JMC00
Pro Bowl Player
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Patriots pass attempts: 316
Buccaneers pass attempts: 474
difference of 158 attempts
Not really a ringing endorsement when Gronk only has 3 more yards than Byrd and only 60 more yards than Meyers when Brady has thrown it almost 160 times more and 60 of those have went Gronk's way (which he has caught 37)
huge difference in pass attempts
but let's compare those 2 ELITE WEAPONS to Byrd and Meyers
Evans & Godwin combined
141 targets
97 receptions
1,172 yards
Byrd & Meyers combined
102 targets
71 receptions
945 yards
If we are being honest Byrd & Meyers years are a little more impressive than Evans & Godwin outside of TDs) given they got a guy who on 1 play can throw a nice 40 yard pass and on the next 5 throws throw it short to someone wide open 10 yards in front of him and they are WRs on a run heavy offense
Bucs have thrown it the most in the NFL and they lead they league by 25 attempts. Pats have thrown it the 3rd least.'
And if this was an argument about keeping Gronk, it's terrible. Gronk wasn't coming back to the Pats. It wasn't like the Pats just decided to trade his contract rights to the Bucs. Gronk demanded the trade to the Bucs by threatening to unretire and put the Pats over the cap where they couldn't release him because of the dead hit so they had to trade him and he only wanted to be traded to the Bucs
Buccaneers pass attempts: 474
difference of 158 attempts
Not really a ringing endorsement when Gronk only has 3 more yards than Byrd and only 60 more yards than Meyers when Brady has thrown it almost 160 times more and 60 of those have went Gronk's way (which he has caught 37)
huge difference in pass attempts
but let's compare those 2 ELITE WEAPONS to Byrd and Meyers
Evans & Godwin combined
141 targets
97 receptions
1,172 yards
Byrd & Meyers combined
102 targets
71 receptions
945 yards
If we are being honest Byrd & Meyers years are a little more impressive than Evans & Godwin outside of TDs) given they got a guy who on 1 play can throw a nice 40 yard pass and on the next 5 throws throw it short to someone wide open 10 yards in front of him and they are WRs on a run heavy offense
Bucs have thrown it the most in the NFL and they lead they league by 25 attempts. Pats have thrown it the 3rd least.'
And if this was an argument about keeping Gronk, it's terrible. Gronk wasn't coming back to the Pats. It wasn't like the Pats just decided to trade his contract rights to the Bucs. Gronk demanded the trade to the Bucs by threatening to unretire and put the Pats over the cap where they couldn't release him because of the dead hit so they had to trade him and he only wanted to be traded to the Bucs
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