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FanPostsFanShotsAbout the Site List of Patriots Twitter AccountsWrite For Pats Pulpit!New User Welcome and Commenting GuideCommunity GuidelinesMastheadTopics Patriots Off-Season CoveragePatriots Opinion/AnalysisPatriots NewsPatriots Draft CoverageSportfolio ManagementFiled under:Patriots AnalysisPatriots First ReadTom Brady is the most clutch quarterback in the NFL, and the numbers prove itNew,24commentsWhen plays need to be made, Brady makes them.EDTShareTweetShareShareTom Brady is the most clutch quarterback in the NFL, and the numbers prove itJason Getz-USA TODAY SportsTom Brady’s reputation as a clutch player goes all the way back to his days at Michigan: dubbed the ‘comeback kid,’ he showed even at a young age that the pressure to perform was no burden to him. His NFL career was more of the same pretty much from the moment he became the New England Patriots’ starting quarterback: he led three game-winning drives during the 2001 regular season, and two more in the playoffs.Since then, Brady has proven himself a master in the clutch time and again. From his outstanding late-game performances in the Patriots’ three most recent Super Bowl wins, to numerous comebacks — some of which seemingly impossible: when New England needed Brady to make play, far more often than not that was exactly what he did. The 2018 season, which again ended in a title for the veteran and his team, was more of the same.When looking at the plain statistics, we can see that his fourth quarter performances during the regular season were not necessarily spectacular by his own lofty standards but still very good — especially considering the Patriots’ instability at the wide receiver position, particularly early during the year. The postseason, meanwhile, saw a drop-off in most statistics but was still statistically solid with the exception of a lone interception:Tom Brady in the 4th quarter, 2018SeasonAttemptsCompletionsCompletion %YardsYards/AttemptTouchdownsInterceptionsPasser RatingSeasonAttemptsCompletionsCompletion %YardsYards/AttemptTouchdownsInterceptionsPasser RatingOf course, numbers without proper contextualization are to a degree meaningless as they leave too much room for erroneous interpretation. This becomes especially evident when looking at Brady’s postseason run: while his passer rating of 80.6 may suggest struggles in the fourth quarter and overtime during the Patriots’ three playoff contests, the actual game tape in combination with the opponents and surroundings tell a different story.Just take a look at the AFC Championship Game on the road against the Kansas City Chiefs, a game New England won 37-31 in overtime. After throwing an interception that went through the hands of Julian Edelman early in the fourth quarter Youth Jarrett Stidham Jersey , Brady led the Patriots offense on two touchdown drives in regulation to each time take back the lead for his team. In overtime, he then converted three 3rd and 10s en route to Rex Burkhead’s game-winner.Brady was similarly successful in the Super Bowl as well, proving once again that he knows how to handle the big moment better than any player in the league. In fact, more advanced statistics — those basically applying some of the aforementioned contextualization — gives us an even clearer picture of the six-time world champion’s performance in the clutch. And the numbers become more reflective when that is the case.For example, let’s add time and game situation to the equation: how do Brady’s numbers look when a game is tied or New England is behind with less than four minutes left in the contest? We can see that his numbers improve when compared to the previous chart:Tom Brady in the 4th quarter, 2018 (trailing/tied with <4 minutes to go)SeasonAttemptsCompletionsCompletion %YardsYards/AttemptTouchdownsInterceptionsPasser RatingSeasonAttemptsCompletionsCompletion %YardsYards/AttemptTouchdownsInterceptionsPasser RatingOf course, more context needs to be added still to make a somewhat accurate assessment of Brady’s performance in the ‘clutch’ — especially compared to other passers. Enter advanced analytics website Pro Football Focus, which recently released its 2018 All-Clutch team. And based on “plays in the fourth quarter of games within seven points,” PFF came to the conclusion that Brady was the cream of the crop in 2018.PFF’s Ben Linsey shared the rationale behind this conclusion:Coming in ahead of the Green Bay Packers’ Aaron Rodgers (89.6) and Seattle Seahawks passer Russell Wilson (84.9), Brady proved himself the best