I think it is funny that the Patriots basically used an idiot (Rob Parker) who does nothing but bash the Patriots and one Vegas line vs the Chiefs on the road and turns it into as “nobody believes in us”.
I get what you are saying, but the Rams had the 7th best offense in the history of the NFL! The Patriots had a really good game plan, and stuck with it. The biggest surprise to me, was the Patriots won in the trenches! No matter what Romo said, Brady had time to throw! The only sack of the game, Brady held the ball too long danced in the pocket and got sacked! Plus they ran the ball for 154 yards, which is huge in the NFL! On defense, the Patriots banged Goff all night, the hits took a toll after a while. And they couldn’t run the ball effectively. Great game plan! Last year, Brady was great and they lost, this year the team was great, Brady was great when he needed to be and they won!
I liked both America the Beautiful and National Anthem performances. Gladys Knight did great even though there was no movement from the color guard behind her...
I heard several NFL talking heads write off the Patriots earlier in the year, saying this years team just feels different. Brady is a little off. As a Pats fan, I thought they would right the ship. Acquiring Josh Gordon was huge! Losing Josh Gordon for the rest of the year was huge also. This Patriotbteam would be different with a legit downfield threat. Chris Hogan doesn’t scare anyone!
I think people just don’t realize how big losing Gordon actually was. This is the 1st SB Brady has won without a credible deep threat.
The point isn’t how few points are scored, but why. If QBs can’t make throws because they are hit or pressured or receivers are covered with blankets, that’s good defense. Yesterday to me was primarily a display of poor QB play. Neither Brady nor Goff threw many receivers open, the beaut to Gronk to set up the Pats’ TD being the only exception I can conjure offhand. Brady wasn’t his usual self. Goff was horrific.
Yup! Just got in from visiting a buddy from Wisconsin who's down for a few weeks. We started talking about the game and that's the first thing he said....defense wins championships.
It was only boring to those who really don't understand football...a great defensive game plan by both teams...violent chess game won by the master player.
Brady was his usual self. It's mostly dink and dunk stuff or longer passes to WIDE open guys. That's been his game for years now.
He wasn't quite his usual self. 21-35 for 262 yds, 0 TD's and 1 Int, passer rating of 78.2 is not typical Brady but it was enough in this game.
Uhh no he wasn’t his usual self, and it was obvious. Whether or not his game was dink and dunk it’s hard to say him playing his worst super bowl performance since 2001 is usual.
