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Originally Posted by Frosstbyte
What I saw the second to last drive was an exhausted defense that had been dominating all game and had completely shut down the best offense in the history of the NFL. No surprise that Brady manufactured one solid drive, given his history. But the Giants discovered the chink in the armor of that vaunted offense which was putting pressure on Brady. No, it's not his fault he was sacked 4 times, but he showed no ability to deal with that pressure. He's not good at making moves and rolling out and making plays (see, e.g. Montana, Elway). When Brady has time and can calmly look at the field, he's one of the best QBs ever. But what will always keep him out of the "greatest" category in my mind is exactly what happened in the Super Bowl. He can't play mobile and he can't play pressure. He got scared and spent most of the game hearing footsteps and couldn't do ANYTHING until the last drive when the Giants defense was simply too tired to keep up that pressure.
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That exhausted defense came back on the patriot's next drive and cruised through the patriot's offensive line with just a three man rush. Pretty good for a squad that was apparently so exhausted on the previous drive it couldn't keep the patriot's from almost casually marching down the field to get that touchdown. The patriot's offensive line stunk for pretty much the whole game. I don't know that it was him being scared as much as him not having any time to throw- do that to any quarterback and he's going to have a bad game. Not to mention the possible bum ankle that was supposedly interfering with brady's long ball.