09-07-2015, 12:50 AM
(09-07-2015, 12:37 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Actually you are the one who has been incredibly lazy in your research.
Gronk actually played 7 games in 2013. In those seven games Brady had a passer rating of 90+ in 5 of them. He averaged 315 yards per game and posted a 95.8 passer rating.
In the 9 games that Gronk missed Brady only had 2 games with a passer rating over 90. He averaged 238 passing yards and posted an 80.3 passer rating.
Andy has never had a rating that low even counting his rookie season, so that is why I said he looked worse than Dalton.
Gronk was never healthy that season. I remember, because I was lucky enough to have him torpedo my fantasy team. One of those 7 games he didn't even start. (Do you now how hindered he had to be to not warrant a start over Michael Notgoingtoworkhereanymore? Another one of those 7 games he obviously didn't finish, as he was hurt. So you're down to 5. I think at one point he was on snap counts when he returned. All told, the guy was probably lucky to play 3-4 full games at 75-90%.
For all intents and purposes he didn't have Gronk that season. Not the one that we usually know. The fact of the matter is he was down more than just that in comparison to both what he was used to and what resembles a legitimate table of weapons. They managed to win 12 games and make it to one game within the Superbowl.
