For the first three quarters and a half quarters, it looked as though Tom Brady wasn't fully recovered. Over the last five minutes of Monday Night's game, however, he showed he was. He threw two TD passes in the final 2:06 to win a wild season opener over the Bills 25-24.
Although I was unable to physically watch the game, listening to it put me in sheer hysterics. After falling behind 24-13, Brady decided he'd had with the snakes on his plane and proceeded to lead an 11 play, 81-yard drive down the field; capped by an 18-yard strike to TE Ben Watson. The Bills put their hands team out (why?) and the Pats kicked it deep. Brandon Meriweather made the play of the night, stopping return man Leodis McKelvin in his tracks long enough to allow Pierre Woods to strip him of the ball. Kicker Stephen Gostkowski recovered the ball and the Pats were in business a shade outside the Bills 30 yard-line. Brady struck again, completing three passes including the difference making 16-yard strike to Watson on the identical play.
You can dwell on how poorly the Pats played or how the Bills should have won or even how Dick Jauron looks like death. But none of that matters. They found a way to win and should come as no surprise that it was Tom Terrific leading the charge.
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