Wrath Mania
Rotational Player and Threatening Starter's Job
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IMO SB49 was the most important win in Brady and BB's careers. It broke the ten-year drought, firmly cemented Brady and Belichick's legacies, and it also defied the entire ballghazi hooplah at the time. The conversation overnight went from "Durr did Brady deflate deh balls" to "Is Brady the GOAT?" With many pundits saying "Yes". Imagine if they had lost? The entire deflated BS would have been a whole lot worse. A lot worse.
Honestly, just the fact that A) Brady ended up playing as well as he did, and B) Belichick handled the media storm so masterfully... considering everything that went on in the two weeks leading up to the game, makes it tops for me.
But I also think it was just flat-out the best quality game of the lot. Like someone else said, as good of a football game as you can see in today's game. Super Bowl LI is incredible because of how insurmountable the odds were that they overcame--but Super Bowl 49 was the better game overall. IMO.
Honestly, just the fact that A) Brady ended up playing as well as he did, and B) Belichick handled the media storm so masterfully... considering everything that went on in the two weeks leading up to the game, makes it tops for me.
But I also think it was just flat-out the best quality game of the lot. Like someone else said, as good of a football game as you can see in today's game. Super Bowl LI is incredible because of how insurmountable the odds were that they overcame--but Super Bowl 49 was the better game overall. IMO.