Patriots Tom Brady ho hum another award
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All right another award…uhh, go team go!
This was a tough vote.
No, really it was, because of teammate Randy Moss. You remember Randy, the guy who gave up in Oakland.
Tom threw for 50 touchdowns. Think about that for a moment. A great year has a QB throwing for about 25 to 28 touchdowns. Tom did about double that.
Hey, Peyton threw for 48 just a few years ago in a season to be remembered forever. Well, forget about it. 50 is the new 48.
All Randy did was break Jerry Rice’s single season receiving touchdown record. Randy Moss had 23 and Jerry Rice only had 22. No big deal, it was only Jerry Rice, the guy the practically invented the multiple touchdown game.
Maybe if Randy had caught all 50 of Tom Brady’s touchdown passes, then he could have won the award.
The voting was a little one-sided.
And it’s been a rewarding season for Brady, the first New England player to be chosen MVP and now the first Patriot to win Offensive Player of the Year. He collected 35 and a half votes to 12 and a half for Moss. Wes Welker, the Patriots’ other starting receiver, got one, as did Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre. source
Wes Welker got as many votes as Brett Favre? Uhh, what is that all about? Who is more valuable on offense, Wes or Brett, Wes or Randy, Wes or Tom? Geez, come on.
Tom Brady
Back to Tom. No matter how loaded the Patriots were they still had to go out and play and play Tom did. He had a fantastic season and so did the team.
New England scored 589 points and 75 TDs, both records. Brady’s precision — a 68.9 completion percentage, 117.2 passer rating and just eight interceptions — and yards passing (4,806, 383 more than runner-up Drew Brees of New Orleans) made him a natural choice for his second award in less than a week.
Of course, Tom said all the right things about awards not meaning anything and it was team goals and yadda yadda yadda. That stuff is easy to say when you are a double winner.
Brady is the fourth straight double winner, joining Manning, running back Shaun Alexander of Seattle, and Tomlinson.
Now the Patriots have to forget the awards and get ready for a determined Jacksonville Jaguars team that attempts to win by making very few mistakes. The Jags had better make very few, because with the Tom Brady and Randy Moss there is little margin for error.
Coach Jack Del Rio has to sweating just a little bit. Quarterback David Garrard already has sweaty hands.
Congratulations Tom Brady on… which award was this one?
NFL Football Fan Question Did you vote for Wes Welker?
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