On Saturday, the New England Patriots messed around and got themselves a perfect season. Not only did the game top off the only second perfect regular season in NFL history, it may go down as the most record-laden game in football history.
In going undefeated, the Patriots became the first team to win 16 regular season games. The win also brought their running consecutive wins total to 19, another record. They scored the most points in a season by a team. Tom Brady capped off his MVP season by breaking the passing touchdown record with 50. He also became the fourth QB to throw for 4800 yards. (Marino's 5000+ record looks harder and harder to beat every year.) Randy Moss topped off his comeback season by breaking Jerry Rice's 20-year old TD record. (An achievement somewhat diminished by the fact that Rice set the original record in a strike-shortened 12 game season.) And, in a television first, this game became the first to be shown on three different networks (CBS, NBC, and NFL Network).
So, after having set all these records, do the Patriots have what it takes to win the 19 games for the "true" perfect season (which would be another record, btw)? Six weeks ago, before the Philly game, I'd have said no problem. Considering their average margin of victory since then has been seven points, I'm not so sure now. But, hell, the last undefeated team won the Super Bowl; why wouldn't the Patriots?
We'll see in February. Happy New Year, by the way.
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Greatest Football Game Ever?
Posted by E at 3:15 am
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What about Brady's record hot girlfriend? Or his record fast dumping of his last girlfriend once he found out he knocked her up? Or the record amount of men that have a man crush on him? Oh and how quickly we forget they are fucking cheaters!
H
I think I'd spend more time throwing "touchdown passes" to Gisele than I would to Randy Moss.
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