Brady with 30 TD's while playing hurt

TBR said:

For context: 4 of those INTs came on tipped balls. Another vs Buffalo was due to an uncalled DPI that made the INT possible.

Regardless, his stats surprise me. I would've guessed he was a lot further off from last year's numbers.

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Yes, and there's another 5+ non-INTs that hit a defender right in the hands and they dropped it. INTs are a weird stat because there's some amount of random fluctuation within bounds set by skill. Cian Fahey tried to quantify that with his interceptable throws metric, which is subject to the observer's biases (and Fahey is generally biased against Brady and for Rodgers) but it's overall better conceptually than raw interceptions.

primetime said:

Yes, and there's another 5+ non-INTs that hit a defender right in the hands and they dropped it. INTs are a weird stat because there's some amount of random fluctuation within bounds set by skill. Cian Fahey tried to quantify that with his interceptable throws metric, which is subject to the observer's biases (and Fahey is generally biased against Brady and for Rodgers) but it's overall better conceptually than raw interceptions.

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Thank you.

Always annoyed at people who are all "well, that shouldn't really count because the WR should have had it" and then (conveniently?) forget about balls that were easy, dead-to-rights INTs that a defender outright dropped.

Viper652 said:

So a healthy Brady has over 40 TD's and the MVP.

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yes after the SB

Cool, so Brady went from being at absolute peak play from 2014-2017 and at least 90% of that in 2018, and arguably no fall off at all when you favor in personnel adjustments, luck (interceptions), and some inevitable variance.

What a cliff. I love how Favre and Manning are brought up as constant examples of evidence he’s falling part, when in fact they’re examples of why he isn’t.

The only stat that really matters is in the W column.

sportnik said:

I’m not sure if he’s any more hurt than he’s been in prior years...

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I’m sure

My take... this is not rocket science. People get injured and heal. Last week they ran the ball a lot. Brady was basically rested in the Bills game. He is healing up and it’s hour to hour, day to day, week to week. Brady is Still not 100% but he is getting better. He’ll be even better with that 2 weeks of rest.

Yes, nothing too shocking in this post!

robertweathers said:

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That dude is insane

I love when this team proves all the haters and the media wrong. So many are writing off brady saying he’s too old and he’s fallen off a cliff. It looks like he’s been dealing with an undisclosed injury the last few weeks because a healthy Brady doesn’t throw that pick in Pittsburgh. He looked classic today.

NG Pats Fan said:

That dude is insane

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The trick I use to do things like that is to focus on the plane you're sitting on and not what's in front and below you. Once sitting, you realize it's actually not all that dangerous. Looks crazier because of the angle of the shot.

QuantumMechanic said:

Thank you.

Always annoyed at people who are all "well, that shouldn't really count because the WR should have had it" and then (conveniently?) forget about balls that were easy, dead-to-rights INTs that a defender outright dropped.

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They are just analyzing the ints that has happened. It’s hard to fault anyone for not taking into consideration a nonexistent stat such as defender dropped ints.

primetime said:

Yes, and there's another 5+ non-INTs that hit a defender right in the hands and they dropped it. INTs are a weird stat because there's some amount of random fluctuation within bounds set by skill. Cian Fahey tried to quantify that with his interceptable throws metric, which is subject to the observer's biases (and Fahey is generally biased against Brady and for Rodgers) but it's overall better conceptually than raw interceptions.

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5 or more dropped INTs by Brady this year? Not sure I recall that many, but I see your point.

Bradys had some ****ty games this year, he was good today though. Hope this continues, spread the ball around

QuantumMechanic said:

Thank you.

Always annoyed at people who are all "well, that shouldn't really count because the WR should have had it" and then (conveniently?) forget about balls that were easy, dead-to-rights INTs that a defender outright dropped.

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Tips also can be on the QB.

Pretty similar to the 2013 stats when we had no wide receivers.

He's slowing down a bit but he's still one of the better qb's in the league.

Still got to draft the replacement.

203Pat said:

If my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle.

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Who are you to assume xer gender?

TBR said:

5 or more dropped INTs by Brady this year? Not sure I recall that many, but I see your point.

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Brady's numbers are wildly skewed by the tips for INTs. The notion that they are zeroed about by non-plays made by defenders is ludicrous.

Nikolai said:

The trick I use to do things like that is to focus on the plane you're sitting on and not what's in front and below you. Once sitting, you realize it's actually not all that dangerous. Looks crazier because of the angle of the shot.

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Doesnt work with me, wouldn't get 10 feet from the edge of that cliff.