There were four late “drops” but only the last one by Hernandez was a blatant drop. Welker would usually make his catch but, in fairness, he was having to twist and reach behind him. It would not have been an easy catch but it was the type Welker often catches.
The next one was also a reach for the receiver to get to and the third one to Branch was possibly deflected by the defender who, if nothing else, could have easily been distracted by the defender even if he didn’t touch it. Branch, too, had to reach backwards to get the ball.
I’m sure that a non-expert with an emotional attachment to the quarterback might view all four passes as mistakes by the receivers but only one could I say was truly their fault.
Sadly, of the two that I thought catchable, the first came with no defender in position to stop a touchdown. Granted, I only watched the end of the game, but my first thought was how open the receivers were and how the balls seemed catchable. Still, Brady will have to do a lot of apologizing for this to his teammates.
Her statement may be true, but she has no place in saying it.
The receivers who are playing at that level will punish themselves more than anyone else could. They will remember those opportunities a lot longer than anyone else will. I myself wonder how these people function at all and/or remain continent with a billion and a half eyeballs on them, replayed and in slow motion, yet.