Tom Brady predictable was unpredictable

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You have to love Fantasy Football, because it is so unpredictable in its predictableness. The Squibster, that’s me, has Tom Brady for my Fantasy Football quarterback. Last year that would be a nightmare and the year before it would have been heaven. My backup qb is nobody. Really rolling the dice here, but my league only has three bench spots, which makes quarterbacks available when you need them.

Tom Brady was just getting warmed up in the 1st quarter

My team was behind by 18 points when the Squibster, that’s me, went to bed with New England just going into the 4th quarter. Most of those points behind were from benching the Dallas Cowboys Roy Williams and playing Denver wide out Eddie Royal and Houston wide out Antonio Bryant. Both players produced nothing. Fortunately my late pickup of Greg Jennings, a former Brett Favre favorite when healthy, brought me enough points to keep me in it.

The next morning after the New England game my Yahoo Fantasy Football would not refresh and it showed me as a loser of the game. (Which is only Fantasy Football and does not make you a loser in real life unless you are some geek or something.) On my long commute to work the XM sports jocks told all about the Patriot comeback and the two Tom Brady touchdown passes. How sweet it is to taste a little Fantasy Football victory. (Not that it matters that much or it would make the Squibster a geek or something.)

The unpredictable was Tom Brady not gaining many points until the last two minutes. The predictable was Tom Brady scoring a lot of points. It was a night of struggle that led to victory for the Patriots and the Squibster’s team Naruto. (Not that naming your team after a cartoon shinobi should be interpreted as a geek move or anything.)

In the first quarter he completed 4 of 8 passes for a puny 29 yards. He was sacked once. Moss and Welker each dropped a pass, but Brady was not sharp. He made a couple of wild pitches, one in the direction of Kevin Faulk, another aimed at Laurence Maroney. The Patriots failed to convert on a fourth and 1 when Maroney was stoned by the Buffalo defense. Where was the old QB sneak, we wondered?

The sloppy stuff continued late in the second. With the score tied, 7-7, Brady executed a play-action fake on first and 10 from his 35, then feathered a soft pass in the direction of Sammy Morris. Bills end Aaron Schobel (Brady Kryptonite) got a paw on the ball, batted it in the air, cradled it, then ran 26 yards for a touchdown.

“Those things really get you behind the eight ball,’’ said Brady. “Sometimes it goes like that. We didn’t play very well in the first half.’’

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