Tottie
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It's a tough one for them I would think. If steelers need the win to get in I can't imagine they wouldn't keep ingram in. Will be interesting.
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It's a tough one for them I would think. If steelers need the win to get in I can't imagine they wouldn't keep ingram in. Will be interesting.
Freaking Humphries, man. That one still stings for me.
Hold me.
I guess that during those 3-4 years they also expected Brady to not be here and it would be a complete overhaul by now. An unintended consequence.
You could be right, although they seem to have dedicated resources in terms of :
You are suggesting that Brady somehow stifled his alleged recent tendency to bail or hurry a bad throw on the play and that's why it worked. Further, you're claiming you could see -- on your television -- that protection was crumbling and Brady toughed it out for an "extra nanosecond" to complete the scoring pass. Nonsense. The play worked because it was there: protection held up (Brady had ample time in the pocket), Harry beat his man on the route and Brady made a good throw -- not because Brady somehow uncharacteristically "did what he has not been doing." Hint: it takes more than one player to make plays succeed. We know you hate Brady ca. 2019 but stop reaching into your grab bag of cherry pickings to try arguing why. You don't know enough about this team or football in general to offer anything even remotely approaching a reasonable argument that Brady is mostly responsible for the stagnating offense. Try wrapping your head around this: injured throwing elbow, no tight end threat, unreliable WRs (inexperience and injuries), no fullback and struggling OL (missing players and ongoing injuries).
Yeah, because "McDermott's Buffalo club" beats the Patriots so often. Those must be "bad wins" because the Bills are a division opponent with a good defense that challenges Brady. Got it. It's obvious you want Brady to fail this week so you can dish more negativity at him and the team. What on earth would you do if he lights it up and the Pats win big? Hide in a corner and sulk?
That's why I don't blame Belichick for this at all. Although maybe he should have known his 1st round picks were inevitably going to be injured, because 1st round.
"Manning up" isn't the issue. Health is the issue. They've been "manning up" courageously through injury most of the season.
Um, did I say that? No...McDermotts D has had far more success vs the quarterback, i.e., making him look terrible 4/5 games than have the other afc east teams/coaches. Whistle through the graveyard all you want, But Brady has been poor vs McDermott - do you think Brady has played well? I think he's been at, near, or under 50% completions in 3/5 games and underwater TD/int. So, does that constitute good QB play?You are suggesting that Brady somehow stifled his alleged recent tendency to bail or hurry a bad throw on the play and that's why it worked. Further, you're claiming you could see -- on your television -- that protection was crumbling and Brady toughed it out for an "extra nanosecond" to complete the scoring pass. Nonsense. The play worked because it was there: protection held up (Brady had ample time in the pocket), Harry beat his man on the route and Brady made a good throw -- not because Brady somehow uncharacteristically "did what he has not been doing." Hint: it takes more than one player to make plays succeed. We know you hate Brady ca. 2019 but stop reaching into your grab bag of cherry pickings to try arguing why. You don't know enough about this team or football in general to offer anything even remotely approaching a reasonable argument that Brady is mostly responsible for the stagnating offense. Try wrapping your head around this: injured throwing elbow, no tight end threat, unreliable WRs (inexperience and injuries), no fullback and struggling OL (missing players and ongoing injuries).
Who gives a rat's ass about McDermott's defense "giving Brady trouble" when he has yet to beat the Patriots? LOTS of defenses have given Brady "trouble" through the years, that's to be expected in the very competitive NFL. What I've been trying to impress upon you apparently to no avail is the FACT that Brady does not play in a vacuum -- there are 10 other guys that figure mightily into things like completion percentage, interceptions, touchdowns, etc. It's a TEAM game and Brady's supporting cast is subpar for various reasons compared to recent years. Stop myopically focusing on Brady and consider what he's working with/forced to compensate for around him.
