I'm getting tired of people's need to diminish Brady in games, when there are so frequently non-Brady issues involved that get ignored. Last night, Brady ended with a 71.4 rating. However, when you just take the Brady to Hogan passing out of the equation, Brady went
21 for 29, 262 yards and a 100.1 rating
Now, it's true that we can't just magically make it so that passes to Hogan do not count in the end, but we can look to it for an analysis. Brady's first pass, the INT intended for Hogan, was tipped at the line, which led to the INT. But, even beyond that, the Brady-Hogan connection was useless. But, outside of that, Brady was pretty damned good last night.
So, do we blame Brady for some of that? Sure, because he chose to try working Hogan into the game when Hogan just didn't have it, but we should also be blaming Hogan for dropping a ball he should have caught, and for not fighting through Peters on that deep ball that he could have caught if he'd muscled through. And we should acknowledge that Hogan simply wasn't good enough to positively impact the game as a receiver last night, and that such a failing was a significant drag on the offense.