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Originally Posted by vailpass
The NE passing offense has always been predicated on the YAC instead of the long ball. This was true before Moss. Not sure if you are saying NE is a long-ball team or what you are getting at.
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That's not the Patriots passing offense. The Patriots passing offense is based off of both the quarterback and the receiver reading the defenders, while the play is ongoing, and adjusting to the actions of those players. It's not a "Go Deep!/Go short!"Do a 10 yard out!" offense.
That's why Moss was killing people deep 2 years ago.
Of course, one of the real ironies of your comment is that Cassel was #1 in YAC in the AFC this season, but Cutler was #2.
http://sports.iwon.com/nfl/stats/lea...rcatchqbs.html
The Patriots were #3 in the league, with Denver at #5:
http://sports.wcbstv.com/fb/tmleader...iving&rank=231
Edit: for some comparison sake, here's one from the season before (albeit only through 15 weeks), with Brady rather than Cassel:
http://www.advancednflstats.com/2007...-for-pass.html
You can see that Brady's %YAC is actually lower than Cutler's.