2016 AFC Championship Game: #2 New England Patriots at #1 Denver Broncos

[areobee401]

Here are some numbers from PFF worth taking a look at.

The Broncos Pressured Roethlisberger on 47.5% of his dropbacks. Tom Brady was pressured on just 16.3% of his dropbacks vs KC.

Broncos pressured Tom Brady on 18 dropbacks (40%) in Wk 12. On those pressured plays Brady's completion percentage was 26.7.

Patriots O-line has averaged 12.1 total pressures surrendered in games that Edelman played. 15.1 in games where he did not.

Tom Brady's time to throw average dropped from 2.55 seconds in games without Edelman down to 2.19 seconds in Saturday's game. Big change.

So basically Tom Brady will have to release the ball quickly to negate the Broncos pass rush. #analysis

[ImTellinTim]

Quote: Originally Posted by cima

Just curious, are there any non-Pats fans that want to see them in the SB over Denver?

Me, I hope Brady gets one for the thumb.

[cjonesfan921]

This is more like Brady vs the Denver pass rush than Brady vs Manning.

However, that bodes well for Denver. They'll have a good shot of winning if they can consistently pressure Tom.

I'll take NE to win though as their offense is a well oiled machine when relatively healthy.

[Candyman5]

Quote: Originally Posted by cima

Just curious, are there any non-Pats fans that want to see them in the SB over Denver?

It depends. If carolina makes it I like to see Brady put up 50 on them in the superbowl and make cam get his wolipop and cry.

I also like to see Manning go out with a superbowl but also like to see Fitzgerald get one as well.

Basically I dont care who wins as long as the Panthers go home.

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[ggsimmonds]

Quote: Originally Posted by areobee401

Here are some numbers from PFF worth taking a look at. The Broncos Pressured Roethlisberger on 47.5% of his dropbacks. Tom Brady was pressured on just 16.3% of his dropbacks vs KC. Broncos pressured Tom Brady on 18 dropbacks (40%) in Wk 12. On those pressured plays Brady's completion percentage was 26.7. Patriots O-line has averaged 12.1 total pressures surrendered in games that Edelman played. 15.1 in games where he did not. Tom Brady's time to throw average dropped from 2.55 seconds in games without Edelman down to 2.19 seconds in Saturday's game. Big change. So basically Tom Brady will have to release the ball quickly to negate the Broncos pass rush. #analysis

If there is one "knock" against Brady it is that sometimes he gets visibly bothered by the pass rush if there is pressure.

I know that describes most QBs, but with Brady it is weird. Seventy-five percent of the time he is like a machine in the pocket (I totally did not pull that number out of my ***), but once in a while it seems like he gets more frustrated than some other QBs.

Those are the times people point out how much he cries to the refs and other things. I don't know that there is any kind of pattern to it, it seems like sometimes he just randomly does not handle pressure as well as he normally does.

Of course there have been times where one quarter he is flustered and ineffective, but then the next quarter he moves up and down the field and throws 2 TD passes.

It will be interesting to see if Denver's defense can disrupt the timing. I've never seen a QB as dangerous as Brady in a rhythm.

[areobee401]

Quote: Originally Posted by Candyman5

It depends. If carolina makes it I like to see Brady put up 50 on them in the superbowl and make cam get his wolipop and cry. I also like to see Manning go out with a superbowl but also like to see Fitzgerald get one as well. Basically I dont care who wins as long as the Panthers go home. Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk

What's your beef with Cam Newton?

I will say this about Cam and the Super Bowl. Two weeks of listening to everyone and their mother give an opinion on the way he carries himself on the field does not sound like a good time. What will make things even worse is the Super Bowl is covered by more than just the usual sports media. So you can count on some really dumb commentary.

Still, that's not enough for me to not want the Panthers to win on Sunday.

[redsox4evur]

Quote: Originally Posted by areobee401

What's your beef with Cam Newton? I will say this about Cam and the Super Bowl. Two weeks of listening to everyone and their mother give an opinion on the way he carries himself on the field does not sound like a good time. What will make things even worse is the Super Bowl is covered by more than just the usual sports media. So you can count on some really dumb commentary. Still, that's not enough for me to not want the Panthers to win on Sunday.

That commentary wouldn't be worse than last year's big story.

[dickey1331]

I'm in the same boat as Candy but my reason are the panthers fans that I'm Facebook friends with. They are extremely annoying and I'd love to see them lose.