TemplaerDude
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Tom Brady Supernova
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Elfforkusu
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He's not useless, he's still the fifth best QB in the league!
Haloid1177
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Yet he's smarter than Brees and makes better decisions than luck, both of which results in him winning more games and costing his teams less than Brees and Luck do.
Plus he's more clutch. And immobile, sure he doesn't run but if you watched the Broncos game today or any of his games after KC he's extending plays more and more.
Just not as clutch as Eli
shira
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What does that even mean. He was throwing the ball with such percision it was like a surgeon cutting a patient. Are there degrees of surgicalness?
And no, I stopped watching football when they started using "anemic" for offences.
Oh that offence was so bad it was like he didn't have properly functioning red blood cells
i see today's loss made you take a step back and realize how wrong you were
i'm proud of you brother!
Sure bro.
Tom Brady is laser like. Where someone like Peyton is basically taking a hatchet to a brain transplant.
Brees is a short guy and has to work harder to find throwing lanes. He cant stand tall in the pocket. Hes a very smart QB but easier to slow down due to his height and lack of arm strength.
he still manages to keep a team afloat that often fails on him. Saints defense often sucks and special teams are nonexistent. He has to make up for all that.
friskykillface
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if they do this in January and February then i'll be impressed, im a pats fan but this happens like every season, beasts in the regular season then choke in the playoffs
Peyton got the Welker curse now
defense is still garbage
Peyton got the Welker curse now
defense is still garbage
Freeman
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Far from the best showing for the Broncos and Brady made them pay for every mistake. It was frustrating to watch so many penalties and every-time the Broncos were getting in a position to get back on the game something unfortunate was just around the corner.
At least it's better for things to go wrong now than on a possible playoff game. Going by the upcoming schedule I think the Broncos are more likely to have home filed advantage if they meet again this year and we'll hopefully see a different outcome.
I watched every single Broncos game and it still feels like a team that could play much better even though they are already very competitive.
At least it's better for things to go wrong now than on a possible playoff game. Going by the upcoming schedule I think the Broncos are more likely to have home filed advantage if they meet again this year and we'll hopefully see a different outcome.
I watched every single Broncos game and it still feels like a team that could play much better even though they are already very competitive.
Ah, my old avatar!
He's been playing well recently but he's definitely declined. If this team beats Denver in the playoffs I will be surprised
Pats defense isnt even close to garbage. Its pretty good.
You mean using imagery requires you to thoroughly explain how the metaphor applies in each case.
Surgeon are known for their precision in making quick dexterous, hand movements. Talented QBs are known for their quick, dexterous hand movements.
Offenses are "anemic" in the sense that an offense group like the body requires blood to live and thrive. When an offense is "anemic" that means that things aren't flowing (like blood) and that the offense is failing to respond and the organs (players) are failing to perform the tasks that need to be performed in order to survive and thrive.
You could also say that not all uses of imagery are perfect, and it's a bit pretentious and picky to call out uses of imagery that only fail to work if you require extremely specific analogous situations and elements.
The sun shines on a dog's ass every once in a while.
BadAss2961
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Not really. Offensively, the only difference between then and recent years are the receivers, back when they had Moss and Welker. It's not like Cassel was hiding behind a great running game or something. He had to sling it, and he did.
Usually it doesn't matter how talented your offense is -- when your star QB goes down, so does your team's season. Colts went from 10 wins to 2 without Peyton. For awhile, they looked like they might've went 0-16.
Brady goes down and you still have an 11 win team. That is very unusual for a team losing their franchise QB in the first game.
That's cause Brady was so good in the back up role. He called all the plays for Cassel, and really mentored him. To lead a team from the sidelines, while hurt? Simply amazing for him to live through Cassel like that.
I love how average fans don't know every team in the NFL was doing this at the time.
what?
they had an incredible offensive line too you know...
And you're acting like Moss and Welker aren't that much of an upgrade over what they have now.
I know right?
It's really unfair that we got penalized and no one else did. Fucking Goodell man, had to single us out.
BadAss2961
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The Patriots have always had an incredible o-line during Brady's run. Things only got shaky early during this season, and now it's been turned around.
Moss and Welker were huge, no doubt. But there wasn't a Gronk back then. He covers a pretty good chunk of that ground lost for the passing game.
