He definitely missed the Gronkster last night, he just threw to Lloyd and Welker over and over again. Gronk is good for like 100 yards and at least 1 TD every game it seems, you can't replace that. Hernandez was no where to be found and what happened to Vereen? Either they couldn't get open or Brady didn't spread the ball around at all, which is always his style.
There was a choke factor by the whole Patriots team/Coaching staff (including Brady of course, but not limited to). They hadn't scored under 23 points since Week 2 and 13 points was their worst offensive output of the entire season. Maybe it was just playing against the hottest team in the league, but I'd have to say they just choked the game away. I know the blame always goes to the QB but it's not all on Brady, that's just silly. Even Brady's INTs weren't too bad, first one was tipped way up in the air and landed right in that guy's hands (still Brady's fault) and the 2nd one was a desperation throw at the end of the game.
Saying he's the greatest since the merger is a leap (of course the OP put "greatest" in quotes so maybe he was being sarcastic?
) but Brady is still definitely
one of the greatest QBs ever. People will be dumping on him today (maybe deservedly so) but he still has 3 rings, and 5 Superbowl appearances. 7 AFC championship appearances is pretty crazy too, and he'll probably get to one or two more of those.
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