Some NFL polls on Brady, etc.

[BadBoyBenny]

Sounds a lot like Shottenheimer and Edwards this year.

[NLSoldier]

People are already starting to say the same "hes a natural winner BS" about Rothlisburger. Look at last week. He sucked, but his team won due to defense and some luck. Going by just Ben's performance the Steelers should have gotten crushed.

[tolbiny]

Brady now has three years as a winner in this league (the year after th3eir first superbowl was rough, i know) there is a huge difference between being overhyped like rothesberger has been this year (though clearly he has talent) and being appreciated as a tremendous qb like brady is.
And Culpepper has thrown tons of games down the Culcrapper. Last year against arizona in a game they had to win he had a mediocre game, when he should have been lights out-dominating to force his team into the playoffs.
Every time brady has been in a big game he has won it. Every, single time for three years now.

[NLSoldier]

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Last year against arizona in a game they had to win he had a mediocre game, when he should have been lights out-dominating to force his team into the playoffs.

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Ya, Culpepper should have been out there in the secondary when they gave up that touchdown on the last play of the game. Brady's defense gives up game losing plays like that all the time, right?

[BadBoyBenny]

I think the Pat's get good value for their money with Brady, so I agree with you. However, you will see Brady lay a goose egg Sunday against Dick Lebeau's D. Count on it.

[BadBoyBenny]

Rothlisberger had the 5th best passer rating in the league as a rookie. Playing against some of the best defenses in the league. He had two bad games, so he has trouble with the Jets. How is he overhyped?

[BadBoyBenny]

Wouldn't that be Pioli's design and wouldn't the defense that stopped the Colts be Romeo Crennel's? Why does everyone assume Belichek micromanages the whole organization?

[tolbiny]

Arizona should never have been in that game. Minnasota's offense should have blown out Arizona's d, which after several good weeks had managed to crawl up to something like 8th worst in the league. Its funny how you have to keep making excuses for all the QB's you name, and then almost "blame" Brady for being on a better all around team. Untill Culpepper, Mcnabb, or Manning shows up for the biggest game of the year, i wouldn't lose any sleep having brady over any of them.

[NLSoldier]

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Untill Culpepper, Mcnabb, or Manning shows up for the biggest game of the year

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And by show up, you mean win?

It takes way more than the quarterback "showing up" for the team to win. For example, In the Seahawks loss to the rams, Hassellbeck threw a good pass with the game on the line and his reciever straight up dropped it. Had Brady thrown that pass and his reciever dropped it, would you say Brady didn't "show up" for the big game?

Another example:

Did Culpepper "not show up" last week? His defense didn't give him much help, and he was on the wrong end of a fumble into the endzone as well as a fumble that was not recovered due to Claiborne not re establishing himself in bounds. He also had an interception that was batted up in the air and came down in the hands of the D lineman. But I guess the team lost because Culepper didnt show up, huh?

[Daliman]

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That drive should never have happened. Even madden said with :48 seconds left the Pats should play for OT.....

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And it sure is a good thing John Madden doesn't coach the Patriots.

Seriously, Why would you take a knee to get a situation where you might never see the ball again when you already have the ball with a chance for a game winning drive.

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No Idea. At the time, it seemed to be the 2nd stupdest thing an analsyt had ever said, to Jerry Glanville's entire broadcasting career.