Yes, in that one year. But he problem was in 2008. Brady was terrible (for him), as he started to rely on Moss and took repeated deep shots down the field, leading to way too many 3 and outs. Moss retired, thankfully, and Brady went back to doing what he does best, throwing it to the open guy.
You see other teams and QBs fall into that pattern. It's nice to have an Antonio Brown or Julio Jones, but it's low percentage football if you are chucking deep balls into double coverage, even with those guys. Rice was unique, and Brady would have feasted with him, because he thrived on yards after the catch rather than deep balls. Montana and Brady are both very, very accurate on 10-20 yard crossing routes.
...the rules were different in the mid-late 80's. Nowadays, offensive coordinators call for deep throws, intent on getting a defensive pass interference call. It has become a skill for the receiver.