The Colts were so bad because they had horrible backups like Curtis Painter.
If they had a guy like Orton that season the narrative would be completely different.
Elfforkusu
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lulz, is this what you tell yourself to make yourself feel better for rooting for cheaters?
Not talking about the sideline cameras, dude. Talking about stuff like when they recorded the Rams' 2001 super bowl walkthrough, then used that knowledge to have the D lined up perfectly for certain formations they'd seen in practice.
The Albatross
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That week against KC was hilarious in NFL Gaf. Would like to pull every post of people saying like "Looks like Garrapolo is starting..." and predictions he'd be benched, etc. Not that Brady didn't deserve it. Then the next 5 games are the best 5 consecutive games in his career since 2007.
23/35 65.7 avg 292 yards 2 td 0 int 110.7 rating
27/37 73.0 avg 361 yards 4 td 0 int 139.6 rating
20/37 54.1 avg 261 yards 3 td 0 int 103.5 rating
30/35 85.7 avg 354 yards 5 td 0 int 148.4 rating
33/53 62.3 avg 333 yards 4 td 1 int 97.4 rating
Over the last 5 games... 18 TDs, 1 Int.
Aside from just playing out of his mind, two major things have changed:
- Gronk is 100% healthy. Brady is a different QB with Gronk healthy.
- The offensive line play has been excellent since Bryan Stork started playing center. Dan Connolly is playing very well. Connolly shut down Damarcus Ware today and they were going at it for the whole game. Obviously every QB is better when they get protection, but it's been a major difference. In the first 4 games, Brady was sacked 9 times. In the 5 games following that KC game, Brady has been sacked just 5 times, while facing generally better defenses 4 out of those 5 games (CIN, BUF, NYJ, DEN).
23/35 65.7 avg 292 yards 2 td 0 int 110.7 rating
27/37 73.0 avg 361 yards 4 td 0 int 139.6 rating
20/37 54.1 avg 261 yards 3 td 0 int 103.5 rating
30/35 85.7 avg 354 yards 5 td 0 int 148.4 rating
33/53 62.3 avg 333 yards 4 td 1 int 97.4 rating
Over the last 5 games... 18 TDs, 1 Int.
Aside from just playing out of his mind, two major things have changed:
- Gronk is 100% healthy. Brady is a different QB with Gronk healthy.
- The offensive line play has been excellent since Bryan Stork started playing center. Dan Connolly is playing very well. Connolly shut down Damarcus Ware today and they were going at it for the whole game. Obviously every QB is better when they get protection, but it's been a major difference. In the first 4 games, Brady was sacked 9 times. In the 5 games following that KC game, Brady has been sacked just 5 times, while facing generally better defenses 4 out of those 5 games (CIN, BUF, NYJ, DEN).
Must be next to the Ray Rice tape he said he never saw.
TheKaeptain
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Rodgers is better than Brady and Manning. Give Rodgers the Broncos and they go undefeated and wouldn't choke in the superbowl.
Now. I'm talking greatest careers.
LyleLanley
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He's good but he's no Garoppolo.
They figured out their o-line problems.
That's all, Brady was always good, Gronk was always good, but it's really hard to toss balls when your o-line can't give you more than 1 second to look down field.
That and Vereen is a better RB than Ridley ever was, so is Grey.
Plasticine
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Nothing ever goes over your head, your reflexes are too fast.
First, Gronk has just started to be back to gronk the past few games. He wasn't all there when we played kc.
Second, Vereen and Ridley are 2 different types of running backs. Catching out of the back field is vereens money maker, but for rushing, he has nothing on Ridley.
LyleLanley
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You're a Seahawks-Pats fan? Are you the devil?
My Pats support is mostly to piss off a friend. Once the Seahawks are out, I really don't give a rats ass who wins.
TheDrizzlerJ11
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Gronk got fully healthy. Tom Brady's Tom Brady. That's what happened.
Looking forward to beating their asses for a second time this season.
Looking forward to beating their asses for a second time this season.
AFC/NFC. It's not like dividing by 0, but still pretty bad. Go Pats!
Duane Cunningham
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He/they actually were already in beast mode during the KC game. KC is just that much better.
WesternHeretic
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It has been for quite some time
Brofist
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This. I was laughing when I read some of the articles around week 3.
You guys will never let this shit go huh.
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