His aDoT looks not too bad at 7.47. Right around Carson Wentz. 10 of his 55 throws went for more than 20 air yards, which is a pretty high percentage.bigchiefbc wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2017 8:49 pmTo throw your own crap back at you, if you actually watched those games last year, he almost never threw a pass more than 5 yards past the LOS, and when he did, it was wildly inaccurate. His YPA may look OK, but I'd be curious to know the average depth of target on those passes. I'm a Pats fan so I've seen every snap of his in the last two preseasons and those 2.5 games he played in the regular season. It's not a big sample, so I'm speaking largely via eye-test here. And my eyes show me someone who's not a talented passer, at least not at anything beyond short passes.ninotoreS wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2017 7:01 pm
Actually, he did pretty okay in his two spot-starts last year the Pats never expected or planned for him to have to make. No picks, completed more than 60% of his passes for a 7+ YPA. The problem in those games was that the 3rd-string rookie suddenly having to make starts plainly hadn't mastered the offense enough yet to functionally lead it, which is hardly surprising, considering the circumstances and how complex the Pats' offense is to begin with.
But regardless of all that, '16's sample-size (just 55 pass attempts) does not represent enough tape for you to already condemn Brissett's prospects. Not objectively, anyway.
Whatever dude. All I can say is this - as a Pats fan, I'm really freaking happy that the Pats didn't view him as the future solution to the post-Brady era.
The problem was more that he only completed one of those throws... A 30 yard lob to the Black Unicorn. 319 of his 400 passing yards were YAC, which is hilariously high and explains his respectable YPA.
While I agree that this is small sample size and shouldn't be used as a final verdict on the guy, what about his college career suggests he'll be any better? I never really understood why the Pats took him so early to begin with.