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Originally Posted by Rukdafaidas
That makes some sense about fit.
I just had a similar discussion with my son about Brady. Brady failed him in a lot of games this year. Crucial turnovers, etc. He was dogging his performance in the bowl because he only had around 50 % completion rate and a 6 YPA average. I asked who his TE's were and told him that IRL Brady needs good TE's to be good and that maybe that was the case in Sandbox as well.
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Brady in '18 appears to be a lot like Dak was in '18. A little more aggressive, but probably not in the top half in that regard.
I dunno if the game is quite that specific (could be), but with two shitty TEs and only one reliable target (who should probably be a good fit for Brady; Cooper's an excellent route runner and intermediate WR), he definitely appeared to be a little undermanned so yeah, that probably forces him underneath to his check-down guys.
I'm not wholly convinced he needs a pair of elite TEs because like I said - not sure the sim is THAT narrowly drawn, but he definitely needs chain-movers. I think that's why Julio was really good for me - Dak, playing a similar style to Brady, had a premier chain-mover to work with. He also had a secondary weapon in Goedert (who is REALLY good, fellas. He'd be a top 10 TE in the league, at worst, but for Ertz). I think Robinson will have a better year for me next season w/ a more aggressive quarterback (based on his 2019 performance) but he's more of a downfield guy, IMO, and it showed in his disappointing production this year.
But what I think is really interesting is a point in favor of my theory - Barkley is a good pass-catching RB. But he's not quite James White in terms of efficiency (especially on a per snap, not per touch basis) and he's not quite as productive. James White meets/exceeds Barkley in the passing game even with far more limited usage in terms of snaps. But for the sake of discussion I think it's fair to just use one as a proxy for the other.
Had Barkley been on your Joplin squad and White on his Bentonville one, I think White
floors Barkley's receiving stats even though Barkley's a 'better' player with a far better QB. But said better QB just doesn't use his RBs as much if he can avoid it. And if you put a lousy pass-catching RB w/ Brady, I think that RB will be pretty crappy in that regard as well because it's probably something of a calculus. The quarterback may drive more attempts to your RB, but if there's nothing in his resume to suggest he's actually a good pass-catching back, you won't see a lot of efficiency out of it.