Goodbye Tom

The Superbowl between the Patriots and the Bears, I don't remember a lot of. I was like 5. The Patriots played bad,  I remember Grogan getting sacked, the team playing bad. The Bears running up the score and a lot of people seemed to have a lot of Bears gear for non bears fans.

I thought football on TV was boring. Always the same teams. Houston, Buffalo, Miami, NYG, Detriot, SF, and later the Cowboys. My father was a Niners & Oilers fan. I lived in western New York, I didn't see much of the Patriots unless they were playing Buffalo. In 1990 while everyone was jumping on the Bills, I thought The Patriots had a cool helmet. They sucked but were red white & Blue, and I found them, Along with 5 other teams. Football cards taught me some of the players.

Thankfully, tecmo superbowl in 1991 made me like football. While I always wanted the raiders or 49ers due to game design. But I had to play with The Patriots more than once due to house rules. The team had no offense but the defense saved me more than once. The team still was barely on tv.

By 1993, I had narrowed it down to two teams. The Patriots with their cool new blue jerseys, crappy silver helmet and side view of Patriot Pat. I liked Drew and was excited The former Giants Coach was taking over. The other team I liked was the Bears. The monsters of the Midway. Led by Jim Harbaugh and followed by Steve Walsh.

In 1994 Bledsoe threw for 70 Passss and I thought that was amazing. He was going to be better than Marino. The Bears choose Kramer over Walsh by the end of the 94 season and they were no longer the Monsters of the Midway. I was down to one team. Although I was hoping for a superbowl rematch.

Years go bye and Bledsoe get Hurt and loses his job to some nobody who is just having a hot flash. AFC championship comes and Bledsoe comes in and throws a TD. Yes, Bledsoe is back and will do what he should've done vs Greenbay. That young punk comes out in the second half, then goes on to lead a great drive in the superbowl victory. 

Since then, life gets stressful and it's Tom Brady on sunday to the rescue. I forgave him for stealing Bledsoe's job. Any time the Patriots had the Ball with a minute left, hell 40 seconds, I thought Brady was gonna get the Win. Tom was that freaking good. They say over the Past two years Tom was in decline. Only at not making depth talent stars. 

Brady is now a Buccaneer. There is enough breadcrumbs left in 2019 that I cannot be mad at Belichick or the Patriots. See my article "Now under center, the next man up" for details. I respect the GOAT. He can win another Conference championship but I cannot wish him another superbowl. I have now seen the end of three Era's in New England. While I wanted Hurts to be the Heir, I now hope this is the Stidham Era. Good Luck Tom and thank you. Thank you for the memories, and thank you for making my adult life that much easier.