Tom Brady is a once in a lifetime player. There's no question about that. We here in New England love him for his late game heroics, ability to come from behind no matter how great the deficit (sorry Falcons), and bringing Patriots football to the top of the mountain, the gold standard in the NFL. He's an ageless wonder, there will never be another like him, so now, it's really time to take a step back and appreciate what he's doing; especially at 40 years old.
In week 2, Brady was selected as AFC Offensive POTW for the 28th time in his career after throwing for 447 yards against the Saints on the road. The next week against Houston, Brady torched the Texans secondary tossing 5 touchdown passes, including the game winner to newcomer Brandin Cooks with 23 ticks left on the clock. Tim and time again, Brady has led the charge in a Patriots fourth quarter comeback, 52 to be exact. You may be asking yourself, when the heck did the Patriots trail in the fourth quarter 52 times? Well, the reason you can't remember is because all that people talk about the next day is the heroics of number 12. We've heard it all at this point. He's too old. He's about to fall off a cliff. This is his last year. He's a system QB. He's past his prime. Heck, the NFL even paid the price of getting laughed out of the Supreme Court to try and get rid of Brady. But the thing is, Brady is not the kind of guy that will Stan up at the podium at his weekly presser and bash anyone around the league, he just lets his play speak for itself. In Super Bowl LI, he got the ultimate revenge on the NFL and Roger Goodell, by capping off the best comeback in the history of football. I will be willing to bet there wasn't a single Patriots fan across the world that didn't have a smile from ear to ear when Goodell handed the Lombardi trophy to Robert Kraft. I know I did, loved every single second of it. Speaking of that game, most people didn't really have a chance to process what just happened, mainly just out of pure shock at the fact the Patriots won the game. Yes, notice how I said the Patriots won, not the Falcons lost. The Patriots WON. The reason that comeback was possible was because of one man. His name is Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. The one man that had the heart, the will, and the determination to pull that off. Some fans may not know this but, Brady's mom had been battling cancer for the entire season, and the Super Bowl was the first game she was able to make it to all year long. Down by 25 with 2:12 left in the third quarter, Brady went into 'Psycho Tom' mode, and launched the Patriots on a run that was unlike one we've ever seen in the history of football. So many things had to go right for New England, one after the other, they all fell into place. The Edelman catch, Hightower's strip-sack, Atlanta taking a sack and being forced out of field goal range, Brady leading a 91-yard drive and converting not one, but TWO 2-pt conversions. Face it, the man is not human. He's a machine. A football god. Last years Super Bowl was the greatest single performance in NFL history. It's time everyone starts to realize just how great Brady is, not only here in New England, but across the NFL. In New England, we see Brady week after week, so sometimes we really take for granted just how good he can be. Scratch that, how good he is. As for the rest of the NFL fans, love him or hate him, you have to appreciate not only what he does on the field, but for the game of football. Brady is a once in a lifetime player, you will never see another like him. My advice to you: enjoy it.
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