I texted my (non Pats fan) friends about halfway through the second quarter:
"Brady looks unbelievable today".
I don't even know why I thought that, the stats didn't look great at the time. It was just how he was persevering against a ton of adversity between the drops, the defense, and the injuries to start. Part of it was the scramble in the red zone; it was like he was doing everything he could to will this team to a victory even if it was out of his comfort zone.
In the end, his passing stats weren't phenomenal (although very good); it was just that if you watched the game you had a feeling about just how well he played even if you couldn't quantify it. It was more of an emotional feeling than anything.
That's why it's so dumb when people say Brady is a "system QB" or runs a "dink and dunk" offense. That was an otherworldly mental and physical performance by our guy that no other QB could have pulled off. It is great to hear my gut feeling being echoed by the national analysts (not that I ever needed them, but a lot of other simple-minded fans around the country need to be told what to think).