Brady admits he wouldn't throw to receivers he didn't trust

[BradyFTW!]

How will Brady react when Mike Evans fails to get seperation or stretch the field? Will he ignore him? Go elsewhere? I understand not wanting to throw picks. But not every receiver/TE can be Randy Moss or Gronk right off the bat.

Brady has the record for most different receivers to ever throw TD passes to. Let's not rewrite history here and pretend he spent his career throwing to Moss and Gronk all the time.

 

[carmelo15]

Brady has the record for most different receivers to ever throw TD passes to. Let's not rewrite history here and pretend he spent his career throwing to Moss and Gronk all the time.

Even without this his statement made no sense, Evans not getting separation down field lol come on man

 

[Patstastic]

Even without this his statement made no sense, Evans not getting separation down field lol come on man

During a few series. Not consistently obviously. Point is the failed pats QB/WR connection in 2019 was 50% receivers and 50% QB.

 

[Scotty]

Assuming the season does go ahead , I am sure a lot of Pat's fans will watch the first bucs game to see how brady plays

 

[Doctor DDS]

Meyers played 15 games and was targeted 41 times, Harry played 7 games and was targeted 24 times so to say Brady refused to throw to them is simply not true. We'll never know how many additional times he wanted to go to them but they were not where they were supposed to be. Hoyer would be reading the defense the same way as Brady in practice so his attendance should voluntary OTA's does not preclude them from learning the offense.

 

[luuked]

So is this what the next 2 years will look like ? Any time Tom says anything it will be digested in the most narcissistic manner word by word to find some kind of faults or hidden messages ? So even when he will inevitably talk about the Bucs people will find ways to connect that as some kind of criticism of the Pats ?


So he didn't throw the ball to players he didn't trust to be in the right place a the right time playing the correct technique.

Were there times where this might have been a detriment ? I guess. Were there many, many more times where this turned out to be the right decision ? You bet your ass.

I am the first to admit I have nitpicked many of his plays last season but in the end overall his decision making is a big friggin net positive even if maybe in some instances it meant forcing the ball in vain to Gronk or Edelman while someone else was "open".

If you expect perfection you are watching the wrong sport.

 

[Nunchucks]

And how does that work out for them? I'd say the 6x SB winning GOAT has the credentials to say "don't throw to a receiver who you cant trust".

The team won 6 superbowls. Tom Brady has been an integral part of that team and the greatest QB of all time, but the question was asked and I answered. Manning had to throw to guys who came off the street and was successful. We saw the Eagles last year pull in all kinds of JAG receivers during the season and still be successful.

Sometimes you got to work with what you got and make the best of it. Brady used to do that, but not last year

 

[DarrylS]

Perhaps my view is somewhat different, last year saw a more than a few errant throws and there was the continual information or misinformation regarding some sort of elbow injury that prohibited his ability to practice during the week and the majority of those practices had Pat's back up QB's throwing..

Not having Brady at OTA's last year (understand the reason for it) may also have slowed the progress and getting in sync with both receivers...

Harry came out of a completely different system than the Pat's use, and the learning curve in the Pat's offense is steep... then there was the high ankle sprain (which required post season surgery) of Sanu.. by the end of the season Edelman looked like he needed a MASH unit + no reliable TE.

It almost seemed like a perfect storm aka (F) all of the above.

 

[Nunchucks]

Meyers played 15 games and was targeted 41 times, Harry played 7 games and was targeted 24 times so to say Brady refused to throw to them is simply not true. We'll never know how many additional times he wanted to go to them but they were not where they were supposed to be. Hoyer would be reading the defense the same way as Brady in practice so his attendance should voluntary OTA's does not preclude them from learning the offense.

Brady threw the ball to these guys an average of 3 times a game. Well less for Meyers. How many terrible throws to Edelman did we see where he forced the ball and one of these guys were open?

 

[luuked]

Not having Brady at OTA's last year (understand the reason for it) may also have slowed the progress and getting in sync with both receivers...

