Actually, he lost to Colts because HE COULDN'T SEE JABAR GAFFNEY STANDING THERE ALL BY HIMSELF SPLIT WIDE TO THE RIGHT WITHOUT A DEFENDER WITHIN 10 YARDS OF HIM EVEN THOUGH THE PLAY WAS CALLED FOR FOR GAFFNEY. AND THEN WHEN HE FINALLY DID CALL FOR THE SNAP AND THROW THE BALL TO GAFFNEY, HE THREW IT AT HIS FEET. AND THEN ON THE NEXT PLAY HE THREW AN INTERCEPTION.
Real game or fake game??....you decide.
Wrong.That was reche Caldwell the Pats #1 reciver that year who has yet to catch a pass for the R'Skins.
They were a first down away from going to the SB (on the road) with reche caldwell as the number 1 reciver...and with two guys on D who were getting they're first starts all year.
...and it was a very catchable ball.
your not even in the ball park. 54.7% of NE plays are pass plays. And by the way 4 guys in the NFL have thrown more passes than Brady. And Manning is only 22 passes behind Brady. I love how everyone thinks they can't run but they are 8th in the NFL in rushing yards per game and thats with their #1 back hurt for alot of the year.
Sir, Phil Simms just about jumped out of the booth screaming at the top of his lungs that "there's no one on Caldwell..there's no one on Caldwell" (I think PP is right, it was Caldwell, not Gaffney). The replay confirmed this.
Whether or not the ball was catchable, the fact that it was thrown after the Colts defense had adjusted, and that the Great Tom Brady threw it at his feet, ensured that there would have been little or no gain even if he had caught it.
It is INCONCEIVABLE that someone with Brady's peripheral vision and field sense could not have noticed his primary receiver split wide with no defender anywhere around him.
Whether or not the ball was catchable, the fact that it was thrown after the Colts defense had adjusted, and that the Great Tom Brady threw it at his feet, ensured that there would have been little or no gain even if he had caught it.
It is INCONCEIVABLE that someone with Brady's peripheral vision and field sense could not have noticed his primary receiver split wide with no defender anywhere around him.
Troy Brown and David Patten
Troy Brown and David Patten
Deion Branch and Kevin Faulk
David Givens and David Patten
Deion Branch and David Givens
Reche Caldwell and Ben Watson
Those are the top two WRs in each of Brady's first 6 seasons. Reggie Wayne is better than any WR Brady has ever had (significantly better) save Randy Moss. Frankly, Brandon Stokely probably was too (his best season was better than any NE WR until this season).
The debate always turned on the question of, do you prefer the guy that wins with good stats or the guy that comes up short with monster stats.
Now Manning has a SB and Brady the monster stats so the answer and question are somewhat muddled. My answer (since it became a legit question) has always been Brady and nothing I have seen this or last season (Troy Brown runs the right route and Manning comes up short again and, frankly, Manning wasn't very good for 7 of the 8 playoff halves he played last year) changes my mind. In fact, Brady's performance this season with good WRs and absolutely no running game reinforces that.
For the record, Manning's numbers are down fairly significantly this season and even more without Harrison (save the last two games).
