Atlas
10-16-2005, 11:49 PM
SoCals link:http://www.denverbroncos.com/page.php?id=334&storyID=4807
For all the talk of what Brady can do, of his repeatedly demonstrated capability of the extraordinary during moments of extreme on-field duress, and even with consideration of the successful comeback Brady made on Denver in 2003, one fact emerged from the game:
No team has had more success against Brady than the Broncos. No other team has more than the Broncos' three wins against the Patriots with Brady under center.
Miami matches that tally with three victories over the two-time Super Bowl Most Valuable Player, but they have come over eight contests, which have seen the Dolphins' victories more than balanced by five defeats.
Denver's three wins over the Brady-commanded Pats have come in just four tries. As tense and unsettling as the fourth quarter was, as many bitter memories over the 2003 last-minute Pats comeback still linger, the Broncos nonetheless hold an important distinction in Brady's career -- that they've beaten him more frequently than any other team.
If the phrase "one has to beat the best to be the best" is accurate, then the Broncos may be in fine shape for the long haul. In the end Sunday, they took the Patriots' best shot and held on. New England's late-afternoon revival will soon be consigned to the dustbin of football history; the judgment of Sunday to be remembered simply read "Broncos 28, Patriots 20."
For all the talk of what Brady can do, of his repeatedly demonstrated capability of the extraordinary during moments of extreme on-field duress, and even with consideration of the successful comeback Brady made on Denver in 2003, one fact emerged from the game:
No team has had more success against Brady than the Broncos. No other team has more than the Broncos' three wins against the Patriots with Brady under center.
Miami matches that tally with three victories over the two-time Super Bowl Most Valuable Player, but they have come over eight contests, which have seen the Dolphins' victories more than balanced by five defeats.
Denver's three wins over the Brady-commanded Pats have come in just four tries. As tense and unsettling as the fourth quarter was, as many bitter memories over the 2003 last-minute Pats comeback still linger, the Broncos nonetheless hold an important distinction in Brady's career -- that they've beaten him more frequently than any other team.
If the phrase "one has to beat the best to be the best" is accurate, then the Broncos may be in fine shape for the long haul. In the end Sunday, they took the Patriots' best shot and held on. New England's late-afternoon revival will soon be consigned to the dustbin of football history; the judgment of Sunday to be remembered simply read "Broncos 28, Patriots 20."