akfinfan
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Originally posted by ckparrothead
And if you really wanna compare the two then make it a fair comparison. In Fiedler's 2nd real year in the NFL with his first chance to start he inherited a team a lot like the Pats this year. A running game that was over-achieving, an offensive line that was good, a crappy receiving corp, and a defense that keeps teams from scoring pretty good.
Not saying Fiedler did really poorly, but there's no doubt that Brady performed superior in 2001 than Fiedler did in 2000. And, according to most of the league including those who vote on the pro bowl, there's also no doubt that Brady's 2001 campaign was better than Fiedler's 2001 campaign. Thats not to say that Brady will ALWAYS perform better than Fiedler, I hope not anyway. But there's no use takin away a players due.
Was Fiedler hurt in 2000?? Yes.....Was Brady hurt in 2001....no. Make a better point. Also QB rating Doesn't mean much of anything. If you including rushing yards, and TDS for QBs in the QB rating calculation, Fiedler would slaughter Brady in QB rating