Tom Brady - Broken Mind, Body, and Soul?

[kskboys]

One thing the haters don't realize is that Brady was never even known for his arm strength in the first place. I have been hearing about his inability to throw the deep ball for over a decade.

The thing that sets Brady apart from the rest are more mental than physical. Obviously he still needs to maintain the ability to throw the ball and throw it well - and this past year proved he does.

The deep ball has nothing to do w/ arm strength.

 

[kskboys]

Brady is old and will inevitably decline at some point, but people forget that his velocity was never elite. His deeper passes have always been more about timing and touch than pure power, even in 2007 when slinging it to Randy Moss all day. People saying he was in physical decline in the Super Bowl are imagining a prime that never was.

His game has always been about timing and making the right reads, small movements within the pocket, and knowing when to bail on a busted play rather than forcing things. The throws themselves were rarely "wow" plays in the sense of being amazing athletic feats. It's why age has affected him relatively little so far. He's maybe the most "boring" great quarterback ever because it's all about fundamentals and the mental game.

Peyton Manning fell off a cliff in part because he never entirely got over the neck injury, so he was hanging by a thread during the entire comeback. The miracle is that it lasted as long as it did really. The bigger issue for Brady isn't decline in throwing power, but having an injury a 41 year old body simply can't come back from like it could at 31, or accumulating multiple smaller injuries that add up to a derailed season because he can't bounce back like he used to.

Seriously, you guys should know this. Arm strength in the NFL has nothing to do w/ the deep ball. A deep pass is about 50 yds or so, and even the most slackarmed NFL QB's can throw 50 yds.

Good stuff, otherwise. As I said earlier in this thread, Brady is chockfull of instincts, and has always gotten by w/ simply knowing who to throw to.

The only opposite problem is not being able to chunk it threw a window on 20-40 yard outs. That's where you first start seeing a QB decline, but you have to know what to watch for. If you're just watching numbers and are blind to anything negative, you are definitely not going to see what you don't want to.

 

[Ghost12]

The deep ball has nothing to do w/ arm strength.

This makes zero sense whatsoever.

You people are just pulling the most ridiculous things imaginable out of thin air.

 

[kskboys]

This makes zero sense whatsoever.

You people are just pulling the most ridiculous things imaginable out of thin air.

If you're not interested in understanding the game, I can see your point.