Pigskin Singularity

That skinny kid from Cali is finally (and again) hanging up his cleats.

All Good Things End

So. I won't die before Tom Brady retires after all.

Can't Wrap My Brain Around This

So, Gronk wouldn't be ready to go if the Super Bowl was this Sunday.

Neither would I.

Goating Around

I love small data samples. Let's take Tom Brady's 4th quarter in the AFC Championship Game.

9 of 12 for 138 yards and 2 TDs. Against the best pass defense in the NFL. Wait, what? I've seen this movie before, haven't I?

The Lion in Winter

That Jimmy Garoppolo trade didn't look like such a big deal Saturday night.

The Inflection Point

The rules of the game, applied to the letter of the law, have once again allowed the Patriots to cheat their way to victory.

Excuse me on this fine winter morning as I make a hot cup of tea from the tears of my enemies.

Waiting and Worrying

The wait for the start of the regular season can now be measured in days. So can eternity; there's just more of them.

Brady Being Brady

I've already had three cups of coffee and I still can't figure out how buying a mass produced automobile can make me a special, unique, boss, leader, pro, father of the year who brings the sexy back with my young exotic girlfriend. Maybe I shouldn't try to understand it. I have been thinking about trading in my current car. Perhaps this is a sign.

The wife is going to hate that young exotic girlfriend, though…

GOAT

For everyone other than Joe Montana, the question as to who is the greatest quarterback of all time was answered on February 5, 2017.

But is he the greatest football player of all time?

Taking It From The Top

Haters still hating. Brady. Belichick. The Patriots. Hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate. They even hate me and the other good citizens of Patriots Nation. Apparently, we're just not humble enough. Or something.

I'm guessing it's the the seven Super Bowls. The five wins. The quarterback and coach who are the greatest of all time. The greatest NFL dynasty of all time. Can you blame us if we've lost perspective?

You can? You do?

Okay. Whatever.

Because I really don't care anymore.  

The Greatest of All Time

It can't get any better than this, can it?

That's what I thought after Super Bowl 49.

Then Super Bowl 51 happened. The biggest comeback in Super Bowl history. The first overtime game in Super Bowl history. Tom Brady sets records for attempts, completions and yards, winning his 5th Lombardi Trophy and his 4th MVP. Julian Edelman made The Catch. James White set a record for receptions and scored 3 touchdowns including the game winner. Trey Flowers and Dont'a Hightower making plays. A defense that was gashed by the Falcons for forty minutes got back up on their feet and stoned Atlanta's league leading offense while Brady led the Patriots to 31 unanswered points that included two 2-point conversions.

I guess I was wrong. Sometimes life is like a movie.

More Human Than Human

Tom Brady is a Malcolm Gladwell book; "Outliers" or "Blink." Or both.

Newsworthy

As I scanned the usual and customary web sites this morning I was reminded of that old saying; things are never as good as the seem or as bad as they seem. Except when they are.

The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good

Are there other fan bases that gnaw on their own ankles as if their foot was caught in a bear trap of doom and despair after a 30-17 win? There aren’t, am I right? It’s just us, the good citizens of Patriots Nation, isn’t it? I thought so.

It Keeps Getting Better

I think I may have seen the Malcolm Butler interception over a thousand times as of right… now. Seriously. I was at a business dinner with co-workers from Belfast, New York and yes, Seattle at the local Buffalo Wild Wings last night. Butler intercepted that Russell Wilson pass multiple times on multiple screens. It was that guy from Seattle’s glimpse of pigskin Hell, I’m sure. I rather enjoyed it. It feels good. It feels real good.

I want to thank God, my accountant, my beautiful wife and above average children, my mom and dad and everyone who helped me get here but most of all I want to thank the haters. You made this game so much more than even I could've ever imagined.

Thank you.

Thank you so, so much.