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LOL, and Loscy is undoubtedly still ducking Ryan.Ryan is still trying to get an exclusive interview with Jim Loscutoff .
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It mostly comes down to the talent at WR.
Montana had incredible touch and a very good arm early/middle part of his career. He also had very good deep threats in Freddie Solomon and John Taylor. I would go on to say that Jerry Rice was also a quality deep threat.
Are you reading what you are typing?I've watched every game of Brady's career he has never been accurate on his deep passes. He lacks the touch to lob them in downfield. When Brady throws down field you know with almost absolute certainty that he is overthrowing his receiver by 1-3 yards. The only receiver that was able to cover up this problem was Moss who could successfully run down his overthrows.
This doesn't mean Brady is a bad QB, he has an absolute bullet of a pass and pinpoint accuracy on intermediate and short routes, but don't fool yourself, he has never been even remotely decent at his deep pass outside of Moss. It's not the receivers he is lacking it's the way he throws deep he doesn't lob them downfield he bullets them out there at a low trajectory which doesn't give his recievers time to run down his over throws.
Who is bob Ryan and why is his opinion important?
I've defended Brady on the deep ball for years. Suddenly, though, everyone's a defender because Ryan (mostly) was basically repeating the arguments so many, likely including some of the very same people who are now acting so offended by Ryan's comments, have used on this site?
Good comedy.
Can you list all those big tall WRs Brady made look bad that went on to have success?Pats wide recievers get open frequently downfield. Brady just can't connect with them he throws his deep passes with very little arch which gives it maximum velocity unlike a deep high and arched pass which slows down it's forward speed transferring it downwards and letting receivers catch up to it. The way he throws his long ball takes much more precise accuracy. Watch all the good longball passers throwing to scrubs they toss moonshots not bullets.
Mosses incredible skill speed and height covered for Brady's inaccuracy. Deep passes have never been his strong suit prior to or after Moss and he has proven he doesn't need that part of his game to be a dangerous passing threat. Stop pretending he is lacking weapons, every big tall wide receiver not named moss has been run out of here so fast. Brady makes them worse not better the little guys are his sweat spot for short and intermediate passing which is why we load our team with them every year. It's not an accident that we have have him surrounded by smurfs most of his career as it compliments his pass style.
Can you list all those big tall WRs Brady made look bad that went on to have success?
For the life of me, I do not understand the lamenting of a deep threat on this team. There was no deep threat here in '01, '03, or '04. Randy Moss, while super exciting to watch, did not bring us a fourth ring. For my money, give me a d!nk and dunk offense that chews up yards and clock.
These people using that argument won't because it hurts their opinion.
Not having someone who can stretch the field makes it harder to move down the field consistently. Brady makes up for a lot of that, especially during the regular season. Against good defenses, though, it's a huge problem, as we've seen year after year. Brady is forced to throw into tighter windows, the YAC decreases, and the better coverage subjects Brady to more pressures, hits and sacks.
And the "There was no deep threat here in '01, '03, or '04" is one of the lamest red herrings out there. Those defenses were allowing 15-17 ppg, which is more than a field goal less per game than the 2011 SB team, just for one example.
Or, to put it another way:
Given the Patriots preference for varied game plans based upon opponent, you're out of your mind if you think the Patriots wouldn't want a player who can stretch the field in the middle-deep areas.
“They’d allowed the fewest big plays of any team all season, and you saw pretty early why you don’t want to go into the Super Bowl throwing up a bunch of posts, a bunch of ‘nine’ routes. [‘Go’ routes.] Richard Sherman picks off the go route every time you throw it. The plan was to exploit other parts of the field—but short parts of the field. Michael Bennett rushes from everywhere. Cliff Avril kills people. They believe in what they do. We countered that by saying, ‘Okay, here’s what we’re pretty good at: Space the field, find the soft spots, be satisfied with the four-yard gain, be happy with the four-yard gain. We were gonna be happy with a two-yard gain.” ~Tom Brady, MMQB