Tom Brady – 5 TDs in 1 quarter!

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Sports Center had a graphic showing the top 10 biggest shutouts in National Football League history. Most of the big NFL shutouts occurred in the 1920’s and 1930’s. There was one in the 70’s. Other than that the 59 to nothing shellacking that the New England Patriots put on the Tennessee hapless Titans was around 6th on the list.

Get this; Tom Brady tossed 5 touchdowns in one quarter and 6 touchdowns in all. So much for Tom Brady having problems getting back into football after a year off with knee surgery.

Brady had five TD passes in the second quarter, a record for one period. The six touchdown throws tied Brady’s own Patriots record. And the 59-point margin matched the largest since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970, the Los Angeles Rams’ 59-0 win over the Atlanta Falcons in 1976.

The Patriots (4-2) gained a club-record 619 yards with Brady completing 29 of 34 passes for 380 yards
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Tom Brady throws for 6 touchdowns!

Take a look at this one time span in the game.

In one 17-play stretch in the second quarter, the Titans gave up three scoring passes, lost two fumbles and an interception and even had a roughing-the-passer penalty on one of those touchdowns. One positive note: Collins threw his only completion of the first half in that miserable span

It was so bad that Brian Hoyer played in the game and threw for more yards than the combined total of the Tennessee quarterbacks. Hoyer is the rookie from Michigan State University.

The Titans now have to make a decision, because the season is pretty much shot. Do you start Vince Young and look to the future or stick with Collins and try to salvage what you can from the season?

It won’t be an easy choice.

The only good news is that the Titans won’t play the Patriots again this year!

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