I'd like to wish you all a very happy New Year! I hope 2008 is your best and most successful year in history.
How bout them perfect Patriots? Saturday night was easily one of the best football games I can remember witnessing. Props to the G-men - they brought it! (How about Eli looking like Payton with his four touchdown passes?) Everything about this game felt like the playoffs. The media circus was incredible. In my three years of roaming the sidelines, I have never seen so many photographers at a regular season game. Even the post-game conferences for Brady and Belichick were moved to a larger space to accommodate the media frenzy. And it was well worth the hype.
The Patriots seem to always shine at their best when in the national spotlight. All three Super Bowl contests, decided by only 3 points, came right down to the wire. And while we weren't relying on the leg of Adam Vinatieri this time around, we were all on the edge of our seats until the very last play.
The Patriots have set so many records this season, they may have set the Record for setting records! On Saturday night alone they:
A) Became the 4th team in NFL history to record an undefeated/untied regular season
B) Set NFL all-time single season scoring record (589 points). Note: their scoring differential was +315... also a new league record
C) Set all time record for consecutive regular season wins (19 wins)
D) Brady set single-season touchdown pass record (50 touchdowns) Note: Brady also set Patriot single-season passing yardage record (4,557 passing yards)
E) Moss set single-season touchdown reception record (23 touchdowns)
I guess you could say they had a pretty good year (they even set the record as most watched show this season).
It's on to the playoffs where everyone is 0-0. The Patriots will either play the Titans, Steelers or Jaguars on Saturday night (January 12) at 8:00. If history repeats itself, you can expect one hell of a game!
A) Became the 4th team in NFL history to record an undefeated/untied regular season
B) Set NFL all-time single season scoring record (589 points). Note: their scoring differential was +315... also a new league record
C) Set all time record for consecutive regular season wins (19 wins)
D) Brady set single-season touchdown pass record (50 touchdowns) Note: Brady also set Patriot single-season passing yardage record (4,557 passing yards)
E) Moss set single-season touchdown reception record (23 touchdowns)
I guess you could say they had a pretty good year (they even set the record as most watched show this season).
It's on to the playoffs where everyone is 0-0. The Patriots will either play the Titans, Steelers or Jaguars on Saturday night (January 12) at 8:00. If history repeats itself, you can expect one hell of a game!