How do you think a normal day of OTAs looks like ?

 

[Fixit]

I'm trying but I still can't figure out why this is an issue. If a guy consistently runs the right routes, gets open, and makes the catch, he gets the ball. If not, he doesn't. In a sport where the single most predictive stat between wins and losses is turnovers this is a good thing.

I mean, it clearly worked for two decades. Last season was a comedy of injuries, dropped passes, and guys being on different pages. It was doomed from the start, it just took a while to get there.

 

[PittPatriot]

Assuming the season does go ahead , I am sure a lot of Pat's fans will watch the first bucs game to see how brady plays

I bet most of planet earth will watch their first Tampa Bay Bucs game when Brady dons the legendary crimson and pewter.

 

[IllegalContact]

It’s called hubris which is why I am glad Brady is gone

 

[Brewskies]

Brady is now talking about his marriage. Does he ever stop? He needs so much attention. Does he know people are worried about getting sick and dying? He is such a narcissistic person.


Did you get a stimulus check yet? If not, read what Brady talks about, it will help you feel better and pay your bills, NOT.

 

[1960Pats]

It does screw with ability to draft or trade when your QB will totally and unpredictably choose who to totally ice out

How exactly does (Brady's reluctance to throw to receivers who can't figure out the offense) screw with BB's ability to draft or trade players? I don't see the correlation.

 

[1960Pats]

Looks like many people were right predicting this.

However, how will this work in Tampa Bay? Will Tom expect the receivers to be mind readers?

It isn't about being a mind reader. It's about knowing a complicated offense.

 

[lancerman]

Are people here honestly this soft and jilted over him leaving?

Trust with his receivers has always been a huge deal with him. You ever wonder why he usually leads mid tier receivers with a deep ball but somehow with Moss he found a way to him pin point in double coverage? I wonder why? He must have lost that ability when he threw to other guys.

Brady throws to who he thinks is the best option, if you are open and show the lack of ability to do anything with it, he’s going to stop viewing you as a best option. In 2013 none of us wanted to him tossing balls that would be dropped to Dobson or Thompkins. And they were better when they moved away from that.

The dude will go down as the best decision maker in NFL history and you salty ex girlfriends are questioning him deciding who to throw to. If only he didn’t do that!! We could have won 6 Super Bowls!!!

 

[nabwong]

Isn’t this the same with your work? Your boss hires an incompetent idiot. You never knew that and work with them at first. Then they drop the ball, pun intended. You then only throw to them if you have to and cover your own ass.

I’m at the point at work where I have so much social capital that I’m telling my boss that if she wants me to partner with that person, I’m not taking any responsibility for the outcome and I won’t lie about it to safe her face if asked.

 

[Biffins]

I said it before Harry and Meyers are the happiest Tom left followed by their respected agents

Yes. Harry and Meyers get catches on their record. QBs get INTs not WRs. So of course all receivers want more balls thrown and more balls thrown at them. They have no downside. End of the year all anyone cares for with a WR is number of catches and Yards per Catch.

 

[lancerman]

The team won 6 superbowls. Tom Brady has been an integral part of that team and the greatest QB of all time, but the question was asked and I answered. Manning had to throw to guys who came off the street and was successful. We saw the Eagles last year pull in all kinds of JAG receivers during the season and still be successful.

Sometimes you got to work with what you got and make the best of it. Brady used to do that, but not last year

You are delusional. Name a single year Manning didn’t have Harrison (HOF), Wayne (most likely a HOF’er), Demaryius Thomas (a top 5 receiver in the early 2010’s). Most of his career he had Wayne and Harrison overlap. Early on Faulk was there. With the Broncos he had Decker, Sanders or Welker to go along with Thomas. Please........

And every Eagles fan all year was screaming bloody murder about their receivers. Nobody there thought they were “making it work”

Like wtf are you talking about. No. There is not a receiver group Manning ever had that was comparable to last season