Looking at the personnel in more detail I see what you mean. Allegretti got a 66.2 from PFF. Reiter a 70.2 and Wisnewski scored a middling 60.2.
Wylie actually graded out pretty well last year, but this year PFF gives him a 54.9... and I assume that those ratings are as a guard. He is replacing Remmers who was replacing Schwartz . Remmers scored a solid 70.2 (at RT, not LT) , but Schwartz was a 74.7.
Remmers will now replace Fisher who was the highest graded man on their line at 80. Not sure what Remmers would have been graded as an LT, but I would have to assume it would be lower than 70.2.
By itself replacing Fisher with Remmers is not enough to alter the outcome, but now they got worse at three positions (RG, RT and LT) and are facing the best defensive front that they have this postseason. Vea did not play in Week 12.
I watched the highlights from Week 12 and came away with a few impressions.
1. Brady was under pressure
2. He threw up some pickable passes (two were)
3. KC skill players always seem to find a way to get open
Thanks for the breakdown.
Brady has thrown a lot of crap passes this postseason. If you just go back and look at those 10-12 minute highlight clips of the Saints and Packers games as refreshers, it's really remarkable the team is still alive right now.
Against the Saints, he got away with a really easy interception on the sidelines, as the Saints DB somehow forgot to tap his second foot. Then he threw a pass over the middle on another miscommunication that was a diving play and would be intercepted like 75% of the time. And later in the game, a sideline out that got jumped, once again fortunate not to be picked.
Against the Packers, there's the three INTs and also the one just before halftime (14 seconds, 3rd and 3), pressure comes up the middle, and Brady just chucks it down the sidelines. The DB there misses an INT by about five feet and then immediately seems to regret not diving. Just a floater into double coverage with the receiver (Brate!) not close.
I know all QBs throw balls that are INT-able but aren't, but these really stand out as horrendous situational passes. The type of miscues that result in floater balls to be picked seem to happen a few times a game, whereas in New England it was maybe a few times per season. Mainly Brady throws high floaters in Tampa Bay, and missing them has big consequences, whereas he threw so many low frozen ropes in New England.
It's concerning...I still think the Tampa offense is very much a work in progress, which is great for the next few years but I really hope they can get it all together for Sunday. It's one thing to get beat by a better team and quite another to serve them turnovers on a silver platter because your offense doesn't understand what it's trying to do against certain defenses.
Kansas City, on the other hand, it seems like Mahomes rarely has to put the ball into tight windows because guys are so friggin wide open.
