Tom Brady Time
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by user Josh Q. Public
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OK, here we go! All I’ve been hearing lately is Bill the Brain this and Eric Mangenius that. In case you forgot, there’s somebody else in this story. Somebody else who may have a say or two. Somebody else who knows some things. Somebody else who knows some things about football games. Somebody who some things about winning big football games. Playoff football games. If there is a game that absotively posilutely needs to be won, Tom Brady is your man. The one that you want, hoo hoo hoo. The one you need, oh yes indeed. Maybe you forgot.
Maybe you forgot Brady closed out his college career completing 34-of-46 throws for 369-yards. Closed it out in the Orange Bowl. Closed it out for Michigan after recording a 20-5 record as a two-year starter. Closed it out with three touchdowns including the game-winning 25-yard scoring strike in overtime. Just business as usual for this cat. Just taking his lunch pail to the old rock quarry every day and getting it done.
Getting it done like he did in his rookie year. Like he did his rookie year when he took over for the injured Drew Bledsoe. Drew Bledsoe, he’s big, he’s got a strong arm…he’s big, he’s got a strong arm… And that’s where the legend begins. With the Brady rule. By inserting Brady in the starting line-up and keeping him there. Billy Batts style. Keeping him there even after Bledsoe’s return. That changed everything. Changed the rules. A player does not lose his job due to injury. He does now. Changed Patriot football. Changed them into champions. From laughing stock to dynasty. Week six. Indianapolis Colts. Peyton Manning. Brady’s break out day. He put together a game straight out of 2004: 16-for-20, 202 yards, three TDs, zero interceptions, passing rating of 148.3 in a 38-17 win. You know the rest. 11-5. Playoffs. Tuck rule in the snow. 10-point fourth quarter deficit. Overtime victory. People start to take notice. Something special is going on around here. Very special. A Very Brady Special. Super Bowl baby, Super Bowl. Tied up. Fourth quarter winding down. John Madden says the Pats should just let time run out. Win this thing in overtime. Nothing doing. Not with Tom Brady in the game. Doing his best Joe Montana impersonation, Brady drives the Patriots offense down the field. Drives them to victory. Patriot win! Patriots win! From Portland to Providence, from Bangor to Boston, Patriot nation has a new hero; and he goes by the name of Tom Brady, Super Bowl MVP.
Two rings later, here we are. Three Super Bowl victories in all, here we are. 10-1 post season record, here we are. Two Super Bowl MVPs, here we are. NFL record for most consecutive wins in the post season, here we are. Most consecutive post season wins, college and professional combined, here we are. Brady is 9-2 lifetime against the Jets. Quite frankly, he was an abject disastah in Miami in Week 14. But he came Stormin Norman Schwartzkopf back over the final three games. Stormin Norman with four TDs. Stormin Norman with no picks. Stormin Norman with passer ratings of 108.8, 97.1 and 107.1. He threw bombs. He spread defenses. You may say these Patriots are not the as good as those other championship teams. You may be right. But the competition is not as good either. When you have Tom Brady, anything is possible. Time and time again, this cat makes plays. Time and time again, this cat makes fairy tales come true. Time and time again, this cat wins the big ones. So again, I ask why not us? Why not now? See you in Disney World, Tom.
Fun Fact: Tom Brady was drafted by the Montreal Expos as a catcher in 1995 but decided to accept a scholarship to the University of Michigan in 1996 to play college football instead. Aren’t we lucky?
Peace out homies. Six Two and Even! josh q. public
