Battling New England for NFL supremacy means dealing with coach Bill Belichick’s impossible-to-imitate advantagesHere we are again with the New England Patriots as reigning Super Bowl champions and the rest of the league trying to catch up. Rob Gronkowski and the rest of his beer-swilling team-mates have completed their duck boat parade of downtown Boston to officially cap the 2016 season, and so that means it’s time for the NFL to officially turn the page to draft season. Seven rounds, 223 draft spots, 31 teams trying desperately to find players who will help them become the new Patriots. The NFL – and all sports leagues, as the cliche goes – is a “copycat league”, and all the Patriots wannabes will...
At the age of 39 the New England Patriots quarterback is as dangerous as he was when he won his second Super Bowl at 26. It’s as if he can go on foreverBefore the Super Bowl winning drive Tom Brady stood on the Houston stadium’s field and said to his team-mates: “Let’s go.” And later, after the New England Patriots had won on the game’s final play and confetti tumbled over them their right tackle gushed: “He thrives on those moments.” That was 13 years ago, on the night the Patriots won their second Super Bowl, which came in the same stadium, in a similar high-scoring game, won at the end by the Patriots on a drive led by Brady,...
In 51 years of Super Bowls, there have been great games – but never had one gone to overtime, and never had one been so stuffed with brillianceIn 51 years of Super Bowls there have been game-winning field goals and championship-saving tackles. There have been epic drives and amazing catches. But for all the previous great moments in the history of America’s biggest game there was none greater than Sunday’s 34-28 New England win over Atlanta. It was simply the best Super Bowl ever.Never has a Super Bowl seen a comeback like this one of New England’s, climbing back after being down 21-0 after Atlanta’s sensational second-quarter outburst and 28-3 with just over 17 minutes left in regulation. No Super...
The Patriots star has now won more games than any other quarterback, and he is showing little sign of slowing down as he approaches 40On Sunday afternoon, Tom Brady broke a quarterback record with his 201st victory. He did so with ease, throwing for 269 yards and a touchdown in a 26-10 victory over the Rams. And as he walked off the field to chants of “Brady! Brady!” in Foxboro, it was reasonable to wonder if he can get another 50 wins. Or maybe more?Is that even possible?Marquette King is LIT! pic.twitter.com/RF7QBHudT7 Related: How Oakland Raiders punter Marquette King became the NFL's breakout star pic.twitter.com/9uYmkUjhfHThis game has been so good to me no regrets.. A lot is running through my...