Sounds like you have never watched him play but instead just repeat lazy narratives.
Not lazy at all. His opinion is supported by numbers and by tape.
Lazar and others have done a deep dive on his tape and its pretty obvious he reads defenses on an impressive level presnap and postsnap, can fit the ball in tight windows (Yes, go watch the tape), also has good accuracy downfield, is absurdly difficult to bring down and by all accounts has an absolute exemplary work ethic. And all while his best OL was still tiers below whatever our worst was.
This is pretty much fantasy land. But let’s unpack it.
It’s pretty obvious Brady reads a defense impressively presnap and post snap because he does special things in that area. I’m sure newton can understand what he sees at a reasonable level but it’s not “impressive”. Accuracy isn’t about “can fit the ball into tight windows” it’s about being consistently accurate with all throws, which he just isn’t. It’s not one if his strengths and it’s ok to admit that. And you are out of your mind with that OL comment, almost as if you just made it up because it sounds good.
Yes he is one hell of a runner and we need to bank in that strength helping him overcome his liabilities.
When not playing deep ball roulette like under his first couple of coordinators
That was never the system he played in. Never.
but getting a real OC in Norv Turner he showed in 2018 that he can easily post a completion percentage in the very high 60s using the same kinda mix of short & intermediate passes and the occasional deep throw that we can expect from a classic McDaniels offense.
The difference in his completion percentage was largely 100+ dump offs to mccaffrey but the insight needed to understand that is the offense really wasn’t any better. All that changed was his completion percentage. So sure you can throw a ton of screens and his completion % might look good but that doesn’t make him a more accurate or effective QB.
Add in that in contrast to Brady teams will play us with much less man coverage because of the constant threat of Newton taking off which will have a pretty big synergistic effect on a lot of the routes in the playbook.
This will not be anything new to Newton. He isn’t Brady so how less man would affect Brady is really irrelevant to newton.
The only question about him is his health. And that is a big question that will loom over him through the entire season.
The question is actually both health (ability to) and willingness to be a true dual threat QB. If he isnt willing to run, every bit of evidence we have says he will not be very good.
But you are not interested in any of this because you are not having a good faith discussion. You clearly have some bias either because of his eccentricity or maybe because of other reasons.
Cut the crap. He is evaluating a player, and frankly doing a pretty good job. It has nothing to do Ruth race.
If you had just seen one full game worth of his play from 2018 before his shoulder got shredded by TJ Watt you'd never write absolute utter garbage like "the only thing he has are his legs".
I wouldn’t agree the only thing he has are his legs, but without his legs he is mediocre at best. The biggest reason for him falling apart in the second half of 18 is because his running game threat was severely diminished and he was stuck miscast as a pocket passer.
Calling Cam someone who can only run is the equivalent of how fans of other teams think Brady is a soft player who gets all the calls.
No, but it is wrong. Without being able to run he probably is a borderline starting caliber nfl qb, but to be effective he has to use the run.
