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Given the style and structure of the passing offense BB created and deployed during the vast majority of Brady’s tenure in NE, I give less credit to the QB who threw the scripted 2 yard pass and more credit to the pass catching RB or slot receiver who navigated through extreme congestion and turned a 2 yd pass into 8 yd gain or a 3rd an 18 into a 1st down.BB and Brady are both responsible for the last twenty years.
What interests me most now is watching Tompa Brady operate in an offense that wasn’t crafted around his perceived strengths.
The sideline pick 6 pass last week was a perfect example of a pattern BB likely purposely steered clear of because the risk / reward ratio of completing a 25 yard diagonal pass to net 10 yards vs a vertical 10 yd pass pass between the hash marks that nets 10 yds.
IMO, Arians is foolish relying on Brady to be a mistake free down field passer. He should ask himself why Belichick deemphasized WR in NE over the past few years and instead surrounded Brady with a fleet of pass catching RBs.
Fournette is the right kind of pass catching toy for 43 yr old Tompa, but will Arians utilize him to fit his QB’s strength?
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