Moss was thrown at 3 times the whole game ...
* One play he got wide open in the endzone on a busted coverage and Brady saw it -- but he badly missed the throw for an easy TD. That's a throw I can make 95 out of 100 times ... I think Brady wasn't expecting to throw the ball Moss's way and got so excited when he saw the busted coverage he blew the throw.
* the 2nd time was another busted coverage - Moss went in motion and there was miscommunication with the defense - Brady was sharp enough to see it but misfired again.
* The 3rd time he was thrown at he gained 33 yards on a short pass with some good YAC.
Here's a quote from Revis from the other Jets loss ....
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"That was our game plan even if Wes Welker was in the game or not," said Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis. "I was going to be covering Randy Moss the entire game. We were going to let our nickel guy handle Wes Welker."
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"Nickel guy? Was that the same "nickel guy" who got torched by a rookie seventh-round draft pick. A quarterback at Kent State in college who wasn't even activated for the opener and lined up in the wrong spot several times!"
It was basically the great Champ Bailey on Moss with safety help most of the game. When a defense wants to take someone out of the game ... you don't force the ball to said guy ... you exploit mis-matches that creates.
Moss may have caught one more pass than you ... but you wouldn't have occupied a hall of fame cornerback with frequent safety help .. and basically created a power play scenerio for the rest of the Pats offense.