{"id":13693,"date":"2017-11-22T10:35:03","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T15:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=13693"},"modified":"2017-11-22T10:40:53","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T15:40:53","slug":"brady-still-trying-fix-bad-connection-cooks-3rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2017\/11\/22\/brady-still-trying-fix-bad-connection-cooks-3rd\/","title":{"rendered":"Brady Still Trying to Fix Bad Connection With Cooks on 3rd Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Patriots have very few flaws offensively, but looking over the numbers after Sunday&#8217;s win over Oakland, there&#8217;s one number that stands out on the stat sheet that is a little surprising.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Brady finished the afternoon 4-of-8 on third down, with his 50% completion percentage on third down being his lowest since their week one loss to the Chiefs.\u00a0 Given how easily they took care of the Raiders, that fact was a little odd, but that total ties into an overall season total that may surprise some people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2017 Tom Brady 3rd Down Passing:<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Brady-Weekly-3rd-Down-Thru-Week-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Brady-Weekly-3rd-Down-Thru-Week-10.jpg 1145w, https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Brady-Weekly-3rd-Down-Thru-Week-10-300x115.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Brady-Weekly-3rd-Down-Thru-Week-10-1024x392.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1145px) 100vw, 1145px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Brady&#8217;s third down success on Sunday included the usual suspects, with Brady connecting on 3-of-4 attempts to Danny Amendola with 3 first downs, along with 1-of-1 to Rob Gronkowski.\u00a0 He missed one attempt to James White, while wide receiver Brandin Cooks finished 0-of-2 on third down.<\/p>\n<p>The latter number is the one that stands out, and it&#8217;s been an issue between Brady and Cooks all season.\u00a0 Overall, Brady is just 4-of-16 when targeting the speedy receiver on third down, far and away the lowest success rate among all the receivers he&#8217;s targeted this season with 10 or more attempts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2017 Third Down Receiving Totals Through Week 11<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13696\" src=\"http:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2017-Week-thru-10-3rd-Down-Totals.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100% srcset=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2017-Week-thru-10-3rd-Down-Totals.jpg 1331w, https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2017-Week-thru-10-3rd-Down-Totals-300x102.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2017-Week-thru-10-3rd-Down-Totals-1024x347.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1331px) 100vw, 1331px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking back, Brady was just 1-9 targeting him on 3rd down over the first five games and over the past five, he&#8217;s a mere 3-of-10.<\/p>\n<p>But the last three games, he&#8217;s just 0-of-4.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s bizarre, and it&#8217;s obvious that the two have had trouble getting on the same page when they&#8217;ve needed to in order to move the chains.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Except of course, for one situation.<\/p>\n<p>Put these two in 3rd-and-over-10 yards, and their percentage goes up quite a bit. In fact, Brady&#8217;s hit him on 2-of-3 attempts, averaging 31.5 yards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2017 Receiving Totals Thru Week 11 on 3rd-and-over-10 yards:<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Weekly-Third-And-Over-10-Yards.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Weekly-Third-And-Over-10-Yards.jpg 1145w, https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Weekly-Third-And-Over-10-Yards-300x91.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Weekly-Third-And-Over-10-Yards-1024x312.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1145px) 100vw, 1145px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The good news?\u00a0 All this means is that there&#8217;s still plenty of room for improvement between the two, who aside from this problem, have already had some big moments.  Cooks <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/new-england-patriots\/stats\/2017\/top-10-plays\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has caught 6 of the team&#8217;s longest 10 plays of 2017<\/a><\/strong> and they hit a couple more huge ones on Sunday.  One of those plays saw them connect on a 64-yard touchdown that blew the game open on just the third play of the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, they just keep slowly getting a little better.\u00a0 Now if they can figure out this one aspect that they&#8217;re struggling with, it&#8217;s only going to make this offense even more dangerous.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>And with six games still left to play, there&#8217;s certainly more than enough time to get it right and if Cooks gets his wish, he&#8217;ll be around for a while to work on it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The goal is to play the rest of my career here,&#8221; Cooks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/ten-games-in-brandin-cooks-says-he-wants-to-finish-his-career-with-the-patriots\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>told CBSSports.com<\/strong><\/a>. &#8220;That&#8217;s God willing. 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