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Oh my god.

There was a point in that game where my primary concern was Brady having a bad game and muddying his resume.


Hah!
 

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You just a know there were haters out there saying things like "see, I knew he was overrated" when the team was down 25 points, as if they were vindicated some how. Then they had to watch that happen
This gives me great joy.
 

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People trashing him after a bad game would have been pretty dumb. Career resume was probably there before the game anyways and he still was at God mode level this year. Nice little capstone though for sure.

Just wish he was more clutch. Threw more picks in the playoffs than he did all year!
 

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espn: Tom Brady has thrown 15 TD passes in the Super Bowl. There have been 45 quarterbacks drafted in the first round since Brady was drafted. They've combined for 15 TD passes.
 

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1st QB in super bowl history to be pressured 20+times and win the game

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Holy shit that is incredible.
Winning percentage of QB's not named Tom Brady on that list is 0.241. Adding Brady makes the winning percentage go up by 0.07. He also has over half of the total wins for QB's in that group.

Several of Brady's records may very well outlast Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak.
 

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Brady giving the MVP truck to James White

Two years ago, he gave it to Butler
 

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Winning percentage of QB's not named Tom Brady on that list is 0.241. Adding Brady makes the winning percentage go up by 0.07. He also has over half of the total wins for QB's in that group.
Clarification:
Brady has 40% of the total wins for QBs in the group (18 of 53). He's got over 50% of the other QBs in the group (excluding his wins from the denominator).
 

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People trashing him after a bad game would have been pretty dumb. Career resume was probably there before the game anyways and he still was at God mode level this year. Nice little capstone though for sure.

Just wish he was more clutch. Threw more picks in the playoffs than he did all year!
More clutch? He helped dig some holes but for me that fourth quarter/OT was the most clutch you can get.
 

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Shannon Sharpe:

"When you are a great player -- and I wasn’t the player that Tom Brady is, but they didn’t compare me to other players, they compared me to a younger me. That’s the comparison they make with Tom Brady. The guy that’s been going to Super Bowls every 2.3 years since he’s entered the National Football League.

"So to make this about Deflategate … he was somehow more motivated? Did he understand what he was up against? Absolutely. The guy missed a quarter of a season. He knew what happened.

"Has he moved on? Sure. Does he not know what happened? Of course he does. He knows what commissioner Goodell did. He feels he was wrongly accused. And just because you forgive doesn’t mean you ever forget. But Tom Brady’s fire doesn’t burn because of Deflategate. It burns because he was a sixth-round draft pick. He still views himself as that. He’s fueled by championships, because that’s that’s the only thing that matters to him."

http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/gallery/shannon-sharpe-explains-why-its-insulting-to-say-tom-brady-was-motivated-by-deflategate-020717
 

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Shannon Sharpe:

"When you are a great player -- and I wasn’t the player that Tom Brady is, but they didn’t compare me to other players, they compared me to a younger me. That’s the comparison they make with Tom Brady. The guy that’s been going to Super Bowls every 2.3 years since he’s entered the National Football League.

"So to make this about Deflategate … he was somehow more motivated? Did he understand what he was up against? Absolutely. The guy missed a quarter of a season. He knew what happened.

"Has he moved on? Sure. Does he not know what happened? Of course he does. He knows what commissioner Goodell did. He feels he was wrongly accused. And just because you forgive doesn’t mean you ever forget. But Tom Brady’s fire doesn’t burn because of Deflategate. It burns because he was a sixth-round draft pick. He still views himself as that. He’s fueled by championships, because that’s that’s the only thing that matters to him."

http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/gallery/shannon-sharpe-explains-why-its-insulting-to-say-tom-brady-was-motivated-by-deflategate-020717
No! I refuse to like Shannon Sharpe.
 

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I get the whole idea where Brady is just as pumped for the Super Bowl no matter what, but I can't separate Deflategate entirely. Forget motivation. A group of people united under the belief that what they are doing is righteous is a dangerous group of people, no matter what it's about.
 

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No! I refuse to like Shannon Sharpe.
I watched that Sharpe - Bayless show for the first time last night. Hate them both but wanted to soak up anything. Skip said Brady is not just the best QB and football player of all time, but maybe the greatest and most clutch athlete of all time. He is more clutch than Jordan.
 

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Ryan Rusillo and Tim Hasselbeck made a great point on ESPN Radio today. The momentum was such and the sense of inevitability was so obvious that people have all but overlooked that the tying drive had to go 91 yards, which isn't exactly easy to do.
 

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Ryan Rusillo and Tim Hasselbeck made a great point on ESPN Radio today. The momentum was such and the sense of inevitability was so obvious that people have all but overlooked that the tying drive had to go 91 yards, which isn't exactly easy to do.
That was a great drive, all suspense. The one in OT, when I looked at it again with the pressure off, kind of felt like the World Series in '04. There was no way the Cardinals were stopping the Red Sox after the comeback against the Yankees. Somebody said mosquito against rhinoceros chance.
 

