New England Patriots Prevail In Overtime Classic

On Feb. 4, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots won their fifth Super Bowl with a 34-28 overtime win over the Atlanta Falcons.

“He’s obviously having this great career, but I just think that it’s hard to put anyone in that bucket”, Montana in response to Brady taking the mantle as the greatest via TMZ.

While we will always remain died-in-the-wool Chicago Bears fans, we have adopted New England by location and have continued to root for them. When Solder was asked about the Brady response he said, “Tom is a passionate person and I am no longer surprised when he is moved to tears”.

James White and Kevin Faulk will forever be linked in Patriots history after White’s direct-snap two-point conversion rush that was a huge fourth-quarter play in the team’s Super Bowl LI comeback.

History tells us it has become increasingly hard for teams to make that second climb up the mountain after losing the Super Bowl.

That left the Patriots with rookie Jacoby Brissett, who, a year removed from throwing passes against teams like the Troy Trojans and Old Dominion Monarchs, quarterbacked them to a 27-0 victory over the Houston Texans in an National Football League prime-time game. They lost in the first round each time, of course, but just making the postseason that many times is impressive. New England re-defined what momentum means in sports. Although I picked the Patriots to win, there was no reason to believe they could rally at that point.

The first of those scores came when Brady found Danny Amandola on a 6-yard pass; the touchdown was followed by a James White 3-yard plunge for two. He’s a three-time league MVP and also has a Super Bowl ring to boast.

We’re good friends, and we were just looking out for one of our own in his time of mourning. Even though I don’t have him at number one on this list, he is still the best to ever play the game in my eyes.

The Patriots’ win in Super Bowl LI may be the most celebrated championship in Boston sports history.

And longtime Patriots fans will also recall that one of Tom Brady’s two career receptions came on a direct snap to Faulk against the Miami Dolphins on December 22, 2001.

The Patriots’ next game (Nov. 13) was a loss that led to a loss.

Former Tennessee Titan and current 104.5 The Zone 3HL co-host Blaine Bishop echoed White’s sentiments on-air following the Super Bowl. But the blueprint to defeat Brady in the big game had been constructed, once in 2007 and again in 2011 by the New York Giants. This past season, the Denver Broncos who won Super Bowl 50 were unable to even make the playoffs one year after winning the championship.