We were never in the game, never trailed by less than 7 and trailed by 14 for most of the 4th quarter. Brady barely missed 2 wide open midget receivers for TDs. The Pats also have no fast WRs to stretch the defense with LeFell out and of course the rest of the teams we face will have this player. The fact we were torched by a pop gun armed QB with no deep threats is a huge indocrtment of our secondary.
Look CC,
I ALREADY said I didn't THINK ANYBODY was EXPECTING our sub-par secondary to look good against Brady. No one does. He has one of the quickest releases in all of football. PLUS, he rarely throws long BECAUSE he is a dink-n-dunk QB. He threw 16 balls last year over 20 yards and connected on ONLY ONE! The OBJECTIVE is to MAKE him hold the ball and attempt to throw long....for one, he isn't good at it and two, we might be able to record a sack.
As for us being in the game...again, I stated that IF NOT for our poor red-zone showing, we would have been IN THE GAME! What are you saying? If we score on the first series, is Brady gonna come back and score 2 TDs on his next possession? Sure, he had a high percentage passing. He averaged 76% completion percentage last year when throwing under 10 yards. Our poorly prepared defense held him to 78%. He also passed for 70% in the playoffs last year.
I know, Don Meredith used to say "If ifs and buts were candies and nuts we'd all have a merry Christmas".