Turnovers

[bresna]

Is that INT in the Houston game really on Brady when the D Lineman got his hand on it? Looking at the throw, it likely would've hit White in stride. That INT would seem to be on Shaq Mason for failing to keep Blackson's hand down. Where's Conrad Dobler when you need him?

 

[WaterfallJumper]

Here are all of Brady's INT's. Nothing to worry about. Happy Halloween.

The Miami interception was pretty impressive by the defender. Usually that DB continues his route instead of peeling off and making the play on the ball. On most of the others, the ball was either tipped or practically handed to the defense. I don't know how anyone could watch that compilation in good faith and determine that Brady isn't taking care of the football.

 

[maineman209]

The Miami interception was pretty impressive by the defender. Usually that DB continues his route instead of peeling off and making the play on the ball. On most of the others, the ball was either tipped or practically handed to the defense. I don't know how anyone could watch that compilation in good faith and determine that Brady isn't taking care of the football.

The thing about those three "off the hands" INTs is the conditions that must be met for that to happen ...

1) the ball must come out sufficiently airborne for someone else to catch it before it hits the ground
2) there must be a defender in exactly the right spot (distance-wise and "compass"-wise) to catch it

I mean that happens to every team once or twice a season, I'd guess. But three times to one team in relatively rapid succession? What are the odds that frequency holds up through the rest of this season?

 

[oldrover]

It could have been the winds but even before the bills game it looks like some of Brady’s ball have lost some velocity.

I'm pretty sure @SammyBlueCat thought it was windy...

 

[SammyBlueCat]

Overall uncertainty:

Without a deadline acquisition, Patriots offense in surprisingly tenuous position

 

[maineman209]

Overall uncertainty:

Without a deadline acquisition, Patriots offense in surprisingly tenuous position

Meh.

McKenna majored in "Melodrama" and minored in "Maintaining Controversy" and in "Fear-mongering" in J-school. He also aced "Using Established Cliches and Common Wisdom".

Perfect for USA Today.

 

[Wordsmyth]

Nothing but vacuous clickbait.

 

[SammyBlueCat]

Meh.

McKenna majored in "Melodrama" and minored in "Maintaining Controversy" and in "Fear-mongering" in J-school. He also aced "Using Established Cliches and Common Wisdom".

Perfect for USA Today.

Nothing but vacuous clickbait.

Just laying out a worse case scenario

 

[maineman209]

Just laying out a worse case scenario

... by pretty much consolidating and repeating every doom 'n' gloom possibility that's been mentioned by every other Patriots' beat writer over the past week.

This past spring, Guregian wrote a piece in which she clearly speculated on something. A week later, McKenna excerpted a quote from that piece out of context and then used it as "proof" in a piece that he "wrote" claiming that something very dramatic was definitely going to happen (it didn't).

That's when I quit (knowingly) clicking on USA Today links.

 

[captain stone]

The drops by Hogan & Gronk, both during the Clots game, were absolutely Not Brady's fault.

The rest of the INTs, however...

 

[QuantumMechanic]

If you're going to decrease Brady's INT total by passes that were deflected by receivers to a defender then you also need to increase his INT total by passes dropped by defenders.