That's fair. But we shouldn't lose sight of what having a poor OL does to a QB with his particular skillset. It's not just that he's old. He's about picking apart the defense with both his arm and his mind. Even a below average OL robs him of much of the latter.
Then add to that a total inability to run the ball. Then add to that a mediocre receiver group.
Any guy of his type would have a bad year in the current environment. Seems to me that making risky throws kinda comes with the territory. Wentz was similarly lucky this weekend with INTs and those bad throws were caused in part by the same factors (bad OL play, meh receiver play).
Exactly:
Dak Prescott in 2017 had the corpses of Dez White and Jason Witten, Terrence Williams and Cole Beasley, Zeke was suspended for 6 games and the offensive line was beat up. He finished with 3,324 yards, 24tds', 13 picks, 6.8y/a, and 86.6 QBR
Through 10 games in 2019, with Zeke, an offensive line, Amari Cooper, Michael Gallup, Randall Cobb, etc., through 10 games, he's at 3,221 yards, 21td's, 9picks, 8.8y/a and a 104.1 QBR.
Before people think "yeah, Dak is 2 years older and becoming a better QB," Dak's numbers were better his rookie year than they are this season, because again, he had weapons.
Skill positions and the offensive line matter. I don't care who is QB'ing this Pats team, they aren't going to put up numbers with this group around them.
Here's the difference though: In 2017, Dak and the Cowboys went 9-7. Tom Brady and the Pats are 9-1. The Cowboys committed 22 turnovers in 16 games. The Pats are at 10 through 10 games.
They'll be fine. This year's Pats are still 3rd in the NFL in points scored, and 16th in yards gained. They don't really need to be more than that with their defense sitting at #1 in basically everything, and Tom Brady not making huge mistakes that cost games.