Patriots lose at home to Tennessee - season over
The Patriots lost their lost two games of the season at home to Miami and Tennessee (quarterbacked by former Dolphin Ryan Tannenhill). That was a brutal end to the season. Many pundits will be calling this the end of an era. Is it over? Bet against Tom Brady and Bill Belichick next year at your own risk...
January 4th, 2020 at 11:21 PM ^
I mean, the game isn't technically over yet...
January 4th, 2020 at 11:22 PM ^
Okay, now it's over.
January 4th, 2020 at 11:23 PM ^
Yes, but no need to dwell on ridiculous technicalities... down 7 with a pending two point conversion and 8 seconds, yeah - that one was/is over. Hopefully Tom’s career does not end here. But if it does, people will quickly forget this is how it ended and they will focus on the six Super Bowl rings of the ?.
January 4th, 2020 at 11:21 PM ^
Fuck Tony Romo. What an asshole and washed up piece of shit.
January 4th, 2020 at 11:22 PM ^
He’s no Booger, that’s for sure.
January 4th, 2020 at 11:22 PM ^
He sounds remarkably jealous with his relentless passive-aggressive attacks.
January 5th, 2020 at 1:49 AM ^
Still hanging onto Tom Brady's career at New England like he's still at Michigan, huh...
How does this work? Do they hang a banner at UM when Brady wins a AFC Championship or Superbowl? ?
January 4th, 2020 at 11:51 PM ^
Drew Bledsoe? You really need to update your blog. http://www.tonyhomo.com/
January 4th, 2020 at 11:22 PM ^
Brady is 42. If this isn't the end of an era, it's getting pretty damn close. I hope Belichick sticks around a little while longer after Brady retires, just out of curiosity.
January 4th, 2020 at 11:24 PM ^
He will stick around if he has a good QB. NE wouldn't skip a beat if Jimmy G was still there.
January 4th, 2020 at 11:23 PM ^
Unless Brady goes back to 5 years and they get some WR and TE help, it will be easy to bet against them next year just like it was the second half of this year.
January 4th, 2020 at 11:24 PM ^
Let’s go TITANS!!!
January 4th, 2020 at 11:30 PM ^
Congrats on the big win for your team! Impressive run for Tennessee- and it may have only just begun...
January 4th, 2020 at 11:27 PM ^
No weapons, easy to pick against them this week, especially if you had watched the last 6-7 weeks. Not a good team. Brady needs more weapons to stick with it.
January 4th, 2020 at 11:33 PM ^
This was the most predictable upset I’ve seen in a while. Pats haven’t been “good” in at least two months now. I was curious to see if they’d have some playoff magic but it’s clear the team just isn’t very good.
January 4th, 2020 at 11:48 PM ^
The Patriots defense is actually very good. The offense is legitimately poor and has been the last 10 games of the season.
January 4th, 2020 at 11:36 PM ^
If Brady is a free agent... the Lions might go after him and trade Stafford for some weapons and defense? Just a thought. Probably very wishful thinking.
January 5th, 2020 at 12:56 AM ^
If the Lions get Brady they will surely just fuck him up like they have every player since the Fords have owned the team.
January 5th, 2020 at 6:32 AM ^
Maybe, but Brady would have a huge influence on the culture. He is a winner.
January 5th, 2020 at 8:42 AM ^
Lmao why in the hell would Brady play for a team like the Lions? No way in hell he would destroy his legacy by playing for that trash organization.
January 4th, 2020 at 11:49 PM ^
KC and the Ravens are probably the best in the AFC. The Titans are a fairly balanced team with a good RB and a decent D. I would not be surprised if they give Baltimore a tough game. I hated how the Bills just folded in the 2nd half. I was hoping they would win. The Pats may sign Brady for a couple more years since Brady said he would like to retire when he turns 45. He will be 43 this August (yikes, this makes me feel really old), so he could be a good QB for 2 more seasons. I guess you would now consider Brady as an old G.O.A.T.
January 5th, 2020 at 12:00 AM ^
I’m tired of being right!! But my pocket book ain’t ?
January 5th, 2020 at 12:21 AM ^
Honestly, I didn't think Brady looked that bad. Definitely not at his peak anymore, but he was making fine decisions most of the time. Receivers had zero separation and Michel has been awful. Once they got stuffed 3 times at the 1 yard line, you just knew it would be a struggle for yards all night long. Henry was a total beast and put the Titans on his back.
If he's still playing on the Pats next year, he's gonna need a lot more help if they want to win the Super Bowl. It's clear that he's physically outmatched by all the great young QBs in the league right now, but I think he still has good enough decision making that he can get by regardless if he has the weapons.
