This has been one of the oddest Patriots season's ever. It started in the offseason, I sat here daily writing about how the Patriots weren't going out and signing big name guys, and that it really bothered me, because the franchise was heading in the wrong direction. We also drafted oddly, drafting two TEs and a CB from Rutgers that I had never heard of.
Then there was Welker. He blew out his knee, and yet he was able to walk on the field week 1, and although he isn't the same yet he still finished the year with 848 yards and 7 TDs. I'll take that any day for a guy I didn't think we'd see will at least week 4 or 5.
If that wasn't odd enough Randy Moss went from a top 5 WR, to a guy traded for a 3rd round pick, to a guy who might not be in the NFL next season. So, so far we have Welker playing at about 75% and no Randy Moss, and yet we may have just witnessed Tom Brady's best season (yes that includes 2007).
So Faulk goes down for the season and Maroney is shipped out, and they replace that with a tiny RB cast off from NY, and a guy who had more names then fans at the beginning of the season. And yet, it didn't matter.
In a year when QBs are throwing picks like their going out of style, Brady breaks the record for least picks. An MVP season, best record in football, and they are supposed to be rebuilding. They traded away one of their best defensive player (Seymour) for a pick that ended up being much later in the draft then they thought it would, and yet here they are.
Many things change in the NFL, it's just the way it is, but one thing we have learned is that no matter what the Patriots do to their team, as long as Brady and Belichick are there they are in good hands.
I can keep going on and on about all the odd things have have happened (Uggs, Brady's hair, Branch, the most practice squad guys of any team in the playoffs, ect).
And yet, as we reflect Brady's incredible season it will mean nothing to him if they don't win it all, but isn't that what makes Brady what he is?
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