.
To be fair he did have 4 catches for 46 yards Against the Raiders Sunday which is improvement over the first two games. I think he will get better, especially if the pass coverage can improve. Also if he can keep his penalties down he will see the field more. Funny he didn't have 1 penalty all of last season so you would think it's more of learning the offense thing rather than being inept? I'll go with the former.