“What has the most effect on the game is the way that we played. Believe me, every Patriots player who was in uniform didn’t sleep well last night knowing that we didn’t do what we needed to do to win the game. Certainly, I’m right at the top of the list in my disappointment in myself, that I really let the team down and didn’t play the way I was capable. That’s really what my thoughts are. You never get over losses. I’ve never gotten over one loss I’ve had in my career. They always stick with me. Some teams play and they only make the playoffs and that’s a hell of a year. That’s not what the Patriots are all about. I don’t think that’s the standard that guys like Tedy [Bruschi] and Willie[McGinest] and Ty [Law] set for us. Our expectations every year are to win the Super Bowl. When you don’t do that, there’s disappointment that lingers for a long time. Fortunately during the regular season, you always have a game the following week. In the postseason, you don’t. Everyone will go their separate ways for the time being. Hopefully the labor situation will get itself sorted out. Everyone will come back to the mini-camps. It’s a new season. The one thing with the Super Bowl and the end of that Super Bowl game that I’ve always felt is that’s the start of a new year. Until that Super Bowl ends, you always feel unlucky. You know how you feel. And then when that game ends, you’re like, ‘Man, I’m so happy the season’s over.’ Because your goal is to win it all. It takes a lot of hard work. It takes a lot of great play at critical times. We did that over the course of the season at really critical times. We just didn’t do it yesterday. So it’s going to last for a long time.” - Tom Brady on Sunday’s playoff loss to the New York Jets (Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)
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“What has the most effect on the game is the way that we played. Believe me, every Patriots player who was in uniform didn’t sleep well last night knowing that we didn’t do what we needed to do to win the game. Certainly, I’m right at the top of the list in my disappointment in myself, that I really let the team down and didn’t play the way I was capable. That’s really what my thoughts are.

You never get over losses. I’ve never gotten over one loss I’ve had in my career. They always stick with me. Some teams play and they only make the playoffs and that’s a hell of a year. That’s not what the Patriots are all about. I don’t think that’s the standard that guys like Tedy [Bruschi] and Willie[McGinest] and Ty [Law] set for us. Our expectations every year are to win the Super Bowl. When you don’t do that, there’s disappointment that lingers for a long time. Fortunately during the regular season, you always have a game the following week. In the postseason, you don’t.

Everyone will go their separate ways for the time being. Hopefully the labor situation will get itself sorted out. Everyone will come back to the mini-camps. It’s a new season. The one thing with the Super Bowl and the end of that Super Bowl game that I’ve always felt is that’s the start of a new year. Until that Super Bowl ends, you always feel unlucky. You know how you feel. And then when that game ends, you’re like, ‘Man, I’m so happy the season’s over.’ Because your goal is to win it all. It takes a lot of hard work. It takes a lot of great play at critical times. We did that over the course of the season at really critical times. We just didn’t do it yesterday. So it’s going to last for a long time.”

- Tom Brady on Sunday’s playoff loss to the New York Jets

(Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)

Source: deadspin.com

“Prepare hard like we always do and be ready to play. At this point, we’re motivated by much more than what people say. We’re motivated by the fact that we have a great opportunity to be playing a division rival at home in the most important game of the year. That’s plenty of motivation for us. We’re going to let our play do the talking as we always do. There’s going to be a lot of hype and buildup and people saying things. The reality is none of it matters. What matters is that whistle is going to blow at 4:30 on Sunday night and the team that executes the best and is the most prepared is the team that’s going to win.” - Tom Brady on the subject of “Trash Talk” (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
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“Prepare hard like we always do and be ready to play. At this point, we’re motivated by much more than what people say. We’re motivated by the fact that we have a great opportunity to be playing a division rival at home in the most important game of the year. That’s plenty of motivation for us. We’re going to let our play do the talking as we always do. There’s going to be a lot of hype and buildup and people saying things. The reality is none of it matters. What matters is that whistle is going to blow at 4:30 on Sunday night and the team that executes the best and is the most prepared is the team that’s going to win.”

