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When Brady was at his best, there majority of his passes were thrown in a rhythm. Take his drop, and step up off his back leg and throw. On at least 4 of those sacks, I saw Mac, take his drop step up and......NOT throw the ball, and then after a second later get sacked. I wonder if people who get the all 22 can tell me if the first read was covered, or did Mac just miss the open man. In every game I watch the really good QB's throw balls to covered guys ALL the time and often get results. Have the Pats over reacted to the picks so that Mac is afraid to "just sling it". I hope not.
Dan Orlovsky did a detailed breakdown of the Pats passing game indicating that timing is WAY off -- receiver route-running is not in sync with Mac's drops: Mac too often has to hold the ball waiting for receivers to turn around when they should be breaking or looking the moment he sets to throw. That leads to things going haywire and suggests poor coordinating by THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR. But of course, people here who don't understand such things and believe the quarterback operates in a vacuum heap blame on Mac. Add OL woes to the mix and a performance like Sunday's -- where the kid STILL musters 250 yards on 85-percent completions amidst six sacks -- looks like a great achievement despite not reaching the end zone.
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