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This started long before Edelman and Amendola were on the team. It started after the disasterous 2006 season. Brady started inviting the WRs who were on the roster to work out with him in Cali. To claim that it was a glorified throwing session is a huge understatement since it was said that they went over how Brady expected routes to be run in certain situations.
After Brady started doing those sessions, we saw a huge uptick in the offenses success with WRs.
It's been at least 2 years, though, since he's done it. Or since it was reported on, anyways.
I mean you will disagree with it but that is just my opinion.
To me anything run without real DBs and contact is just a throwing session. There is no physicality, rerouting.. any adversity to overcome with those. It is just running routes as they are drawn up which can be done anywhere (like lets say OTAs with a backup QB) according to the playbook.
Route adjustments based on coverage ? In the playbook.
Option routes ? In the playbook.
Handsigns ? Adjusted weekly and in everyones weekly gameplan package.
There is no secret sauce that Brady only tells in person. Everything they do, know or learn is written down and added to the offense.
Again, I agree that it helps from a getting a rapport POV but to me the actual impact of 3 days in Montana or somewhere in Cali is over-exaggerated especially relative to what one day of full speed reps at camp can do.
Finally there were pictures of him working out with Edelman, Harry and Gordon during the offseason. So something was happening.
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