I love the irony of all the best threads ending up in the Tom Brady forum.
LOL, yet in between all of that (and your thousands of other posts) you paint a picture in which one person (and one person only) should get 100% of the credit for all successes, and any and all shortcomings are rationalized and to be blamed on someone/something else. It's the same thought process religious zealots and political extremists have for their cult leader, while every such movement must also have an opponent to demonize. There is no color gray, just 100% black and white.
You're right. Tom the Father, Tom the Son and Tom the Holy Ghost walks on water. He once fed the entire planet with five loaves of bread and two fish. He has never sinned, nor has any part of his play ever had anything to do with his team not winning a championship that season - nor will it ever be.
I see the light; I am now born again. Please excuse me while I start building my altar.
Yeah, I didn't paint a picture of Brady deserving credit for all of the successes and no blame for any of the failures. But copout by suggesting I did.
Brady missed Welker over the middle on the safety play in SB 46, it hurt the team. There was no one else open on the play, except for Welker, but apparently Brady didn't see him. It's just a fact that the Patriots defense was a mess on the ensuing drive. They forced a turnover but had it nullified with a 12-men on the field penalty... that's on the head coach. They were late getting defenders on the field on the TD pass... that's on the head coach. What am I saying here that you don't agree with?
Brady was not the reason why they lost SB 46. Re-watch the game, he actually played well. You're saying Brady had a bunch of incompletions, so yes, he didn't complete every throw. You leave out the 3 drops, one of which probably cost them the game. You leave out the spike and the hail mary. He completed 66% of his passes, which is a good percentage especially when you factor in the drops, etc. They had the lead late in the game and the defense gave up it up... that's a fact.
You said Brady had 29 incompletions in SB 42... wrong. Did you watch the game? NYG's DL dominated the Patriots OL which crippled the offense. Brady didn't have a good game but he didn't make any critical mistakes. He was able to drive the offense down the field for the lead late in the 4th quarter. The defense had played well enough to that point but they failed on the most critical drive of the game. They were not ready for the TD play and the sideline should have called a timeout... Rodney Harrison said he knew they were screwed pre-snap with Hobbs in isolation on Burress. The head coach didn't do his job.
We're not putting SB 52 on Brady, correct? 505, 3 TD's, 0 INT's, 115.4 QBR... with no Edelman and Cooks departing early with a concussion. Yes, he was late on the strip sack getting the ball out to White in the flat but they never should have been in that position. 613 yards of offense and 33 points should be enough to win any Super Bowl. Belichick handcuffed the defense with the Butler benching. And there are one of two conclusions to make with Butler remaining on the sideline for the entire game while the replacements are getting repeatedly embarrassed: 1) Belichick made an stunningly awful coaching decision or 2) his ego won't allow him to change course... either way he trashed an entire season with one decision.