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December 4, 2007

Bad Numbers For Brady

BALTIMORE -- It was Tom Brady's worst game of the season.
Statistically, at least.
Completing just 18 of 38 passes, for 257 yards and two touchdowns, Brady was sacked three times, for 21 yards in losses, and threw his sixth interception of the year, leaving him with a season-low rating of 76.3 for the game.
"We have to execute better -- run better routes, throw better passes, make better catches, block better," said Brady, sounding remarkably, and unfortunately, like coach Bill Belilchick.
The Patriots appeared about to go down to their first defeat when Brady was stuffed on a fourth-down sneak at the Baltimore 30 with 1:48 to go. But the Pats were given a second chance when the officials ruled that Ravens coach Brian Billick had called a timeout from the sidelines just before the snap.
"I heard the whistle blow and stopped," Brady said, with tongue planted firmly in cheek. "I would've made the first down if the whistle didn't blow."
The Patriots came close to blowing the game, but the bottom line _ as Brady pointed out _ is that they didn't.
"We made a lot of plays under pressure," he said, "and that's what we needed to do down the stretch."

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