- Tom Brady on the subject of “Trash Talk”

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Source: bostonherald.com

“You know what? I don’t really enjoy it until it’s over. The game, you’re so into it. We have a six-TD lead, and I’m going, ‘Guys, can they still come back?’ The problem is, the game’s over and you’ve already moved on to Chicago, you don’t really get a chance to enjoy them. But that’s the nature of it. Keep plugging along. But last night was a big win for us. I’ll say this, it means we put ourselves in pretty good position, but that doesn’t guarantee us anything. Let’s see what we can do. Guys were excited.” - Tom Brady on the New England Patriots 45-3 win over the New York Jets
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“You know what? I don’t really enjoy it until it’s over. The game, you’re so into it. We have a six-TD lead, and I’m going, ‘Guys, can they still come back?’

The problem is, the game’s over and you’ve already moved on to Chicago, you don’t really get a chance to enjoy them. But that’s the nature of it. Keep plugging along.

But last night was a big win for us. I’ll say this, it means we put ourselves in pretty good position, but that doesn’t guarantee us anything. Let’s see what we can do. Guys were excited.”

- Tom Brady on the New England Patriots 45-3 win over the New York Jets

Source: bostonherald.com

2 interceptions + 1 sack + 0 tds thrown + 21 pt deficit in the 4th qtr = BENCHED! Not even Tom Brady is safe from Drew Brees and the undefeated New Orleans Saints.
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2 interceptions + 1 sack + 0 tds thrown + 21 pt deficit in the 4th qtr = BENCHED!

Not even Tom Brady is safe from Drew Brees and the undefeated New Orleans Saints.

“That fourth-down play, that’s one of your best plays, and you go to one of your best guys,” Brady said. “We’ve got our offense on the field. We have over 450 yards of offense at the time. We’ve got a lot of great players on our offense. They stopped us.”
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“That fourth-down play, that’s one of your best plays, and you go to one of your best guys,” Brady said. “We’ve got our offense on the field. We have over 450 yards of offense at the time. We’ve got a lot of great players on our offense. They stopped us.”

Gerry Callahan of the Boston Herald has written a excellent piece concerning Tom Brady vs Peyton Manning as we enter the annual battle between the New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts this week. It doesn’t lean to one qb over the other, rather it sets up the body of work both men have created thus far, and the legacy each one carries on their shoulders. If this article doesn’t get you excited for their sunday night match-up, you are clearly a Cleveland Browns fan. Manning is 33, Brady 32. Manning is halfway through his 12th season, Brady is in his 10th. Neither shows signs of slowing down. There are no puzzling Delhomme-like dips in their bodies of work, no Romo-like questions about their priorities, no Roethlisberger-like off-field issues. They are in the spotlight as much as any modern-day athletes and yet never seem to say or do the wrong thing. - Read the complete article at the Boston Herald
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Gerry Callahan of the Boston Herald has written a excellent piece concerning Tom Brady vs Peyton Manning as we enter the annual battle between the New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts this week. It doesn’t lean to one qb over the other, rather it sets up the body of work both men have created thus far, and the legacy each one carries on their shoulders. If this article doesn’t get you excited for their sunday night match-up, you are clearly a Cleveland Browns fan.

Manning is 33, Brady 32. Manning is halfway through his 12th season, Brady is in his 10th. Neither shows signs of slowing down. There are no puzzling Delhomme-like dips in their bodies of work, no Romo-like questions about their priorities, no Roethlisberger-like off-field issues.
They are in the spotlight as much as any modern-day athletes and yet never seem to say or do the wrong thing.

