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Giving Brady time to throw is virtually Mankins entire job. Brady had time to throw w/o Mankins. I'm not arguing the guy isn't good. But they aren't even close to doing poorly without him.
Again, Mankins allows you to do things that you can't do with lesser players in there. How this is above people's heads is something I still don't understand. Well, I do understand, but I'd get banned for pointing it out.
If you want to bring up the run; again, I'd point you to the Ravens @ Jets game, and how horribly predictable the run calls were today in terms of both down & distance and the fact that they tipped their hand by doing it almost solely from formations where Brady was under center. Awful play-calling.
Play calling was not the problem. That same gripe has been put out there after every loss in the history of football. It's usually wrong, and today's game is a perfect example. Play calling didn't force Moss to drop a touchdown. It didn't cause the Patriots a delay of game that led to a missed field goal. It didn't cause Brady to overthrow Moss and get picked off. It didn't cause Moss to go up with one hand against Cromartie, tip the ball, and have Poole get the pick. It didn't cause the sack and fumble, either.
My initial argument is a strawman? Huh?
I guess rather than strawman, I should just have said that its a use of incorrect logic.