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No, you were talking about Harrison only. You made no mention of Dallas Clark, Anthony Gonzales, or Tony Ugoh.

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the WR's last night were

Reggie Wayne
Aaron Morehead
Craphonso Thorpe

last year vs the Colts, Brady had

Doug Gabriel
Troy Brown
Reche Caldwell

the Colts group is still better. Wayne is a legit #1. Morehead is a jag, and Thorpe is an emergency level guy.

Gabriel is out of the NFL, Troy Brown is a decent possession guy but is years past his peak, and Reche Caldwell is on the Redskins but doesn't have a catch this year

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I don't disagree with you on evaluation of the cast, but Brady had these guys all year. Obviously I'm not positive, but I don't think Manning is working with Craphonso weekly on timing routes, this makes a big difference. The Colts couldn't even run their no huddle because all the new personnel couldn't handle it, that's also a big deal. There really is no basis for comparison for Manning in that game and Brady with a mediocre supporting cast last year

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you're right, wrt to the prep time. but that cast of WR's on the Pats last year wasn't mediocre, it was maybe the worst in the NFL. basically the definition of "replacement level", any team could have had any of those guys. Jabar Gaffney was literally picked up from the street and ended up as the #1 WR.

the exception is the TE Ben Watson who was a high draft pick. but the WR's were awful, it's almost like Belichick was trying to figure out how bad a set of WR's he could get away with.