Why does Brady not come through the one time they need him to throw a touchdown?

Question

Why is it that the one time that the Pats need Tom Brady to throw a winning touchdown he doesnt come through but then people call him clutch when all he does is let his kicker win the game, if you really think about it if they didnt have the greatest clutch kicker then they wouldnt have hit the field goals and no body would be talking about how Tom Brady is so great because he would only have one super bowl ring

Answer 1

Tom Brady? I thought you meant Brady Quinn.

Tom completes the drives to get the winning points. He doesn't have to win it himself. That's awareness.

Answer 2

You are officially an idiot. Why do you hate on Tom Brady so much? He dominates the game, he is one of the best QBs the NFL has ever had.

If Carson Palmer has half the career Brady has had, I'll call that an accomplishment. He won those Super Bowls, because quarterbacks, not kickers, are the ones that take their teams the distance and to greatness. The Patriots are good because they have Tom Brady. The Colts are good because they have Peyton Manning. The Saints became good because of Drew Brees. Give me a break fool, Tom Brady, not Adam Vinatieri is the reason the Patriots won enough games to get to the playoffs, he was the reason Vinatieri was put in the position to win the game, therefore he had to put a drive of some sort together without making a mistake, which he did in both Super Bowls that you are talking about. Brady is clutch. End of story, now stop asking questions that reference Tom Brady underachieving, because that is the dumbest thing I have ever heard.

Answer 3

I have to disagree with your opinion of Tom Brady. A clutch QB doesn't need to be throwing TDs, but deliver under pressure. Derek Jeter, for example, doesn't hit HRs when the game is on the line - just line drives. That wins the game and that's clutch. Tom Brady does exactly what a QB should do to win.

No doubt having as a teammate one of the greatest kickers in NFL history has helped him a lot. But Tom Brady knew exactly what Vinatieri could do, and it was Brady drove the ball to the 30 yard line against the unbeatable greatest Show on Turf when everyone, including John Madden, thought that he should take a knee and go to OT. Believe me, if a TD was needed, he would have made that happen.

The Chargers found out the hard way last year what Brady could do. Give a clutch QB an extra chance and he'll make you pay. The Pats had no business winning that game in San Diego last year, but they had Brady. And he had no Vinatieri this time.

A clutch QB makes his coach, one of the most prudent, calculating minds in NFL, roll the dice without hesitation. I remember a game in Denver two years ago when the Pats gave the Broncos an intentional safety with a few minutes left in the game, got the ball back, and Brady drove them to some 70 yds and scored a TD. That's clutch.

Answer 4

I hope this question isn't serious. Although it is true Adam Vinatieri kicked two super bowl game winning field goals, somebody had to take his team the length of the field to set up a game winning kick, and yes, that was Mr. Clutch, Tom Brady. Vinatieri wouldn't have even had the opportunity to make those kicks if it wasn't for Brady and the rest of the offense. I believe that the entire team is clutch, not just one individual player. Every player on that team performed extremely well in the 3 super bowls. Brady is probably the most important factor but someone had to catch his balls, and someone had to block for him so he had time to pass. Each player had a certain role for their team and they all performed their job to the best of their abilities. And yes, I am a patriots fan.

Answer 5

People forget that he won ALL 3 superbowls by 3 points...

And the first one was a sham, as how can it be an incomplete pass when he CLEARLY had both hands on the ball... I've never seen a QB pass with 2 hands, have you???

And how would the one against the Panthers have turned out if the kicker for Carolina didn't kick the ball out of bounds on the kickoff with under 2 minutes to play??? That gave the Pats a great boost to field position...

Answer 6

This has got to be the least thought out, most arrogant question I've stumbled upon in quite some time.

Winning football games is NOT a direct correlation to throwing touchdowns. Getting in good field position, managing the clock, and operating a balanced offense are all key in winning games.

Tom Brady is considered clutch because he manages the clock better than anyone in the game right now, and, bottom line, he's a winner. He's in the forefront of every Patriots victory, he leads them to come back from behind in numerous of those wins.

I'm guessing you're a Peyton Manning/Dan Marino fan.

Passing touchdowns aren't everything bud.

Answer 7

tom is Peyton Mannings Boy Wonder, he is just an average QB playing for a great coach. All players are mediocre on the pats, no real stars aside from 1 or 2 guys. It's the plays Belicheck calls that make brady good. They are low risk, short to medium passes. The boy wonder has poise, after that...he is far below several QB's currently in the league. Enough about how great he is, he is not, his coach is. Great team filled with average players.

Answer 8

Wow, I've seen some dumb A$$ sports questions, but this one takes the cake, or the entire bakery. You Are a moron, Jokes and dolts fan all rolled into one!!

What the hell do you call the 2001 AFC divisional game, where he scored the games only Td, threw for 350 years in the snow?!

Or how about the 2004 AFC championship game against the Squealers, where he had 327 yars passing and opened up the game with a 65 yard bomb to Deion Branch, or how many times he burned the dolts in championship games with precise and cutting TD's?!

Are you wacthing the same games on the same planet as the rest of us humans???

And unless I am mistaken and I know I'm not, Vinatieri didn't kick 80 yard FG's, so someone had to put him in a position to kick it you schmuck!!

How many times did his receivers fail him and have hands of stone or drop passes they shold have caught? Did you factor that into your brilliant equation Mr. Einstein?

Time for your meds and back to the home for you dolt!

Answer 9

no one is perfect that is why....but geesh...look at the whole picture...tb doesnt have all these huge plays....he just plays consistently and chugs along....we think he is great because he is dependable, calm under pressure and is always looking to the next play not the last one....and tom brady didnt get those super bowl rings all on his own...pats play as a team, lose as a team, win as a team!

Answer 10

Brady is one of the only quarterbacks who could have led his team into field goal position in the first two superbowls. I'm sure that 20 other NFL kickers would have made those kicks that Vinateri did.