WSJ: Why Tom Brady Is Smiling Less These Days

[bbobbo]

nice little breakdown of brady's effectiveness with his different receiving groups:

Why Tom Brady Is Smiling Less These Days

 

[Tuck]

So this is saying Brady's numbers go down when you take away his best pass catchers? Fascinating.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Startling nonetheless.

 

[bbobbo]

So this is saying Brady's numbers go down when you take away his best pass catchers? Fascinating.

that does seem obvious, but it's nice to see the actual numbers to quantify the marginal contribution of each receiver.

 

[VectorPrime]

What compounded the problem was that an additional player got hurt in each successive week. So every time the offense spent all week game planning around not having Lewis/Edelman/Amendola the next guy got hurt and the game plan had to be thrown out the window. This happened for literally 4 weeks in a row. That more than anything hurt Brady's ability to run the offense.

 

[JMC00]

So where is the column for drops?


I also vehmently disagree with this

For years, it’s seemed like Tom Brady could pile up points even if the New England Patriots sent out an offense comprising a couple of beer vendors and the lady from the ticket office.

But this season, Brady’s powers are being put to the test like never before--and he’s starting to show some cracks.

Great context, idiots. Like how he throws a 50 yard pass and it gets called back for a weak holding call. Or how he puts the ball right on the hands of the reciever and they drop it or a reciever decides to quit on the play and Brady doesn't and goes to said WR.

But ya let's forget even with his top receivers out he still put up 24 and 28

 

[SVN]

People just cant want to call a player's demise.Just like last year.

 

[venecol]

Isn't there another identical thread to this one?

 

[SammyBlueCat]

WSJ is very perceptive.