Quote from: B1GBLUE on May 03, 2024, 03:24:55 PMfor sure...but he also had a good to great oline most of his career, and the perfect system for him to work in. think about how many guys they were able to swap out like edelman and welker over the years basically seamlessly. the system you are in can be just as important as the people executing it. save for the randy moss years, tom was never exactly airing it out. he was hitting guys underneath that could pick up YAC.
What evidence do you have to support that statement? Concerning Brady, he had a completely new system in TB and enjoyed career years; conversely, the system you claim was culpable for his success has been abysmal since his departure. The architect of said system, now has a record of 82-98 without Tom Brady. QBs like Brady and Manning are successful wherever they go, while their OCs like McDaniels and Adam Case are duds. It should be clear as day the QB is more important to the system, than the system is to the QB. In short, good QBs are going to be good, regardless of the system.
"save for the randy moss years, tom was never exactly airing it out. he was hitting guys underneath that could pick up YAC"
This statement is just false.
https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/tom-brady-passes-over-20-yards-by-year
Brady is probably not the guy you want to use to prove that QB needs elite WRs to be successful, or an Oline for that matter.