N/S Pats fans going off on Cooks and Brady

dapperdan said
I agree to a point SS but since we are still at the top of league in plays over 20 yards I tend to think the opportunities are there especially since our running game is elite. Now we could say Drew might not want to throw it deep as much but that's hard to say. Ginn has been a pleasant surprise but he is no Brandin Cooks.

Go back into the article and read what Bucky was saying on that. He is saying that Yes, we have that as a stats but it's mostly due to YAC yards that gives us that moniker. We aren't hitting 20 to 30 yard passes (or deeper) to get that stat. We are dinking and dunking, gaining the extra yards afterwards. He is trying to make that point here.

With the majority of the routes targeted at short distances, Brees is able to feast on layups to get into a groove. As a result, he is completing a league-best 71.6 percent of his passes. In addition, Brees leads all passers in completions of 20-plus yards with 45 "explosives" on the stat sheet. Looking even deeper at the numbers, I discovered that 74.9 percent of his throws this season were considered "short" passes, per Next Gen Stats

I like Ginn and Cooks, but I'm not sure if the comparison is even fair due to the stats Bucky went and dug up. Still Cooks is the better WR, and he would have better numbers but Brady has to spread the ball around. Brady has 3 rbs that are all WRs as well, his receiving corps, and Gronk. It's tough for Cooks to really get the targets needed to compile the numbers that he would in other circumstances. Then again, what if we were hitting Ginn on the deep 3 to 4 times a game here?

Just saying both of the guys get a reprieve for their circumstances.