January 5th, 2020 at 2:32 AM ^
If Tom Brady played his last game for the Patriots, I suggest we hold a moment of silence for all the Michigan fans (including several MGoBloggers) who bandwagoned onto the Patriots...
They'll probably be entering the NFL Fan Transfer Portal in search of a new team to root for.
lol
January 5th, 2020 at 8:22 AM ^
As a Lions fan, I need someone to cheer for in the playoffs......
January 5th, 2020 at 10:12 AM ^
You evidently think it’s weird for Michigan fans to root for the NFL teams that Michigan guys play for.
Why? I can understand rooting for whatever your own favorite NFL team is against Brady and the Pats or against Woodson and the Packers, but don’t you enjoy in general seeing UM players doing well on good NFL teams?
January 5th, 2020 at 1:35 PM ^
I dont care much about how Michigan players do in the league.
But it has been obnoxious how many UofM fans claim Patriot allegiance due to Brady when half our fanbase didnt want Brady while he was playing at Michigan.
January 5th, 2020 at 2:12 PM ^
Exactly.
January 5th, 2020 at 4:27 PM ^
Admit it, you just hate the Pats. Which is fine, but don’t try to justify it by trashing people who like watching Brady play well.
January 5th, 2020 at 2:15 PM ^
@Don
It's one thing to root for Michigan players to do well in the NFL or root against them if they're playing against your favorite NFL team of choice.
It's another thing to bandwagon on to a franchise when they start winning Super Bowls and the excuse is "the team is QB'd by a former Michigan QB" - a QB many Michigan fans didn't like when he was here because they wanted the shiny brand new 5 star QB Drew Henson to start and play.
Not 1-to-1 comparison but it's kinda like how Ohio State fans will claim any success Joe Burrow will have in the NFL as a positive for Ohio State even though they wanted Haskins over him and, prior to the start of the 2019 season, wouldn't have taken him over Justin Fields.
January 5th, 2020 at 10:20 AM ^
A housemate of mine at Michigan did his undergrad at Cal. His team is the Green Bay Packers. This is common. Try to get out sometime.
January 5th, 2020 at 2:33 PM ^
I have no problem with people having fandoms that may not match the geographies of their upbringings.
But try reading some of the game threads when Patriots play. You shouldn't have any problem noticing the spoiled bandwagoners.
January 5th, 2020 at 4:18 AM ^
Helluva ride! Tom, please retire and go enjoy your life after football. Gisele and the kids will thank you!
January 5th, 2020 at 6:11 AM ^
Good. Don't like Kraft.
Brady's legacy is set.
January 5th, 2020 at 11:44 AM ^
I’m a Michigan fan and I live in Massachusetts. May I please have permission to root for Brady and the Pats? Geez.
January 5th, 2020 at 2:36 PM ^
I didn't realize my post would get some people butthurt...
If someone was a Patriots fan before Brady, then cool.
If someone became a Patriots fans when Brady started becoming a superstar and started winning Super Bowls, then it'll be interesting to see if those individuals (and others like this type) stay Patriots fans when Brady's time is up and Patriots inevitably fall back to mediocrity. My guess? No. Why? Bandwagons gonna bandwagon.
My issue is with the shameless Michigan fans - many of whom didn't like Brady when he was here at Michigan - jumping on his (and the Patriots) bandwagon when they started having stratospheric success. Then they started claiming he was a tremendous ambassador for Michigan which they didn't give two f***s about when he was playing at Michigan because they never anticipated him becoming what he is today.
January 5th, 2020 at 4:34 PM ^
Honestly the most “butthurt” person here is you, hurt apparently by all the people who like the wrong team for reasons you don’t approve of. Did Bill Belichick kick your dog or something? (Or more likely you’re just a Steelers fan or something)
The Lions suck, Brady played for Michigan before I knew enough about football to be following individual players, let alone have a dog in the Brady v Henson debate, and now I live in AZ so not only do I have no real connection to the “local” team but they also suck. So sue the hell out of me if I like seeing Brady win and, all else being equal, will pull for the Patriots over most other teams.
I love watching other Michigan players do well too (Woodson, Graham, etc) but it is tougher to be a “fan” of a team for a role player vs a QB. So Brady and the Pats it is.
January 5th, 2020 at 1:25 PM ^
Good. Bob Kraft and Bill Belichick are scum bags all the way. Tom Brady is joined at the hip with those assholes and he never misses an opportunity to talk about how much he loves them and how they're all a family, etc... I loved Brady when he was a Wolverine, but screw the franchise that he has embraced for 2 decades and which has defined his entire professional career.
January 5th, 2020 at 1:30 PM ^
Great game!