ESPN column on recent playoff woes

[Fencer]

Tom Brady has not been his terrific self in his last 8 playoff games - ESPN Boston

He's right; Brady hasn't played so well in the playoffs in recent years.

I'm pretty optimistic, however, that this year will be different.

 

[Ian]

Lundblad has been a guy writing anti-Patriots stuff all year. He's a good writer and obviously does a good job, but I just don't understand the reasoning behind the number of columns focused on pointing out the negative about this football team

Obviously a good performance by Brady will be necessary for them to come away with a win. Hopefully that will quiet some of these types of articles.

 

[BradyManny]

The raw numbers are a little misleading. He's had three 3-INT games, that adds up. They were crappy games, sure. But he won 2 of them. Take the first SD game, for as bad as he played, he still made a great throw to Reche to put us in position to win. Basically, of the 9 games, 11 of the 12 INTs came in 4 games.

Also, going back only 8 games is silly, as it truly cherry-picking. It goes back to the middle of the 2005 playoffs, while throwing out Brady's 3TD 0 INT game vs. Jac in the Wild Card game.