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Pats Go Mile High
Brady Bunch Does Denver
While the disappointed denizens of the Mt. Hope contingent of RedSox Nation rue the loss of Johnny Damon to the hated Yanks and fret away the next 5 weeks until spring training begins, the citizens of Patriot Nation find themselves in the enviable position of having the extreme pleasure of watching their team come together and peak at exactly the right moment: in time for playoff football.
After a frustrating start to the season, fraught with inexperienced players learning their roles and terrible injuries to key personnel, the Pats have overcome these obstacles and are now the team nobody wants to meet in the playoffs.
Troy Brown Globe photo
Are you ready for some football?
Saturday night at 8 the Patriots meet the Denver Broncos in what was once known as Mile High Stadium. A battle of so-called “genius” coaches, Belichick and Shanahan. The Tom Brady led Pats go into the game 3 point underdogs, according to the wise guys in Las Vegas.
This game will be won or lost in the trenches where the guys with the high numbers on their backs toil. The Broncos like to run the ball and grind a defense down till they’re exhausted and frustrated. The Patriots like to establish the run enough to spread the defense to allow Brady to pick apart the secondary through the air. Keys to the game: clock control, time of possession, controlling the line of scrimmage.
Tom Brady NFL photo
The Patriots have too many great players to mention them all but watch for key plays from Vrabel, Brucschi, Seymor, Hobbs, Brown, Dillon, Faulk, Givens, Branch, McGinest, Graham, Colvin, Wilfork, Watson and a couple of guys named Tom Brady and Adam Vinatieri who always seem to come up big in the clutch.
If we get past Denver it’s on to Indianapolis. Wouldn’t it be great if we faced the Chicago Bears in the Super Bowl? We could avenge that terrible loss back in the 80’s when it was Chicago with the awesome defense. I suspect the shoe would be on the other foot in a 2006 match up. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Let’s just beat Denver for now.
It’s going to be a fun game to watch. Best of luck, Patriots.
John
Posted at January 13, 2006 03:32 PM