Originally posted by frenchmov:
Originally posted by evil:
Allen made some great throws despite the wind but the wind absolutely affected some of the other throws.
Yep. Imagine how mac's throws down field would've looked. I'm not blaming the pats, it was smart as Mac doesn't physically have the arm to do it (which is part of why he dropped to 15)
All year it has been "Mac only throws short"...
... now it's "Mac didn't have the arm to do it".
They could have schemed up and called the game using a bunch of the short to intermediate game if they wanted to. They didn't, Bill got strategic and since they couldn't stop it, kept calling it.
And if one is familiar with Belichick's offense, one would know he has used the short passing game a ton over his Patriot career with Brady long before Mac was even a thought.