When your receivers suck moose balls and drop catchable balls, you have a right to be angry at them. Even Edelman, the best receiver on the field for the Pats, let some balls get through his hands. Brady may have been spoiled by having Randy Moss and Welker, who were the best WR tandem in the NFL the year the Giants beat the Patriots to prevent the undefeated 19-0 season.
Last year, Brady was spoiled as he had Welker, Hernandez and Gronkowski, all 3 of whom are or were All Pro calibre players. Welker is in Denver, Gronkowski is injured and may be out for a while, and Hernandez is in jail on a murder charge which he seems unlikely to beat based on what I have read. Amendola, who is sort of a poor man's Welker, was signed to replace Welker, but he was also hurt and this should be no surprise as he has not proven to be a durable WR at all while with the Rams. Basically what is left of a receiving corp is the assorted dogshit that gets pieced together as you have to do in this kind of a situation.
If and when Amendola and Gronkowski come back, if they are healthy, the receiving corps should be solid. Until then, Brady will have a very high frustration level getting on the same page with guys who are not featured receivers and never will be.
Meanwhile, Welker in Denver may be the 4th best receiver on that team. I watched Denver's opener against the Ravens and the Broncos have sick depth with their WR corps. Welker will not catch as many balls as he did in NE but I suspect he will be looked for more and more by Manning as the season goes on.
The Manning Bowl will be Sunday afternoon at 4:25 pm, should be a good one although the Giants are badly depleted at linebacker and Peyton Manning will exploit this. The Giants are having to start Herzlich who I thought was going to be a steal but he is very slow to react in pass coverage situations. The Broncos are not the team to have weak pass coverage linebacking against.
