Carter threw for over 210 yards against the Pats on the road without Galloway and completed 56% of his passes compared to Brady's 212 yards. Brady was playing at home, had his full complement of receivers and had defense that led league in forcing turnovers. Brady was also in his third consecutive season as a starter and in the same offense. Carter in just his first year in that offense, without a consistent running game threw for 321 yards against the Giants in game 1, 240 yards against them in game 2, 262 yards against Atlanta, 210 against the Pats, 240 yards against the Cards, 190 against Detroit thru 3 1/2 quarters, 196 against the Skins in game 1 without about 4-5 drops, 254 yards against Carolina, 288 yards against the tough Dolphins defense and 290 yards against the Saints that was top 10 against the pass. Crappy qb's don't put up those kinds of numbers consistently in the NFL. Say what you want, say what you will, those numbers speak for themselves, and so does 10-6 vs Bledsoe's lucky 9-7 record which should have been 8-8 or 7-9 at best.
In 2003, Dallas closed out games early against lesser teams and ran Hambrick 40 times with his 3.1 average to eat up clock. Nobody called us the Cardiac Cowboys that year cause we put lesser teams away and battled the better ones to the end.
