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Originally Posted by Three7s
Not just Montana, but when was the last time Tom Brady won it all? When his offense was more dink and dunk than anything. You rarely saw him go beyond 20 yards before 2007.
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Not accurate.
Brady threw 20+ yards an average of 63 times/year in the 5 seasons before 2007, with a high of 76 times.
Since 2007, excluding his Bernard Pollard-shortened 2008, he threw 20+ yards an average of 60 times/year, with a high of 69 times. He threw 20+ yards 68 times in 2012.
Brady has remained pretty steady in terms of stretching the field, with a slight DECREASE as he has aged.
And his rate of "stretch" throws is nearly twice that of the remade Alex Smith, who threw 20+ yards 36 times in 2011 and was on pace to do it 34 times a year ago.
So far this season, Smith had gone 20+ yards just 3 times through week 2 (week 3 is not incorporated into split stats yet, anywhere I can find). That's pretty much on pace with his recent averages.