Tom Brady Can Walk!
Well, that's what I heard.
So, it was all good news at practice for the Patriots today. Yes, it was just a
walkthrough but still, attendance was encouraging, including a Sebastian
Vollmer sighting.
Are we going to be surprised if the Patriots do this thing?
Belichick played the long game, reasoning a healthy roster would travel while
the injury-decimated roster that closed out the season had already proven they
could lose anywhere, to anyone (I'm looking at you, Dolphins).
What if Vollmer, Julian Edelman, Danny Amendola, Chandler Jones,
Dont'a Hightower, Devin McCourty, Patrick Chung and Rob Ninkovich are all fully
healthy for the divisional round and the Patriots rout their TBD opponent,
41-6. Without anyone getting hurt/re-injured.
What if the Patriots pull themselves together and play their best
football of the year; the offensive line somehow figures it out, Gronk, Edelman
and James White dominate, Steven Jackson has the networks digging up film of
his years with the Rams, circa 2006, the defense rises up with Jamie Collins
doing Jamie Collins things while Tom Brady authors the best three-game stretch
of his storied career, putting every single one of his playoff records far out
of the reach of mere mortals for generations to come. If they weren't already.
Anyway…
This could happen, couldn't
it?
I mean, the situation with injuries could make all of this moot
but assuming health, with Bill Belichick, Josh McDaniels and Matt Patricia an
extra week to self-scout and work on rulebook-stretching gadget plays, with Tom
Brady living the pigskin version of "The Revenant," with a stout
championship-tested defense and the best kicker in the NFL in Stephen
Gostkowski (you know, in case it does come down to a field goal), this could happen.
It could.
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