Good game, Patriots fans. Denver beat you. Clean. And Manning was doing everything he wanted. You guys tightened up in the redzone, but we intentionally were bleeding clock to counterbalance our overall strategy of making your running game a non-factor.
And Brady surprised me with some bad throws - especially on big plays. Had Manning played that way - or even played as well as he did and lost, the narrative would have been that he choked another game away.
The Narrative for a Brady loss? "The Patriots overcame a great deal and Tom doesn't have any receivers. It's incredible that they were even in the game. Just a tough team loss." I do think had Brady been working those outside throws more this season then he would have had better chemistry with his receivers. But obviously the Broncos were banking on that not being there. For all the talk of Belichick taking away what you "like to do" the tables were certainly turned for this game.
The fact is there were some big plays available - great calls that had guys open for six, and Brady missed. Big time.
I know people here are Patriots fans so I'm not expecting to sway anyone on thinking Manning is better or Brady sucks. And I don't necessarily even want to make that point, but there is a huge double standard when Manning fails and when Brady fails. It's never Brady's fault. It's always Manning's.