- Read the complete article at the Boston Herald

Bet you didn’t know (as of Week 6) Houston Texans QB Matt Schaub is the NFL Touchdown Leader with 14 scores. New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees is 2nd with 13. Indianapolis Colts QB Peyton Manning, New England Patriots QB Tom Brady, & Minnesota Vikings QB Brett Favre are tied for 3rd with 12.
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Bet you didn’t know (as of Week 6) Houston Texans QB Matt Schaub is the NFL Touchdown Leader with 14 scores. New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees is 2nd with 13. Indianapolis Colts QB Peyton Manning, New England Patriots QB Tom Brady, & Minnesota Vikings QB Brett Favre are tied for 3rd with 12.

Fairly sure, in this photo, that Tom Brady has that “What the Fuck” face as he’s realizing that the New England Patriots have started off the year playing undefeated teams: Week 1 - Buffalo Bills (0-0) Week 2 - New York Jets (1-0) Week 3 - Atlanta Falcons (2-0) Week 4 - Baltimore Ravens (3-0) Week 5 - Denver Broncos (4-0)
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Fairly sure, in this photo, that Tom Brady has that “What the Fuck” face as he’s realizing that the New England Patriots have started off the year playing undefeated teams:

  • Week 1 - Buffalo Bills (0-0)
  • Week 2 - New York Jets (1-0)
  • Week 3 - Atlanta Falcons (2-0)
  • Week 4 - Baltimore Ravens (3-0)
  • Week 5 - Denver Broncos (4-0)
New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis on his tactics covering wide receiver Randy Moss in the Jets win over the New England Patriots. “I just covered him,’’ said Revis, who intercepted a deep Tom Brady pass intended for Moss in the first quarter. “If he went to the bathroom, I went too. I covered him any way I could. When he went to the sideline, when our offense was on and he sat down, I sat right across from him wherever he was sitting on the bench.’’ - Via Deadspin
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New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis on his tactics covering wide receiver Randy Moss in the Jets win over the New England Patriots.

“I just covered him,’’ said Revis, who intercepted a deep Tom Brady pass intended for Moss in the first quarter. “If he went to the bathroom, I went too. I covered him any way I could. When he went to the sideline, when our offense was on and he sat down, I sat right across from him wherever he was sitting on the bench.’’

- Via Deadspin

The New England Patriots comeback win over the Buffalo Bills might have been orchestrated by Pats quarterback Tom Brady, but did you know that it was kicker extraordinaire Stephen Gostkowski who made the last drive possible? Not only did his kickoff sail into the deep regions of Bills territory, but it was he who dove into the pit of despair and pulled the pigskin out after Bills returner Leodis McKelvin fumbled said kickoff. What has your Kicker done lately?
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The New England Patriots comeback win over the Buffalo Bills might have been orchestrated by Pats quarterback Tom Brady, but did you know that it was kicker extraordinaire Stephen Gostkowski who made the last drive possible? Not only did his kickoff sail into the deep regions of Bills territory, but it was he who dove into the pit of despair and pulled the pigskin out after Bills returner Leodis McKelvin fumbled said kickoff. What has your Kicker done lately?

Odd that the Kansas City Chiefs picked up Matt Cassel in the offseason for $63 mil, and he happens to go down in the pre-season with a sprained MCL. Odd because that’s almost what did Tom Brady in, last season and Cassel was his back-up that almost thrived in the Patriots program. Either way, Cassel made his play last year (a contract year I might add) very well to score that 6-year deal and $28 mil guaranteed. Now I suppose we all have to wait 2-4 weeks for the Chiefs to find out that they probably should’ve better spent their offseason cash.
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Odd that the Kansas City Chiefs picked up Matt Cassel in the offseason for $63 mil, and he happens to go down in the pre-season with a sprained MCL. Odd because that’s almost what did Tom Brady in, last season and Cassel was his back-up that almost thrived in the Patriots program. Either way, Cassel made his play last year (a contract year I might add) very well to score that 6-year deal and $28 mil guaranteed. Now I suppose we all have to wait 2-4 weeks for the Chiefs to find out that they probably should’ve better spent their offseason cash.