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Originally Posted by trackercowe
Manning threw for less yards (74 yards), and had one fewer touchdown than Brady.
Besides, of the 16 incompletes Brady had, I say 6 were due to bad receiver drops, 6 were forced passes (groundings for the most part), and 4-5 were Brady's fault entirely. I for one hardly fault Brady for the loss. Deion Branch is no longer the deep threat he once was, especially compared to Randy Moss, or the Jets wide receiver core (Holmes, and even Edwards). Welker, and Woodhead are both nice short yardage guys, but Brady rarely threw the deep ball.
At least Manning still had Reggie Wayne to throw to last week.
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He also had 1 INT less then Brady that nullified a nice opening drive by NE that could have put them up 7-0 early that could have changed the game. 74 less passing yards on almost 20 fewer passing attempts. And the 1 TD with 20 seconds left hardly meant a thing. NY was giving them the short passes that late to avoid the big play. 109 QB rating to 89 QB rating as well. And Indy did not have 3 of it's top 5 offensive weapons either. Clark, Collie and Gonzalez were all injured. Jacob Tamme and Blair White hardly scare anybody. Revis did a great job on Wayne so all Manning had was Garcon.
I don't think it was Brady or Manning's fault they lost. Jets defense just played great and covered recievers.