Tom Brady and Big Ben are big fans of one another.
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Or, at least that’s the thinking of many.
But they also know the stresses of playing in this game. He’s thrown three touchdowns and four interceptions. The Patriots breezed by the Texans last week, 34-16, despite Brady having a less-than-stellar performance. And I just think that puts him in a better position to maximize our opportunities. Brady is still good.
At some point, we’ll probably be able to start focusing on the game a little bit more and I bet both teams are already exhausted of satisfying their media commitments. OK, that’s a stretch, but the point remains the same.
Tom Brady’s struggles in Conference games: Tom Brady has made it to the playoffs in every year he has started except 2002. But that doesn’t mean they’ve protected the ball all that well. Still they played poorly and won by 18 points.
Brady owns four rings. He eats that up.
All are capable pass rushers. “They get paid, too”.
We’ll have to wait until this weekend to find out if the Steelers’ rebel alliance can overthrow the Patriots empire.
And so come Sunday they know the best way to handle it. Focus on the game in front of them, not the the ramifications of a victory.
Steelers Postseason: This will be Pittsburgh’s 16 Championship Game, which is the most by any team since the 1970 merger.
While the Steelers and Dolphins faced off, the New England Patriots were at home preparing for their next opponent, and that next opponent happened to be the Houston Texans, the most confusing National Football League team I have ever witnessed.
Brady and the Patriots are on a different level than those two teams, but he is without his biggest weapon in tight end Rob Gronkowski.
While Hightower took something of a high road, his teammate, receiver Julian Edelman, took a bit of a swipe at the Steelers when he was interviewed on WEEI about Brown’s broadcasting.
“We’re not playing tennis, we’re going out there to play a football game with 11 guys at the time”, he said. Call it a gut feeling. I have a lot of respect for him; I think that’s very well known.
Roethlisberger is going to have to mix it up. But for much of the first half, Steelers coaches had trouble communicating with one another because they could only hear the Patriots’ radio broadcast of the game in their headsets.
New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick doesn’t pull punches when it comes to criticizing players.
The Chiefs may have planted the seed for how to keep Roethlisberger out of the end zone, however. “You can see it”. They’re Pro Bowl selections, anchoring a line that allowed Roethlisberger to be sacked only once in Kansas City. The latter is a running back who not only has the patience in the hole, he also has the catching ability to be a danger in the screen game.
Andrews sounded well-prepared for the Steelers defense when he spoke to reporters in Foxboro on Thursday, but stressed the need for the line to be better as individuals and as a group.
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But, he’s not unbeatable in these situations.