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Ryan Rusillo and Tim Hasselbeck made a great point on ESPN Radio today. The momentum was such and the sense of inevitability was so obvious that people have all but overlooked that the tying drive had to go 91 yards, which isn't exactly easy to do.
I believe that Buck said during the game that it would be tied for the longest drive they had all year. And they did it in 2:33
 

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That was a great drive, all suspense. The one in OT, when I looked at it again with the pressure off, kind of felt like the World Series in '04. There was no way the Cardinals were stopping the Red Sox after the comeback against the Yankees. Somebody said mosquito against rhinoceros chance.
That last drive was a master class of ball distribution. Brady has certainly been guilty on locking in on guys over the years, but everyone had a key catch or play. I know Brady likes to say his favorite receiver is the open one, but he and McD called a hell of a drive to close it out. Amazing.
 

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Logan Schoenhardt, the terminally ill 10-year-old fan whose connection with New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was profiled on ESPN's E:60 in December, passed away on Monday night.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/18685120/tom-brady-fan-logan-schoenhardt-10-dies-brain-tumor

What a great story that was. We could all learn from the way that young man lived his life. Rest in peace Logan. More in The Hartford Courant: http://www.courant.com/sports/football/hc-logan-schoenhardt-simsbury-pats-fan-20170214-story.html
 

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Logan Schoenhardt, the terminally ill 10-year-old fan whose connection with New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was profiled on ESPN's E:60 in December, passed away on Monday night.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/18685120/tom-brady-fan-logan-schoenhardt-10-dies-brain-tumor

I recall seeing the original airing of that a few months ago.... Was at the gym this morn working out on an elliptical machine and happened to turn the TV to ESPN... They were re-airing that segment.... my profuse sweating helped mask the tears welling in my eyes... RIP Logan....
 

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That last drive was a master class of ball distribution. Brady has certainly been guilty on locking in on guys over the years, but everyone had a key catch or play. I know Brady likes to say his favorite receiver is the open one, but he and McD called a hell of a drive to close it out. Amazing.

When I re-watch that winning OT drive it feels like a curtain call after a great play. Each actor comes out for one last bow - one pass to Hogan, one pass to Amendola, one pass to Edelman, one pass to White, one attempted pass to Bennett, one more attempted pass to Bennett, screw it let's just end it and hand it off to White.
 

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I get the whole idea where Brady is just as pumped for the Super Bowl no matter what, but I can't separate Deflategate entirely. Forget motivation. A group of people united under the belief that what they are doing is righteous is a dangerous group of people, no matter what it's about.
No doubt. It is a masterstroke of team and individual handling of an even that turns the hated, dynasty that always wins into the bereaved martyr with a chip on their shoulder, but that is how it played out. A different group may use the loss of draft picks as an excuse.

I have been a coach or player almost all my life in basketball. There are few coaches, and almost all the truly great players (I mean great for whatever level I was at college, high school, etc) found extra ways to motivate themselves, and perceived disrespect is the holy grail. Lots of college guys falter when they get more successful, because when they start getting top recruits the "they didn't want you!" speech loses meaning, but the good ones find a way. Ortiz said he quit because the grind of the off season, much of it mental, was too much. He did not have the drive to overcome his ailing knees.

Yeah we can say Tom Brady never forgets he was a 6th round pick. Really? Never? Sitting in his mansion on couches made of money with his supermodel wife? Not for a second does it creep into his mind he has accomplished his life goals? If nothing else DFG made it easier. He did not have to dig into the mental Rolodex for motivation it was immediate and current and in his ears.

It is long season and off season and nobody has it inherently inside them to be motivated all the time. Highly successful people can border on the paranoid. Look at POTUS.
 

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TB12 book and movie coming...
A new book and feature film project about Tom Brady, who has won more Super Bowls than any quarterback in NFL history, is on its way. Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson, the writers behind Disney’s The Finest Hours who were nominated for an Oscar for The Fighter, and New York Times bestselling author Casey Sherman are reteaming again.
http://deadline.com/2017/02/tom-brady-new-england-patriots-book-movie-the-finest-hours-writing-creative-team-1201912990/
 

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Jeff Howe ‏@jeffphowe 14m14 minutes ago
Tom Brady and the Patriots have expressed mutual interest in a new contract, per source. Very early talks. Nothing imminent.

Jeff Howe ‏@jeffphowe 21m21 minutes ago
Brady is signed through 2019 due to last year's extension. He's set to earn just $1M in cash in 2017 but has a $14M cap hit.

Jeff Howe ‏@jeffphowe 23s24 seconds ago
When Brady extended last year, it looked like 2018 was a good time to rework the deal based on $22M cap hits in 2018 and 2019.
 
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Sorry hard to see this being a good movie, unless it just focuses on year 1 and 2.

I can't think of a good bio movie about a superstar athlete.
Did you click the link?

The Brady book and film will chronicle the New England Patriots superstar’s come-from-behind win in Super Bowl LI, but it’s not going to shy away from controversy and will include the team’s battle to overcome the Deflategate debacle in 2014, follow Brady’s fall from grace and then his triumphant return to lead the Patriots to his fifth world championship.
 

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The Brady book and film will chronicle the New England Patriots superstar’s come-from-behind win in Super Bowl LI, but it’s not going to shy away from controversy and will include the team’s battle to overcome the Deflategate debacle in 2014, follow Brady’s fall from grace and then his triumphant return to lead the Patriots to his fifth world championship.
Haven't they done his story enough already?
 

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Makes my point it isn't the Sugar Ray Robinson story.

For the love of the game is fictional.

There is chance it could be good, but with all the videos and mic'd up stuff we have access to it will be hard to have a movie of the game that will do it justice.

I hope I am wrong, and it is a great movie.