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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Love Drew but I was done as well. They were 0-2. I was expecting 9-7 that year.It was real easy to get on the Brady bandwagon early. I feel like kind of an ass saying this now, but at the time I was so over Bledsoe. His Jay Cutler'esque style of quarterbacking was losing its charm. Dude would throw rockets into double and triple coverage, but not in a sweet-completion kind of way. More like a WTF-interception kinda' way.
Was all in on Tom after the Colts game.
It was clear that year that Tom Brady was going to be a good QB. When he came in for Drew, while it was clear he didn't have all the physical attributes Drew had, it was also clear his quick decision making and poise was something as Patriots fans we had not seen before out of a Patriot QB. But even back then I never would have dreamed he would have turned into the QB he is now.
It feels like it was just a few seasons ago. Hard to believe it will be 16 years ago this Saturday. Funny it was also before HD.
For me, this was the moment Tom Brady became Tom F'n Brady!
Summerall was awful. Zero energy. I think by that point he had died and re-spawned two or three times already.What stands out most is how much better off we are with even the worse commentating crews nowadays. The lack of any emotion and reduced fan noise in that broadcast is absurd. AV makes the last minute kick for a SB titles against a 10+ favorite and it seems to have zero impact on both Madden and Summerall.
I will take Michaels/Collinsworth, Buck/Aikman and especially Nantz/Romo over any of this dead ****. Hell give me any radio announcer... even Zolak..
he was pretty average up until Belichick committed to him (5-3, just barely above average statically)
Yeah but what does he know?In an interview, Bill said it was sometime in the 03 season was when he knew Tom was REALLY special.
Brady did his job. He did what they asked him to do. He followed the game plan. Stats were not the goal.You have to remember the context though. Back then he wasn't the stat machine he is today. The difference between him and what Pats fans had become accustomed to is that with Brady, we had a buy that somehow figured out a way to move the chains on 3rd down and for the most part, avoided that critical interception and dumb decision at the most crucial point of the game. Something that seemed to always happen with our QB's in the past. So "average" at that point was considerably better then what Pats fans were used to!
The thing that also stood out for me when Brady came in was the offensive like. For a couple years that offensive like got trashed by the media and fans alike. Yet for some reason, the moment Brady came in, the sacks started to go down. Atleast the ones at critical times. And it seemed this much maligned offensive line wasn't as bad at protecting the QB as everyone thought.
Wrong! Tom Brady became TB12 in the final moments of the Snow Bowl. He was not having a great game and fumbled away the opportunity to get back in the game. The season was over. Then the refs decided the fumble was an incomplete pass and TB12 stepped on to the field. The score, the spike, the drive, and the win. That was the day we met TB12.
But thanks for making me think of that again.
he threw a fair amount of pics that year. (18 TDs 12 INT, in 14 games, and not many attempts compared to many years.. he had an absolutely awful game with 4 picks too.. yeah I know first year starting. I am just stating that many people nowadays talk about it like it was not a big deal not giving Bledsoe his job back. I would say it was 50/50 in this market, which seemed surprisingly high to not give it back to Bledsoe).You have to remember the context though. Back then he wasn't the stat machine he is today. The difference between him and what Pats fans had become accustomed to is that with Brady, we had a buy that somehow figured out a way to move the chains on 3rd down and for the most part, avoided that critical interception and dumb decision at the most crucial point of the game. Something that seemed to always happen with our QB's in the past. So "average" at that point was considerably better then what Pats fans were used to!
The thing that also stood out for me when Brady came in was the offensive like. For a couple years that offensive like got trashed by the media and fans alike. Yet for some reason, the moment Brady came in, the sacks started to go down. Atleast the ones at critical times. And it seemed this much maligned offensive line wasn't as bad at protecting the QB as everyone thought.
he threw 4 INT the very next game in Denver to make up for it. He had about 5 or 6 TD over that 5 game stretch as well, only averaged 200 Yards passing per game and not many attempts (average skewed by the 364 yards in the SD game (his only 300 yard passing game that entire season including playoffs) Yes, the 4 INT game in Denver skews his 12 INT total for the year, but it did come immediately after the stretch of no pics to start a season you are referencing....and goes 4.5 games, this kid on an allegedly bad team, without an Interception.
Much truth here. Tom Brady has been undergoing an ongoing transformation. He has gone from backup, to cinderella story, to system QB, to star, to superstar, to elder statesman, to QB GOAT, to GOAT at any position, and is knocking on the door of GOAT of all American sports.This is a fun thread, but'f course it's a ridiculous premise.
There was no "moment" that Tom Brady became Tom Brady.
Individual Greatness is never ushered in by an event.
It's the product of a relentless process.
Brady has always been Brady...But if you were watching the games, wasn't it clear that he was beautifully and unmercifully driven right from the onset?
I mean: We're talking about a first-time QuarterBack who took more'n a month ~ 4.5 Games and then some ~ before getting around to'is first interception.
Let me say that again: Tom Brady ~ Tom "WhoThePhuckIsThisGuy Brady" to'is friends ~ takes the helm of an allegedly rudderless 0-2 team just in time to face the allegedly unstoppable Indianapolis Peyton Mannings, who, for those who've forgotten, were averaging 44 points a game and'd already been anointed that year's AFC Champions...and, in coordination with Bill the Mad (Genius) and his band of extraordinary men, turn History on its Axis in single afternoon.
...and goes 4.5 games, this kid on an allegedly bad team, without an Interception.
I don't agree with that. Brady was a top 10 stat guy since 2002. Led the league in TDs in 2002. He was 6th in yards in 02 and 03. Ryan is 6th in yards this year and nobody calls him a game manager.I am very comfortable stating that TB12 was a "system" QB in his initial years. Low risk dump offs/screens / minimal "air yards"/ get the ball in playmakers hands and let them create the YAC. Weiss was a maestro during this era keeping defenses off balance / moving the chains / not forcing the issue/ taking advantage when opportunities presented themselves. NE played great O/D complimentary ball....and owned the field position battles during this era when team's rarely could move the ball 80 yards in 60 seconds like now.