09-07-2015, 12:14 AM
(09-06-2015, 11:50 PM)fredtoast Wrote: This.
Tom Brady looked worse than Dalton when Gronk was out.
You always say this with little or no context.
1.) Simply saying Gronk was out makes it sound like he was only short one player. This was an offseason he lost a pair of Pro Bowl Tight Ends, he lost Wes Welker in free agency, and he had his newly acquired replacement, Danny Amendola, go down to injury. His #1 receiver for much of that season was an undrafted rookie in Kembrell Thompkins. He was paired with another rookie in Aaron Dobson. His Tight End was Michael Hooomanawaiu. This is how Julian Edelman became relevant. They had no one else.
So please, do us all favor and describe the situation better than "when he didn't have Gronk". You really mean "when he didn't have anyone". Acting like he was just down one player is intentionally misleading. He lost his top three targets from the year prior. Even what little Dalton had to work with in the playoff game still made this group look like shit.
2.) Please define "looked worse". (Seriously, reply here)
Looked worse than when? Because Brady's QB rating that year was better than Andy's 2011, better than Andy's most recent season in 2015, equal to Andy's 2012 (87.3 to 87.4), and only 1 point off Andy's career year in 2013 (88.8 to 87.3)
So do you mean Tom Brady in 2013 looked ever so slightly worse than Dalton's career year?
And wouldn't an equally fair thing be to say "Even when Tom Brady had Kembrell Thompkins and Aaron Dobson as he 1/2 on the depth chart, and had Michael Hoomanawaui as his Tight End, he still was only 1 point off Andy's Career High"?
3.) Tom Brady threw for more yards that year than Dalton has ever.
4.) Tom Brady threw less picks that year than Dalton has ever.
5.) Tom Brady won more games that season than Dalton has ever. (Remember how much you all love team success as a QB stat)
6.) Tom Brady lead his team to the AFC championship that season.
So again, define "looked worse. He won more games, he posted more yardage, he was pretty much right at Dalton's career high in QB rating. And he certainly did it missing more than just Gronk.
Either you're being incredibly disingenuous in your description, incredibly lazy in your research, or you're just plain mistaken. Brady was short way more than just Gronk and I fail to see how he looked worse. I also fail to see how your comment means much if anything at all, even with little to no context provided. What are you trying to say exactly? Take away all of a star QB's weaons and he'll still equal are bum QB's career high, and he'll win 12 games in doing so?
