FOXBOROUGH — The qualifier “in a losing effort” should not be applied to the performance delivered by Tom Brady Sunday night. The final score might not have labeled Brady a winner, but everything about the way he rallied the Patriots from a 28-point third-quarter deficit broadcast it in stereo.
Brady reminded us once again why he has carved out a place in the Boston sports Mount Rushmore — or Passmore, as it was last night for the Patriots. Somewhere Bill Belichick’s buddy Tony La Russa was wincing as Brady blew right by his pitch count, chucking the ball a career-high 65 times, including 46 in the second half.
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I mentioned this last week and it bears repeating. The Globe would have you believe that it is Tom Brady and 52 stiffs lead by a coach whose name they cannot even mention anymore. As good as Tom was, he threw two interceptions, both his fault, the second he never should have thrown to a man so well covered, threw the ball into the ground about a half dozen times and airmailed an easy throw that ended the game for the Patriots. Suddenly its not Belichicks' strength of will or the culture he created, that incents his team to continue playing, that compels the line to block and the recievers to catch some of Brady's bad throws and the defense to pull itself together, its all Brady. This, football fans is a rather transparent and discredited attempt by the media to diminish what Belichick has accomplished and an agenda driven and creatively challenged typist like Gaspar is the one exposed for it.