Simply amazing to witness the Tom Brady legacy continue to grow. As each year passes Tom Brady is on the cusp of cementing his place as the greatest quarterback in the modern era of the National Football League.
But yesterday in Foxboro may have been the exclamation point. With a nasty cut on his right hand, with no Gronk in the second half due to concussion protocol, and with the Jacksonville Jaguars up 20-10 in the fourth period–Tom Brady did exactly what every football fan in America knew he was going to do…namely make every play he needed to make in the fourth period to rally the Pats to a 24-20 win over Jacksonville to advance to yet another Super Bowl.
Simply a great game as Jacksonville led by Blake Bortles showed they not only belonged on this stage, but have every reason to believe they’ll be back next season to challenge once again for a Super Bowl championship of their own.
These Jags were no fluke. They’re young and should be the team on the AFC horizon to replace the Pats if Tom Brady ever decides he’s had enough fun winning Super Bowls.
I’m not really a Pats fan, but as each year passes you have to sit back and admire the overall game and toughness Tom Brady brings to the stadium each week. I can’t think of any other contemporary pro athlete close to Tom Brady in the sheer competitiveness he brings to the table. Maybe LeBron in basketball, maybe Sid Crosby in hockey, baseball doesn’t have a dominant star, but what Tom Brady is doing is something special.
If a comparison were to be made it would probably be to Tiger Woods when he was in his prime winning fourteen major golf championships. Or when Michael was winning six NBA championships. There’s the same type of energy and confidence each athlete exuded over their game.
So now we have the Pats vs. the Eagles in Minneapolis in our fifty-second Super Bowl. It’s called the Lombardi Trophy, but if Tom Brady wins his sixth Super Bowl against the Eagles he’ll own the distinction of being the greatest quarterback in the modern era to ever play the game.
So…how long will we be able to watch Tom Brady do his thing? Hard to tell because in his forties he’s still yet to show any regression in his game. But I’ll make sure and enjoy it while Tommy Clutch keeps doing his thing…like he did on Sunday in winning his 54th comeback game in his career while trailing in the fourth period.
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Here’s the game winner with Tommy Clutch hitting Danny Playoff…like we haven’t seen these two hook up before.