Brees v. Brady

[stanhin]

Brady matriculates the Bucs down the field on a 9 play drive and caps it with a QB sneak for a TD on his first drive for his new team.

 

[stanhin]

NO stopped on both of its first two possessions.

 

[stanhin]

And, in another game, Joe Burrow runs it 23 yards up the middle on a QB draw to score the first TD in the game against the Chargers.

 

[stanhin]

Brees tosses TD pass to Alvin Kamara to tie the game.

 

[stanhin]

Brady throws a poor pass (or receiver ran wrong route); intercepted by NO at midfield; returned to Bucs 35. Brees and New Orleans take advantage of the gift and score. 14-7

 

[2003TexasGrad]

Battle of the old white guys.

 

[stanhin]

Brady is sacked to end Bucs' next drive. 54 yard field goal try blocked. Saints take over with good field position

 

[Statalyzer]

NO stopped on both of its first two possessions.

They shouldn't have punted on 4th and 2 from the Bucs' 40.

 

[stanhin]

Here's another fourth and two for you, Stat. This time, NO draws Bucs offside. Free first down. Brees throws screen pass good for 17 yards down to the 25. Brees then gets Suh to jump offsides. NO has to settle for field goal. 17-7

 

[stanhin]

Brady, under tremendous pressure, tries to throw it away and gets called for intentional grounding. Brees is definitely winning the battle thus far, but Brady's offensive line is not holding up well.

 

[2003TexasGrad]

Brady isn't just playing the Saints. He's play Belichick too. You know he wants to win more games than the Patriots.

 

[Statalyzer]

Anybody before the game have these teams combining for under 250 yds by halftime? Me neither.

 

[2003TexasGrad]

Anybody before the game have these teams combining for under 250 yds by halftime? Me neither.

I'm not a human calculator like you so.....

 

[stanhin]

Brady starts second half by air mailing easy pass way over his receiver's head.

 

[zuckercanyon]

Brady starts second half by air mailing easy pass way over his receiver's head.

Brady agreed with Manning that he’d play until he sucked....

 

[stanhin]

Brady throws pick six--very bad pass behind outside breaking receiver

 

[zuckercanyon]

Brady throws pick six--very bad pass behind outside breaking receiver

Uh oh

 

[stanhin]

Bucs trying to redeem themselves. Very long gain on pass interference; followed by good run; followed by TD pass (blown coverage).

 

[stanhin]

Bucs sack Brees on third down blitz. Back to Brady. . . . Saints hold. . . . Brees' turn again, starting from Bucs' 45 after a mediocre punt and good return. . . .Bucs defense completely stuffs Saints on that series. Wasted good field position. Brady's turn again. . . . Brady throws nice pass off balance to convert on a third down. Then, gets pass interference call on Saints. Bucs are down to about Saints' 20. Brady air mails another one out of bounds. Field goal try. Good. 24-17. Bucs hold. Brady will have the ball to start the fourth quarter. . . .Saints stuff Brady to end next drive. Brees' turn again. Both defenses are making the QBs uncomfortable. Saints finally break through. Short TD pass from Brees (after a long pass to Jared Cook to put Saints in good position). 31-17

 

[stanhin]

Elsewhere, Arizona beats 49ers and Chargers barely beat Bengals despite Burrow leading a great last-minute drive (FG kicker missed short one when he pulled a calf muscle)

 

[stanhin]

Admittedly it's desperation time, but Brady just air mailed a short pass out of the back of the endzone. Maybe all three air mails were intentional throwaways, but I don't think so.

 

[Statalyzer]

Elsewhere, Arizona beats 49ers and Chargers barely beat Bengals despite Burrow leading a great last-minute drive (FG kicker missed short one when he pulled a calf muscle)

Man, what a sucky way to lose a game.