through 3 games, Tom Brady is a bottom 10 QB in the NFL

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Scott Hanson, Host of NFL Red Zone: "Tom Brady is 1-of-17 (5.9 pct) on passes of 20+ air yards. (Last among starting QB's)"

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Best NFL QB ratings, 2012-now

#12 Tom Brady - 92.2 rating

#13 Alex Smith - 92.1 rating

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Best NFL QB ratings, 2013-now

#18 Alex Smith - 87.8 rating

#19 Tom Brady - 86.6 rating

#21 Matt Flynn - 85.7 rating

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ESPN Monday Night @ ESPNMondayNight 2d

Tom Brady Completion % last 3 seasons:

2012 63.0

2013 60.5

2014 58.8

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Kirk Minihane @ kirkmin

Tom Brady 's passer rating:

2010: 111.0

2011: 105.6

2012: 98.7

2013: 87.3

2014: 82.9

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Boston Globe:

"It should be pointed out that Brady has struggled to connect with his wideouts...As Brady's foibles have become more apparent, he's opened himself up to criticism ... The bad throws are starting to come more frequently and it's making it difficult for Brady defenders to continue to defend him

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(on the Raiders game in New England)

He missed a wide open Gronkowski in the first quarter, out-threw Amendola on the goal line, and laid an egg at LaFell's feet in the fourth quarter. ... Tom Brady did not look like he was commanding a Super Bowl contending offense, let alone appear as if he were a Super Bowl-caliber quarterback."

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Providence Journal:

"One of the biggest issues plaguing Brady has been his accuracy, especially with passes longer than 15 yards... Brady struggled with deep passes last season, and it’s been even worse this year... A review of every incomplete pass Brady’s thrown this season, a total of 47 passes, shows that 20 that were inaccurate...Out of the 20 errant passes, 12 were on deep balls...it should also be noted that the quarterback has looked increasingly frustrated

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(Raiders)

Against Oakland...After nearly getting intercepted, he missed LaFell, this on a third-and-8. LaFell ran a comeback route and had room to make the catch, but Brady’s pass landed by his feet. The quarterback then bent over, rested his hands on his knees and starred at the turf before walking off the field as the Pats settled for their third field goal. In the first quarter, Brady threw behind Shane Vereen. In the second, he missed a wide-open Rob Gronkowski across the middle of the field on a play-action fake. Then, on the 2-yard line, Brady missed Danny Amendola in the end zone

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(Vikings)

against Minnesota the week before...On a third-and-2, with 12:32 left in the third quarter, Brady overthrew Edelman deep...Brady’s only other deep throw was intended for Amendola with 12:27 left in the fourth quarter — it was just nowhere near his receiver.

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(Dolphins)

In Week One...Brady’s worst throw of the day came with 9:56 left, on third-and-9, when he completely overthrew Edelman, who curled in for the comeback."

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XNsports.com:

"No longer as accurate and with not as strong of an arm, Brady is not making the “elite” sort of plays, something he used to do when his team was winning Super Bowls.

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There are glaring deficiencies in his game. For one, his accuracy is not what it used to be. ... He is struggling to put the ball on the mark.

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Also, his deep ball is not as effective. ... Brady is not as strong of a deep pocket passer as he was back in 2007, when he made it look easy during that magical campaign ... . His deep ball has gotten considerably worse, as it has declined in each of the last three seasons. ... Not only is he not hitting receivers deep, but New England’s offense isn’t taking shots down the field a whole lot. Brady is averaging just 5.50 yards per pass attempt. Only Ryan Tannehill and Derek Carr are sporting lower yards per attempt thus far.

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Brady is 37 years old, and over the past three seasons his numbers have all been on the decline.

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the days of Brady as one of the best signal callers in

the game are long gone, folks."

[PandaPancake]

I'm already hearing the patriots fans blaming everyone but Brady

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ESPN:

Last night Brady was 1-for-7 (14.3%) with two interceptions on throws of more than 10 yards in the air.

He was 4-for-14 (28.6%) on throws of longer than 5 yards. Brady entered the game with a 43 percent completion percentage on throws longer than 5 yards in the air.

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Brady's stats coming into last night's game per ESPN Stats & Info ...

-Tom Brady has completed only 43% of throws more than 5 yards this season, second-worst in the league behind EJ Manuel, who was benched today

-Tom Brady has completed only 22% of deep passes (15+ yards) this year, tied w/ Ryan Tannehill for worst among QBs who have started each game

[R0CKnR0LLA]

apparently standing around a woman's shoe store holding Gisele's purse doesn't improve your arm strength.

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ESPN:

"Brady has seen a league-leading 25.5 percent of his passes fall incomplete due to an over or underthrown pass. ... He has completed 59.1 percent of his passes (29th) ... Brady has also averaged just 5.8 yards per attempt (35th out of 36 qualified QBs), better than only Raiders rookie Derek Carr ... Brady has completed only one of 16 attempts thrown 20 or more yards downfield this season (6.3 percent). No other quarterback is below 15.0 percent completions on those passes this season. ... the Patriots have converted only 36 percent of their third downs, 27th in the NFL."

[thefuzz]

And folks laughed when I said that Rivers was snugly right up there with Peyton at the top of the QB food chain.