Wooops- Pats Denver were yesterday! I'm working too hard, possibly slipping, lol.
Now I can only read about it- grrr. My team won big, though- and also a admirer of Tebow.
What's not to like with those two!
MG
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As it usually is when he's on, Tom Brady's first-half performance against the Denver Broncos in Saturday's second divisional round playoff game was ruthlessly efficient in a way that made the defense find it hard to breathe. And in all of his great games, Brady had never done what he did against the Broncos — he set an NFL record with five touchdown passes in a single half of playoff football. That put the Pats up 35-7 when the two teams took their locker room breaks, and it's safe to say that the Broncos weren't going to get any orange slices. The final score of 45-10 put a capper on a game that was, to dust off the old sporting cliche, nowhere near as close as the final score indicated.
It's not as easy as Brady made it look, but it was just about as robotic. A quick 7-yard slant to Wes Welker, a play-action deep route to Deion Branch (aided as it was by an uncalled offensive pass interference penalty), and three touchdowns to the absolutely unbeatable Rob Gronkowski, who seemed to be trying to top what was the greatest season for a tight end in NFL history.
[ Photo gallery: Tom Brady, Patriots lay waste to Broncos ]
If anyone thought that Brady was the "other" quarterback in this game, they just got a slap-upside-the-head reminder of just how the NFL's food chain really works.
"It's the same guys in there on defense and there are some of the same schemes," Brady said of the Denver defense he last faced in Week 15. In that game, the Broncos got out to a 16-7 lead before Brady waxed them with 27 unanswered points. "There are definitely some new wrinkles that they've added to what they're doing that we have to be able to prepare for. But the way the team has played the course of the entire season, you don't go into these games and think, 'Oh, let's change it up.' You get to this point for playing a certain style. They're going to continue to play their style - what they think they do very well. And we're going to try to do the things that we do well. "
Meanwhile, Brady amassed an amazing series of totals in the game's first 30 minutes this time — 18 of 25 for 246 yards and those five scores. Meanwhile, Tim Tebow completed three of 10 passes for 28 yards — yes, he had two fewer completions than Brady had touchdowns.
As CBS' Dan Marino said during the game's halftime show, "The only way the Denver Broncos have a chance of coming back is if Brady goes and plays for the Broncos."
Brady threw a sixth touchdown -- this one to tight end Aaron Hernandez -- in the third quarter, and then the Patriots scoring machine seemed to slow down. The last quarterback to throw six touchdowns in a postseason game was San Francisco's Steve Young in Super Bowl XXIX against the San Diego Chargers.
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* Denver, Colorado • 1 hour 37 minutes ago As a Bronco fan, congratulations to the Patriots! That was a beatdown. Show's we have a long way to go, and hopefully next year will be a little further down that road.37 Replies
• Atlanta, Georgia • 1 hour 16 minutes ago brady was sure on his game tonite. made denvers defense look bad.
• 1 hour 42 minutes ago the game isn't as close as the 45/10 score indicates12
• Denver, Colorado • 1 hour 32 minutes ago Congratulation Patriots! What a smackdown of my Broncos. But we'll be back another day. Good luck the rest of the way!
• Boston, Massachusetts • 23 minutes ago For the first time in NFL history I have to say... Thanks Denver... for being decent and appreciative fans... Good luck next year..
• Detroit, Michigan • 1 hour 18 minutes ago Denver climbs its way to a top 10 NFL team, but is reminded real quick like that they are far from top
• Cincinnati, Ohio • 1 hour 19 minutes ago ouch1
• 1 hour 36 minutes ago Well...Tom Brady hit a punt that even the best punter would be jealous of. Landed right on the 10 yard line. It was also a third down play too.
• Fort Collins, Colorado • 47 minutes ago Today's game was definitely hard to watch as a Broncos fan, but I'm proud of the guys for getting this far. Congratulations on the win Patriots!
• Salida, Colorado • 59 minutes ago Congrats to the Patriots. I've backed - and will continue to back - the Broncos for over 30 years now and, despite the expected loss, I am proud of them. They went up agains the best and lost - that's going to happen, no excuses. Still, the way they pulled themselves out of the hole this season was...
• Palatka, Florida • 27 minutes ago Have to say Brady did a awesome job tonight, it was a school night for Tebow, the old man taught the young up n comer what NFL Football is all about. Congrats New England, great game and good luck! Way to go Denver n Tebow, you had a good year, you learned alot and grew as a QB n a team, next year...
• Denver, Colorado • 52 minutes ago Tomorrow morning in Denver, the sun will be shining and the beautiful snow capped mountains will still be there, and I'll go for my morning jog on the Cherry Creek trail, and all will be good in the world. Congratulation Patriots! Keep playing like that, and you'll win the Superbowl!•
Sioux Falls, South Dakota • 30 minutes ago Thank you Tom Brady for reminding Denver, and the rest of the NFL, what a real great quarterback looks like.
• North Stonington, Connecticut • 1 hour 31 minutes ago I'm a Pats fan but we don't kick a person when he's down. We won. Now, let's stay classy!
• 27 minutes ago the thing about brady is, he isnt just a solid athlete and serious leader but he's very calm and clearly plays the game with solid memorization and intelligence.
• Los Angeles, California • 1 hour 6 minutes ago Tom Brady was on a mission. Everyone disrespected him by talking about Tebow all week.
Brady is who everyone needs to talk about till proven otherwise.
• 1 hour 2 minutes ago i would have liked to see Denver do a little better, but there is no denying that the Patriots are a hell of a team. Good job Patriots!
• 56 minutes ago I miss the days when you could legally tackle a quarterback.
• 29 minutes ago Congrats to the Pat, Brady, and his Bunch really did put on a great Offensive game, which I doubt any other team in the playoffs could have stopped, and the Pats Defense played the Best game they have all year. As a Denver fan, I hope the Patriots take the same kind of.........
