Brett Favre believes in New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. Favre doesn’t see what so many are seeing: a decline in Brady’s game.
On paper, it’s obvious. Brady had one of his worst statistical seasons of his career in 2019, with a 60.8 completion %, 4,057 passing yards, 24 touchdowns and eight interceptions. Favre doesn’t think the blame falls on a 42-year-old Brady, however.
“Tom and I have had conversations over the last two or three years, after the season was over, where I felt the need to tell him my opinion, and I felt like his game had not declined one bit, and I feel the same way this year,” Favre told TMZ.com on Wednesday. “I hear a lot of so-called experts say his age is catching up with him. I don’t see that. I saw a quarterback still doing what he does but the cast around him was not up to par.”
Over the last few seasons, the Patriots have traded away Brandin Cooks and watched Danny Amendola and Chris Hogan depart in free agency. They have also seen Gronk retire. All the while, the Patriots have tried and failed to add players like Josh Gordon and Antonio Brown as replacements. That has left the Patriots with an aging but impressive Julian Edelman and then a cast of under-performers: Mohamed Sanu, N’Keal Harry and Phillip Dorsett. Still, Brady has built his career upon helping elevate the play of a subpar supporting cast. Why was this season different?
“His game is as good as it’s ever been. His cast is — I don’t want to say is not good — is inexperienced,” Favre said.
