It was late in the 4th Quarter with a little more than 2 Minutes left on the clock. The Patriots were down by 5 and needed a TD badly. No worries this is Tom Brady territory! Tommy had the ball and that is all you needed hope in. He was all set for his 50th 4th Quarter comeback. Yes that’s right, I said his 50th comeback.
TB12 is notorious for his comebacks as we can look at the Super Bowl as a clear example. He is just automatic! This is a guy who refuses to lose. This is a guy who will throw the ball to the end zone for a needed TD. And you know what it works! I don’t know how he does it, I mean really, this guy is just incredible. He works like magic in the 4th Quarter. And if he has the ball with 2 Minutes left, you best be on your guard.
What happened before all this was patriots football as usual. A TD to Rob Gronkowski, 2 TDs to Chris Hogan, and a TD to Brandon Cooks. It looked like it would come down to the team that scored last. And I have to tell you I had my doubts when the Houston Texans scored a late Field Goal to make it [33-28]. I mean how do you comeback from being down by 5 late in the 4th Quarter. I know that the team’s offense looked a bit stagnated with their last possessions. It didn’t look good.
But you know nothing looks good until the end of a comeback and TB12 was not about to lose. He got down the field with help from Gronk, Amandola, Hogan, and Cooks. Then near the Red Zone with 30 something left on the clock he threw it to Cooks for the TD. It was a spectacular catch! Cooks toe tapped his way in the end zone and controlled the ball all the way to the ground. Wow, what a great catch! And just when they needed it too.
The Pats weren’t done there, they wanted to make sure that they had it in the bag. [34-33] wasn’t good enough. What they needed was to take the Texans out of the game with 20 something seconds on the clock. They went for a 2 point conversion and got it with a Brady-Cooks hookup on the far side of the end zone [36-33]. It was the proverbial nail in the coffin!
TB12 showed us just why he is legendary today, he is the GOAT. Give him 2 Minutes and he’ll win the game! He had done it 49 times before this one and I’d have to say that this one was just as memorable as the others. It just was unbelievable. I wasn’t sure he had, another one, in him. But you just can’t doubt him. He knows the 2 Minute drill inside and out. He knows his receivers inside and out. He knows the play calls inside and out. This was just another reason to love Tom Brady. His comebacks are simply timeless. Here’s to 4th Quarter comeback number 50!
The Patriots next game will be against Carolina at Foxboro, Sunday at 1pm on Fox. Look for them to be doing football as usually going into the week. I’m expecting Gronk, Amandola, Hogan, and Cooks to have big games. Hogan and Cooks had a huge game today. Now that they have those Big Game jitters out of their system, expect them to ride high into next game.
