Tom Brady threw three second-half interceptions in Tampa Bay’s 31-26 NFC championship game victory over Green Bay. It was enough of a statistical blemish for critics to point to his diminished skills and poor play.
No quarterback ever wants to throw a pick, but the circumstances around two of them, and how they fit into Brady’s current approach to the game (uber aggressive) says more about winning games in today’s offense-first NFL as anything else.
The way a boxer needs to open himself up to be hit in order to hit, Brady’s philosophy these days seems to be to risk the deep interception in an effort to maximize every possession in pursuit of points.