It is noteworthy that on the play he was injured, Gronkowski had gotten behind two Jets defensive backs, a testament to what an extraordinary weapon he is for Brady and a reminder of what the Patriots would lose if he is hobbled.
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“I think I’m always pretty optimistic”, Brady said.
Brandon Marshall’s first touchdown catch since October 9 against Pittsburgh gave NY a 10-0 lead 4 seconds into the second quarter. New England is 4-1 in those games.
Brady won his 200th National Football League game, tying with Peyton Manning for most wins.
Brady didn’t pick on Revis all game, but did say it appeared Revis was played banged up. “The quarterback’s job is to win”. “He’s won a lot. That’s good, glad he’s our quarterback”.
The Patriots quarterback missed two practices last week with a knee injury and was certainly not at 100 percent yesterday, but gutted it out in a 22-17 win over the Jets. The man was clearly hurt, and being driven into the ground repeatedly probably didn’t help. And you need more than a very good offense to cover up the mistakes that are routinely being made by this Patriots defense, especially in pass coverage.
They got it on Sunday.
“It’s a grind. Tom has great mental toughness”. I’d rather have more time to prepare mentally and on the practice field than do what happened, but that’s the way it goes. And when you lose, you’re going to hear the boo birds and people are going to be disappointed. Edelman had two drops, whereas Mitchell was more the “go-to guy” type. Brady then zipped a pass to Mitchell to put the Patriots (9-2) ahead. To start the game, the Jets were up 10-0, and they put themselves in a rare position to play with a lead. Brady rolled right and hit James White in the right flat for the first down.
Brady was modest when asked about the win after the game.
As Belichick said several times in his postgame comments, it’s a division win on the road. “Tom did a great job, but so did the other 45 guys out there today”.
“But it’s two-minute, the whole team’s been battling all day”. “It means a lot to him, football”. “I could see out there”. It was also significant because it marked the 200th victory of Brady’s career, tying him with Peyton Manning for the most all time.
“I know he’s not feeling great”, Brady said Monday on WEEI’s “Kirk & Callahan”. He’s just getting a little bit better every week.
DOLPHINS 31, 49ERS 24 Ndamukong Suh tackled Colin Kaepernick 2 yards short of the goal line as time ran out, and the Dolphins handed the 49ers a franchise-record 10th consecutive loss in Miami. An intentional grounding call on Fitzpatrick killed the next Jet drive, and the Patriots got the ball back at their 17 with just over five minutes left in the game.
Brady had a one-word answer: Nope. “Everybody else, I’m still trying to prove”.
A two-point conversion try by White was initially ruled good, but the call was reversed because the ball never crossed the goal line – giving the Jets (3-8) a final chance.
Nobody follows the script around the super-secretive New England Patriots better than their best player, quarterback Tom Brady.
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He wasn’t great. Except when it mattered. After a 6-yard run by Bilal Powell out of the wildcat formation took the ball to the 1, Fitzpatrick found Marshall in the end zone. “That was a long week”.
