Since I am right so few times, I will again point out that I called the NFL playoffs in mid-December. I feel bad for Big Ben, but somehow I think he might have a chance to win a AFC Championship again. But...next season will make or break him. His numbers dropped drastically late in the season and the playoffs, but that is just splitting hairs. A rookie season is always tough mentally and physically, and I think the late season just took its toll. I am not sure if it was his thumb or his head, but the guys definitely has the good to be a good quarterback.
Tom Brady is a great quarterback. Not in the sense that his statistics wow you, ala Peyton Manning's, but the guy just wins. 8 win playoff streak, 1 shy of Bart Starr and ahead of everyone else? Unconscious. It is fun to watch a guy like Manning light it up, but if you are a fan, it is more fun to watch your team hoist the VL Trophy.
Bill Belichick is becoming the greatest coach of all time. There is still a ways to go, but damn, between his years with Parcells and the G-Men and now with the Patriots, he is putting up some scary numbers - in a time when the talent in the game is greater and more wide spread then ever. Next year he loses his Boys - Weis and Crennel - and we will see how much of an impact that has. How much you want to bet little?
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