hey kids-
holy mother of mothers. the patriots beat the broncos.
it sure didn’t seem like that was going to be the headline after the first
quarter of this game. the only way it could have started worse would have been
if tommy brady had left the field on a cart. still, for a girl who couldn’t
muster any happy patriots thoughts all week long, i was remarkably calm when our
pats headed into the locker room at halftime down by 24. luckily, so was our
fearless quarterback, who came out in the second half and orchestrated one of
the most fantastically-fun-to-watch comebacks ever (even better than 12 points
in 75 seconds against the bills in 2009!). tommy threw 263 of his 344 yards in
the second half, completing 81% of his passes – including three touchdowns. i’d
say he kind of looked like a maniac when he celebrated this one with rob
gronkowski...but that would be the pot calling the kettle black.
there isn’t much that makes me happier than beating peyton manning – but
beating wes welker along with him made this one extra sweet. looking at wes
wearing that stupid broncos uniform with his stupid wes welker face made me
wonder how i ever could have hearted him (putting him in the company of pretty
much every boyfriend i’ve ever had). the dropped passes and botched punt signal
were great reminders of why i don’t miss him at all – though it looks like he
might still miss new england a little bit. nice catch, wes! watching the patriots win really turns me on, too.
the tommy of the week is going to julian edelman, and i couldn’t be happier
about it. i’ve wanted to give julian the totw several times this season, but
he’s narrowly lost every time. it seems fitting that after stepping up to be the
unexpected go-to guy all season along, edelman would have his biggest game of
the season in one of the patriots’ biggest games ever – in front of a national
audience, to boot. with 110 yards and two touchdowns, julian definitely stole
the spotlight and put on a show. here he is, making an awesome flying leap into
the endzone to put the pats up in the fourth quarter. it’s a bird! it’s a
plane! it’s edelman!
and that’s all she wrote kids. we’re back to sunday mornings for a few
weeks staring in houston this weekend. while the texans are having a terrible
season, the pats embarrassed them pretty badly about this time last year, so you
can bet they’ll bring their A game. think your happy patriots thoughts, and
let’s hope next monday is as happy as this one was.
have a great week, and go pats!
love dav
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