They'll be talking
About Tom Brady's step-through past Brian Urlacher for a while. He just executed it during a New England touchdown drive that made it 17-10 with 8:22 left.
It was an 11-play, 73-yard drive capped by a 2-yard touchdown pass to Ben Watson. The drive was highlighted by two freelance plays by Brady. The first was a 40-yard completion to Watson on third-and-3. The second was an 11-yard scramble in which Brady locked up 1-on-1 with Urlacher and, for whatever reason, the linebacker didn't attack. Brady simply stutter-stepped around him. And when you're as slow as Brady, it's a profound stutter.
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Rex Grossman's last two throws have hit the hands of Patriots corner Ellis Hobbs. Life was better and safer when he stayed away from him and threw at Asante Samuel. Might be a reasonable course of action heading forward.
Really?
However, the "profound stutter" line was sweet.
That ALWAYS happens to me. Surest way to ensure a big play? Have me lacerate you in cyberspace. Thanks for reading, Barb.
appreciated your question to Brady regarding the pass to Watson on 3rd and 3. He's tried that a number of times this year with almost exclusively negative results. This points to his receivers' inability to get open.
It's funny too Charlie that his response was that Watson was just "standing there" until the ball was on him. Kinda shows that, once the initial play breaks down, there's not a lot of options.
Is that a shortened version of "not a lot of options with the current cast of receivers"?
What the hell happened to D Gabriel? Must be more than one fumble? Not hearing too much "they stole him for that pick" talk anymore.
I think it is a shortened version of that, yes. And it's been a precipitous drop for Gabriel, hasn't it?
I'm wondering why we're still talking about things like 'the current crop of receivers' and "not a lot of options" when the offensive performance this year is virtually the same as last year? Through 11 games, PPG virtually the same, total yardage as well, first downs and touchdowns actually exceed last year. What's the point here then? Were we having this discussion last year when the numbers were virtually the same?