i have thought abou this a lot over the past few weeks. i honestly think it is scheme. wade's defesne is GREAT when everything is working like it should, but that doesn't alway happen (obviously), and the great qbs can really take advantage of the defense not clicking when you leave your pass defenders out on islands in man coverage. brady has had his worst performances when defenses have broken from their mold and added a lot of zone work to throw him off (see jets in playoffs two years ago).
specifically, during the game on sunday, brady repeatedly used the hard count to get a guage on where they blitz was coming from, and it seemed like more often that not he got the right read and was able to exploit a bad matchup. cushing being out really hurt this team in pass coverage, and i think that wade should have recognized that and thrown some wrinkles in to try to offset that disadvantage . . .less man, zone blitzes, etc
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