Look, I really can't stand to hear a bunch of doom and gloom today. The fact is, the the single difference between losing this game today by 7 and winning by about 30 was that Tom Brady is awful right now. We can't blame him for that; it's to be expected and is entirely consistent with what other players returning from similar injuries, such as Peyton Manning, have gone through.
Already I am hearing all kinds of things about the offense not being able to handle the pressure on the QB, the defense playing poorly, and so forth. The fact is that on plenty of downs, the Jets got some decent to good pressure, and on plenty of other downs Tom had plenty of time to through. In all cases he through either flatfooted or just plain off the mark. There really isn't much more to it than that. On most plays, guys were open. On most plays, Brady had time and space to throw, or had a hot receiver open. He just didn't hit them, and when he did hit the receivers they often had to make a nice catch on a ball that wasn't quite in the right spot.
Certainly, the team is not perfect. The defense got too soft in the 3rd quarter. The team took far too many penalties, and the worst part was that many times they were delay of game and other kinds of penalties like that. Galloway still isn't really on the same page as Brady. There are things that need improvement, just as there always are. Despite all of this however, take the pre-injury Brady and insert him in the game, and it's a 30 point victory. So please, enough prognostications of doom and gloom. Give Brady time to get the fear and hesitation out of his head, and you'll see a pretty darn good team on the field.
