« Reply #494 on: October 09, 2022, 03:28:16 PM »
Defense is playing its ass off. Offense... is treading water. Zappe is hitting his targets and his INT wasn't his fault, but it's clear we're taking no chances with him. Stevenson and Meyers are playing well. I expect more out of the rest of this WR core.
I actually don't mind at all. As we're seeing, to beat Detroit we probably don't need some elite QB performance. Even if it were Mac Jones or hell, even a Tom Brady in the past, they'd probably only need around 200 yards and no turnovers to get a win. Zappe has 1 INT unfortunately (not his fault), but he's probably going to get 200 yards passing unless they just run it all the 2nd half. Play it safe, don't get stupid.
People forget, even in the Brady dynasty years during the regular season there was always around 4-5 games where Brady would be "meh/average" and didn't do too much, but they didn't need to to beat bad teams like the Jets, etc. Just don't give up multiple turnovers or make brutal mistakes
Even more so before the 2007 season when Brady was pretty exclusively a game managing type QB.
Why do Patriots fans regurgitate this false narrative that Brady haters came up with? No, Brady wasn't just a game manager. He led the league in TDs in his second year, and was consistently in the top 5-10 for TDs every year before 2007.
He was also money in the clutch moments. The Patriots played conservatively because that is Bill's preferred offensive style and their defense was great, so they could, but I think they'd have been fine if they let Brady throw more because time and time again when they needed a big drive, Brady delivered.
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