Brady is excellent against top defenses. He’s at least 3-1 against #1 ranked defenses, and they average 31 points a game against them.
People need to start taking “ analysis “ by the National talking heads with a healthy dose of skepticism because they don’t research their claims, and they are almost always wrong.
Brady vs Houston (No. 1 Defense 2016)
18/38 for 287 yds 2 TDs 2 INTs - 68.6 Rating. = Win
Brady vs Denver (No. 1 Defense 2015)
27/56 for 310 yds 1 TD 2 INTs - 56.4 Rating [Playoffs] = Loss
23/42 for 280 yds 3 TD 0 INT - 99.3 Rating [Osweiler] = Loss
Brady vs Seattle (No. 1 Defense 2014)
37/50 for 328 yds 4 TD 2 INT - 101.1 Rating = Win
Brady vs Carolina (No. 2 Defense 2013 (Seattle #1))
29/40 for 296 yds 1 TD 1 INT - 91.3 Rating = Loss
I'm looking at the article you were quoting right now and those top defenses included the 2014 Seahawks,
2001 Steelers, 2004 Ravens.
That's two games that are certainly not nearly as relevant as the recent games against the No. 1 defenses, which we see through my statistics. Furthermore, that article was before the Patriots played the 2015 Broncos for the 1st time that year, and they ended up losing two meetings to the No. 1 defense. Brady also played against the No. 1 defense last year against Houston in the playoffs and safe to say Brady wasn't excellent. Since 2014, the Patriots have averaged 26 points against the top defenses, not 31. In the end, all that matters is the W, but that doesn't detract from me saying that Brady hasn't been playing too well against No. 1/2 defenses.
I'm honored that you consider me to be a national talking head, but I think it's safe to say that you should probably research your own claims before calling mine false and wrong.