February 1, 2018 Page 3
Brady’s Bunch of Rings Back at Big Bowl
By Adam Serrao
The sun sets in the west, the moon rises at
night, and Tom Brady is in the Super Bowl.
Few things in the world are seemingly as automatic
as Brady and the Patriots playing for a
championship at the end of a season. Come this
Sunday, they’ll both be right back where they
seemingly belong. You can love him, hate him
or even refuse to have an opinion about him,
but as Brady readies to play in the eighth Super
Bowl of his career, you certainly have to respect
the way that he plays the game of football.
Even if you love to root against Brady and the
Patriots – which most football fans who don’t
cheer for the Patriots do – you have to admit
that New England being in the Super Bowl at
least makes the game a bit more interesting to
watch. What can be better than rooting against
the guy who will likely go down as the greatest
quarterback to ever play the game, not to mention
his head coach who thrives on being unlikeable?
The good news, too, is that New England has
never dominated its opponents in the biggest
game of the season. In his seven championship
games so far, Brady is 5-2. Were it not
for some miracle plays by Eli Manning and the
New York Giants, he could very easily be 7-0.
Just as easily, though, Brady could have been
0-7. The total difference in scoring between
the Patriots and their opponents in seven Super
Bowl games is just 12 points. New England has
put up 169 points, while their opponents have
combined for 157. That alone should provide
enough foreshadowing to tell that this weekend’s
Super Bowl LII will likely be a close game, no
matter what outcome arises.
Philadelphia doesn’t figure to be a walk in
the park for the Patriots either. Despite losing
their MVP-caliber starting quarterback in Carson
Wentz, backup Nick Foles has come on as of
late and is leading the team in quite a similar
fashion. “They’ve got a great defense,” Brady
explained of Philly. “As good as we’ve faced
all year. They’ve been playing well all year
and that’s why they’re in this game – and that’s
why we’re in this game. It’s going to be a great
game.” Brady would likely change his opinion
about the game should the Patriots lose, but
losing isn’t necessarily something that comes
easily to New England.
The Eagles defense will be tasked with stopping
Brady and his teammates on Sunday. That
same group ranked fourth in the league in total
defense (306.5 yards per game) and points allowed
(18.4) this season. Great defenses have
fallen to Brady before, though. Just two weeks
ago, he and head coach Bill Belichick dispatched
the Jacksonville Jaguars and their top-ranked
defense this season. Even still, it’s not the team
on the other side of the ball that the Patriots
concern themselves with and that in itself could
be the reason for the team’s prolonged success.
“I think they have their strengths, but we have
ours,” Brady continued on. “It’s going to come
down to who plays the best and that starts with
being who’s the most prepared.”
No other quarterback in NFL history has ever
played in eight Super Bowls. This weekend, at
the ripe young age of 40, Brady will become
the first ever and maybe the last ever to do so.
Perhaps the most important thing that has fueled
the quarterback’s decade-and-a-half-long run is
preparation. The drama and controversy that
has been mixed in between has certainly made
it easier to root against Brady and the Patriots,
but when it comes down to X’s and O’s, New
England naturally has a distinct advantage no
matter how old the quarterback or how athletically
gifted the team.
Now, as Brady prepares for his third Super
Bowl appearance in the last four years, the outcome
of the game has almost been painstakingly
decided before it has even been played. When
Brady’s on the field, people expect him to win.
He has been a dominant force in the NFL for
17 years now. In the most important game of
the year, even Patriots detractors feel as though
the ending is predetermined. The only thing that
can seemingly take him down is a remarkable
helmet catch or maybe just Eli Manning himself.
Fortunately for Brady, Eli’s not suiting up in
Minnesota this week. No matter what the score
of the game or how much time left on the clock,
Brady consistently finds a way to win. Just ask
the Atlanta Falcons. Twenty-five points wasn’t a
big enough cushion in the second half of play.
Unless they have a miraculous play to draw
up in the huddle, Philadelphia certainly has its
hands full come game day.
Yes, Tom Brady and the Patriots are going to
the Super Bowl again. You’ve heard it before
and quite frankly, it’s getting rather disgusting
to talk about year in and year out. But just as
the Patriots have worn down fans of the NFL,
they have also worn down their opponents. The
Philadelphia Eagles are next to face off against
Belichick and Brady in a championship game.
That coach and quarterback are certainly no
stranger to big games. That reason alone gives the
initial advantage to New England, no matter the
eventual outcome of the game on Sunday night.
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