With all the subsequent comments, I feel like your original post must have read something like "Pats are 1-12 when not scoring any points".The stat is wrong though. Brady is 5-0. There are more wins. Given false info. My bad.
With all the subsequent comments, I feel like your original post must have read something like "Pats are 1-12 when not scoring any points".The stat is wrong though. Brady is 5-0. There are more wins. Given false info. My bad.
If nothing else, here are the specifics of the bolded stat: Brady has 6 playoff wins (and two losses, fantastic memory) when attempting 50+ passes. Fouts, Kosar, and Eli have one each, with no losses. That's the complete list.There's another crazy Brady stat that was going after they beat Atlanta in the Super Bowl. I can't remember it exactly. I think it was playoff wins when attempting at least 50 passes.
Yeah, the big thing about Belichick is that there is no big thing -- he does what it takes to win given what he has on the roster. This year they were stronger in the run game than in the passing game in some respects so even tho he had Tom M-F&^%$ing Brady under center, he was happy to ram the ball down people's throats as much as it took. And then when they needed to throw the ball, they had a guy who wasn't too bad at it ...I guess that's a stat partly about Brady and partly about Belichick. Belichick will run 50 times or pass 50 times. He's really not about balance. But it also is about Brady's ability to come back and win games even where he is arguably one dimensional.
Deserved. My bad.With all the subsequent comments, I feel like your original post must have read something like "Pats are 1-12 when not scoring any points".
Brady 6-2.There's another crazy Brady stat that was going after they beat Atlanta in the Super Bowl. I can't remember it exactly. I think it was playoff wins when attempting at least 50 passes. Brady is 6-2 and I think the rest of the league had virtually none or certainly fewer than 6.
I guess that's a stat partly about Brady and partly about Belichick. Belichick will run 50 times or pass 50 times. He's really not about balance. But it also is about Brady's ability to come back and win games even where he is arguably one dimensional.
Deserved. My bad.
You searched by position, which only goes back to 1999, in addition to pass attempts. Given no non-QB will ever throw 50+ times in a playoff game, it's an unnecessarily filter to Play Index. As you see by my post above, other QBs all time are 3-30, 0-4 when facing BB/TB.Brady 6-2.
All other QBs 1-11 since 1999. For some reason pro football reference doesn't work pre-1999 for my search
Ah thanksYou searched by position, which only goes back to 1999, in addition to pass attempts. Given no non-QB will ever throw 50+ times in a playoff game, it's an unnecessarily filter to Play Index. As you see by my post above, other QBs all time are 3-30, 0-4 when facing BB/TB.
In the FWIW department, Brady's record when throwing 50 passes (combined playoffs and regular season) is just absurd when compared to other QB's:Brady 6-2.
All other QBs 1-11 since 1999. For some reason pro football reference doesn't work pre-1999 for my search
Cliff!FWIW Brady didn't hit 50 passes in a game this year.
Garropolo and Brady are #2 and #3 in QB career winning percentage in NFL history (min 10 games). Brady would have to win his next 44 games in a row to pull ahead of Garropolo. Alternately, if Garropolo loses his next start, Brady would have to lose 19 straight games to fall behind him again.Through 5 seasons as a pro Brady finished more playoff games than Garropolo finished regular season starts.
Yeah that's the one I just referred to in the post above yours. Holy crap.Every time someone calls Brady a wuss or says he would never have survived the Montana NFL (which the NFL was Brady’s first 7 years btw), I show them this hit:
Jesus Christ.
Sorry man, I realize reading back what I wrote it looks like I was criticizing you. That wasn't the case at all, I was chuckling to myself about how one loss by Garropolo could swing those numbers by 63 games on Brady's side.It’s not manipulating numbers to say that Garropolo has started 10 NFL games and has only finished 8 of them, the other 2 of which he has suffered serious or semi serious injuries. It’s just an interesting stat to me. Jimmy is going into his 6th year and has played start to finish in 8 games. That’s pretty crazy considering what the Niners are paying him.
No worries. I'm confident in saying Jimmy won't touch Brady's W-L % in the end.Sorry man, I realize reading back what I wrote it looks like I was criticizing you. That wasn't the case at all, I was chuckling to myself about how one loss by Garropolo could swing those numbers by 63 games on Brady's side.
My bad, apologies for being unclear on that one.
I'm surprised he didn't break his right forearm or wrist on that play. Dumervil's helmet drives right into it.Certainly not as bad as the Buffalo one, but I always thought the hit he took against Denver (Dumervil) was pretty nasty. The fact that he held onto the ball and popped right back up is pretty crazy.
You break bones with leverage, not straight on impact, unless it's a car crash. That's why Alex Smith broke 40 bones in his leg, or because Allen Hurns ankle snapped like a twig, because their legs were wedged against an opposing force.I'm surprised he didn't break his right forearm or wrist on that play. Dumervil's helmet drives right into it.
Also, as folks have noted, the size of players has increased, even since the 80s. So, for the "Brady would get killed" crowd, I like to point out that, say, Donald has 50lbs on LT. Odds are he hits with a good bit more force than anything Montana ever experienced.You're right Van Everyman that Brady has a great ability to avoid injury, but there's no doubt that rules matter. Think about the play in the Super Bowl when Donald threw Brady to the ground. The ref came over and warned Donald to take it easy or he'd flag him. I can't imagine a ref saying that to Lawrence Taylor as he buries Joe Montana. What they used to be able to do to quarterbacks...well...if Brady was subject to THAT (and he does take some hits), there's a very good chance he'd have missed many more games in his career.
Then again, watch here:
and fast forward to 2:46 and you'll see Brady get absolutely LIT UP and he got back up and kept going. So who knows.
Pliability.I'm surprised he didn't break his right forearm or wrist on that play. Dumervil's helmet drives right into it.
Then remember the spear in the back he took by Ray Lewis when he scored a goal line TD?
Oooof, gotta block the outside guy Nate!Certainly not as bad as the Buffalo one, but I always thought the hit he took against Denver (Dumervil) was pretty nasty. The fact that he held onto the ball and popped right back up is pretty crazy.
I've missed having a quote machine for an opposing coach. Rex left a large void.
Seems like Gase is loosening up
Oh I probably missed that one. Thanks.I get 91: 79 regular plus 12 playoffs. He was credited with a rushing TD in 2011.
The rushing TD was a slightly backwards pass, but still a pass from Brady. Just not technically a receiving TD.Oh I probably missed that one. Thanks.
Heh, I remember this one. Gronk deliberately didn't spike this ball because he initially believed it was a receiving TD, one that at the time would've broken the record for most by a TE as rationale, as was the buzz around the Blade at the time. Later he stated he regretted not spiking, when asked if he had known if it was counted as a 2 yard rushing TD rather than the record breaker.I get 91: 79 regular plus 12 playoffs. He was credited with a rushing TD in 2011.
Well, yeah, the morning after molly is a drag.
Seems like Gase is loosening up
He had a good run. First Gronk, then Brady on April 1st of all days.