I will say that before I say bad throw by Brady, I would like to know what the route was supposed to be.
Brady threw the ball over Welker's outside shoulder when there were clearly Giants safeties on his inside, though not that close.
Was Welker running a seam route or a fade. Should Welker have been turned the other way and fading on the route or running a straight post seam route which would necessitate him looking over his right shoulder rather than his left?
Much of what the Pats do is reading what the defense gives you and at times making the proper route adjustments. Was Welker supposed to adjust the route given no outside defender and safeties coming from the inside?
The only people who know for sure were in that huddle and the one taking the blame is Welker.
I will say though that there were too many pretty well thrown Brady passes that should have been caught. Welker should have had that, regardless of the difficulty. Hernandez dropped a simple one. Branch had one over the middle slightly behind that sailed right through his hands. I think I counted 4 drops in the fourth quarter by receivers. That can't happen.
That said I think Brady's under throwing a wide open Gronk that lead to an interception was the game. It was first down. He could have run it and slid for a three yard gain. Clock would still have been moving. Horrid decision there and on the first play of the game by the Pats killed their chances of winning.
Gotta say though, without those two errors, I thought Brady played great. I thought the defense played great. But in the fourth, game on the line, Manningham makes the spectacular catch and Pats receivers dropped balls.
The part in bold used to be what Eli was known for doing(and occasionally still can be). Brady is sarting to earn a rep for doing that more lately. While Eli is becoming known as "Mr Clutch". Ironic. Eli is at this moment at least his equal.
As far as the Welker pass, I have changed to think it is equally both their fault. Brady needs to put the ball inside shoulder, regardless of route intended(Welker was obviously running a skinny post/seam-a catch would have been a TD). Welker turned the wrong way to get the ball, thus losing his balance and not being able to secure a catch that hit his hands. Both players needed to read and adjust to make the play. Both got it wrong. That happens, although it shouldn't.
Here's the thing though. Brady is still 3-2. He might now be definitively below Montana but still equal to Elway/Bradshaw/etc.., and still higher than either Manning. That ain't too shabby. Brady still has time to get back to Montana status. And this is the most important part.
I highly doubt he is done being an elite QB.Edit: This coming from a Giants fan.
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