10-27-2016, 07:24 PM
(10-27-2016, 05:02 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Brady can throw a deep ball just as well right now as Moss can play WR.
Over the last two seasons ('14-'15) Brady has only completed 6 of 37 passes thrown over 30 yards downfield. That is a 16.2 completion percentage. I don't have time to do the numbers on every other QB in the league but I know Dalton completed over twice as many deep balls (15) and his completion percentage (34.1) is over double Brady's.
Brady really si one of the worst QBs when it come to throwing a deep pass.
The man hasn't had a real deep threat to throw it to since 2007-2008, when he had Moss.
That said, the offense was changed around that time to a more TE oriented threat and a shorter passing game that allowed for a quick release. Obviously, so they could keep an aging Brady from taking unnecessary hits.
So, I would agree with you on the numbers without you having to display them based on what I know about their system.
The point I was trying to make to begin with is that AD is considered to have a weak arm and some say the same about Brady. My point was/is that being a supposed "weak armed" QB hasn't hurt Brady in the long run, and AD has played very,very well over the last two season's.
If TB needs to, or has a verticle threat, he can still throw it downfield. That's not what they are doing on O in NE.