crunch time quarterback in the league yet again. The more traditional statistics already hinted at his excellence, but PFF’s rating of 90.5 appears to be more reflective of what can be seen on the game film: that Brady consistently came through when he needed to last season.At soon-to-be 42 years old, he may be the oldest quarterback in the NFL but he is still among the game’s elite. And when it comes to being clutch, Brady is still in a class of his own. Matthew Slater is more than halfway to his father’s longevity as an NFL player. He doesn’t plan to equal it.The star special teamer of the聽New England Patriots聽just completed his 11th pro season, and he’s at his fifth Super Bowl, with two wins. In his dad Jackie’s 20-season NFL career, he made one Super Bowl 鈥?coincidentally, with the聽Rams聽in 1980 鈥?and lost to聽Pittsburgh.“That’s a long time to do anything,” Matthew Slater said Tuesday. As for the New England kick coverage ace lasting so long, he added with a laugh: “Absolutely not.”Of course, when your team becomes a regular visitor to the Super Bowl Womens Jarrett Stidham Jersey , it lengthens the season by more than a month. No one in the NFL would want to pass on that, but in reality Slater has played nearly 12 seasons, making All-Pro in 2016 and being voted to seven Pro Bowls.Not bad for someone whose Hall of Fame father didn’t necessarily want Matthew to play football.“He felt that way for two reasons,” Matthew Slater says. “First, he didn’t want me to feel the pressure of living up to his name. He thought the expectations could be unfair.“He also wanted me to avoid injury. He knew the toll it takes on you physically.”Matthew and his brother played plenty of sports, and guess who usually was the coach. Yep, Jackie.“Sports have always been a big part of my life and have so many life lessons from being on a team, and the disciplines of preparing to compete and how you compete, and having teammates around you. I thought they were good lessons to learn,” Jackie Slater said.“I discouraged them to play football. I didn’t think (Matthew) would be big enough to play football. I coached in basketball, soccer, track and field, even some flag football. I didn’t see football as something that he would excel. But when he played flag, he had good speed and he caught the ball and ran well.”Matthew kept improving at Servite High School and grew, though not to Jackie’s offensive tackle measurements. Because Jackie was unfamiliar with the kind of skills his son possessed, he turned to teammates Ron Brown 鈥?a 1984 Olympic champion speedster, who played wideout and returned kicks 鈥?and outstanding cornerback LeRoy Irvin. Brown refined Matthew’s technique and speed, and Irvin worked with him on back-pedaling and breaks for receivers.“Things I was not familiar with,” says Jackie, who recalled watching Matthew leave everyone behind in a 100-meter race Authentic Jarrett Stidham Jersey , only to have Brown say “he did everything wrong.“I knew I needed to get out of the way.”Not really. Matthew, now 33, credits pretty much everything he has achieved in football to his father, who entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2001.“He made every effort to be present,” the son says. “That’s what I appreciate the most: He was a father first. So many young kids … many black kids … I see they don’t have a presence like that.“Anytime I have success, certainly my dad is sharing in it. It all goes back to my dad; I wouldn’t be playing this game without him. It’s pretty unique, a son being able to do something his dad did. We are enjoying this ride together.”For sure. But on Sunday, well, Jackie admits to being a bit torn when the Rams 鈥?his team 鈥?take on the Patriots 鈥?Matthew’s team.You see, Jackie Slater still has plenty of millennium blue and new century gold running through his veins.“This is a win-win situation for me,” the elder Slater notes. “If my son loses, it’s not as if he hasn’t experienced the thrill of victory in a Super Bowl, something I never did. And if he loses, it hurts, but he has a great attitude about it. It helps me live with the defeats he has.“If the Rams win, I will be happy because I have been pulling for this team for more than 40 years. My first hero in the game was Tom Mack, who I actually played with for three years.“You know, he has an unbelievable opportunity to experience things I never did. I don’t know what it is like to win the Super Bowl beyond the joy my son had when he won on two occasions. That’s almost as good as me winning, I felt.”

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