Pats/Chargers, first drive. Like so many others out here.
Between all the hype coming out of SD about how they were going to get their revenge on the Pats for the playoff loss, LT's 'we'd win 9 times out of 10 against these guys' quote, all the new faces in the receiver corps, and of course Spygate, I had to wonder how the team would respond.
After the first few short passes, the Brady-Welker hookup where Faulk demolished the blitzing SD linebacker was a huge statement play. Following that up with the all-too-easy-looking pass to a wide open Watson for the TD was the perfect in-your-face start to the juggernaut that is still rolling today. I still watch that 2-play sequence when I want to cheer myself up ... Madden saying "Give me Tom Brady and I wouldn't need any cameras either!"... great stuff.