Whoever called themselves "experts" and said the Chicago Bears had the advantage over the New England Patriots at home and playing in inclement weather looked like a fool on Sunday as the former lost in a blowout to the latter, 36-7. The king of quarterbacks in snowy elements, Tom Brady, NEVER loses games in bad weather, going back to the 2001 AFC Divisional "Tuck Rule" Playoff game.
In doing so, Brady pretty much locked up what will be his second NFL MVP trophy by year's end, impressively throwing for a season-high 369 yards and two touchdowns in crazy, windy and snowy Chicago en route to improving New England's AFC-best record to 11-2. After similarly crushing the Jets just six days earlier, New England is just unstoppable these days and makes even good opponents and their quarterbacks look like inexperienced college kids.
A good chunk of recent success is due to a young Patriots defense improving with every week, but it is Brady and his offense that has scored most of the 126 points (to 34 for opponents) since Turkey Day in Detroit. It is seriously looking like 2007 all over again for this elite QB, who won his first regular season MVP trophy that season.
His only competition this year for MVP is Philip Rivers, who has thrown INTs in seven of his Chargers' last eight games, going 5-3 in that span, and who has slipped in offensive production overall the past few weeks, and Michael Vick. Notice, I didn't include Peyton Manning, who has thrown for a ton of yardage (like Rivers) as usual but who has been a turnover machine for much of this last month and not led his team to many victories, with his Colts currently sitting second in the AFC South division at 7-6 behind Jacksonville. No, that is not a typo.
If you were to tell me in October that Tom Brady, currently with 29 TDs to 4 INTs and 3,398 yards passing, would have the kind of success and MVP season he's been having in 2010 without Randy Moss and Kevin Faulk for most of it, Logan Mankins for part of the year, Laurence Maroney (who was traded to Denver), and with only one veteran receiver you can count on (Wes Welker) and two rookie tight ends, I'd say you're out of your mind.
Article comments
1 - Bradyrocks
Brady is having an amazing year. Everytime I watch him I'm awed. What he did to the Steelers, Jets, and Bears was incredible. Definetly front runner for MVP. His only chance of not winning is if he throws now more Td's several more picks and throws for little yardage. Rivers won't win it. Does'nt lead his team to enough wins. Vick needs to have three big games and a little luck. GO BRADY AND PATS! TIME TO GO ALL THE WAY!
2 - Ihatepats
BRADY F@$#ING SUCKS! LITTLE PRETTY BOY ASSHOLE WHO CRYS TO REFS FOR PI AN ROUGHING! ANY QB ON THAT TEAM WOULD BE AMAZING! BRADY IS A GIRL AND AN INSPIRATION TO ALL WOMEN WHO DREAM OF PLAYING FOOTBALL! HE IS A WHINEY BI@!H! SPYGATE PEOPLE! TOM AND BILL ARE DOING IT AGAIN!!!! HOPE BRADY GETS HURT AGAIN! BOO PATS GO COLTS GO COLTS! PEYTON BETTER IN A MILLION YEARS!
3 - El Bicho
no mention for the O-Line?
4 - Cindy
Ihatepats,
I bet people often ask you what all those little round circles that cover your body are. But we know, don't we?
5 - zingzing
"PEYTON BETTER IN A MILLION YEARS!"
classic.
cindy: "I bet people often ask you what all those little round circles that cover your body are."
hickies? i'm really confused about this one...
6 - Arch Conservative
Manning and Brady are the best two Qb's in the game at the moment. There's no doubt about it. But I'd have to say Brady is better. He's done more with less. He does better in big games.
7 - bruhh
michael vick got this mvp!!!!!!!!
8 - eli
eagles all the way!!
michael vick MVP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
9 - Erica
Make sure Bill and BRady arent cheating again!
10 - Charlie Doherty
Nice try Erica. Having an extra cameraman (without permission from the NFL) is illegal and the Pats were guilty of it numerous times, no question, which is why they were penalized heavily. But that's not cheating and the Jets did almost the same thing to the Pats in a playoff game prior to the 2007 season.
The difference: the Jets did it in the end zone while the Pats did it across the side line. I wouldn't call either "cheating," but at best, getting a non-NFL Films view of your game, or at worst, scouting your opponent using raw footage.
It's not like either the Jets (in 2006) or Pats cameraman (2007) had access to or saw their team's players or coaches within the same game they were taping. If they did, THAT would constitute cheating and Roger Goodell would've punished them accordingly.