Tom Brady and Jedi Mind Tricks ...
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2021 6:26 am
Yes, many people feel Tom Brady is the greatest QB ever.
Along with Otto Graham, he is definitely the winningest, with 16 overall championships including six SB wins, now going for his seventh in ten tries, leading another team besides the Patriots into the Super Bowl.
His skill in winning these big games leading his team are legendary but is he also lucky or simply playing Jedi Mind tricks with his opposition ?
2001/02 AFC Playoff ... Raiders force a Brady fumble to win the game ... but no, the officials give the ball back to the Patriots on the "tuck rule" ... Jedi Mind trick ?
Rule or no rule, its a fumble with luck mixed in.
2004/05 SB and 2015/16 AFC Playoff ... Brady using a Jedi Mind Trick on HC Andy Reid and QBs McNabb for the Eagles and Smith for the Chiefs ?
In both games with the Patriots having 10 and 14 point leads, the opposition has no sense of urgency or time management with less than six minutes remaining and of course, lose the game or concede ?
2006/2007 AFC playoff ... The Chargers knock down Brady's pass on 4th down and win the game but instead, SD DB McCree decides to intercept, then fumble the ball right back to the Patriots, who find a way to win. Bonehead play or Jedi Mind trick ?
2011/12 AFC Championship ... Ravens win the game with WR Lee Evans catching the game winning TD but, he drops it and the Patriots prevail. Luck is with Brady again ...
2014/15 SB ... Lynch for Seattle wins the game, running it in from the one yard line but no, HC Carroll calls for a pass that is too high from QB Wilson, not caught by WR Lockette but intercepted by NE DB Butler who is more aggressive going to the ball than the receiver. Maybe he knew the play all along ? Sounds like bad coaching as much as poor execution.
2016/17 SB ... Atlanta wins the game by running the ball in the fourth quarter and preserving their lead by using the clock but no, they keep calling pass plays, stopping the clock and allowing the Patriot offence to chip at the lead, while OC Shanahan and QB Ryan lose their poise. Taking a huge sack keeps them from possibly kicking the winning FG, while Brady finds a way to win. Shanahan refuses to run the ball in the last ten minutes of the 2019/20 SB, as HC of SF as well ...
2018/19 AFC Championship ... The KC Chiefs intercept Brady and win the game but no, the LB, Dee Ford lines up in the neutral zone with a penalty, giving Brady another chance to win the game ... Another bonehead play or lucky break since the officials had let Ford get away with it, during the second half ?
2020/21 NFC Championship ... With Brady now leading the Bucs, the Packers can go for a TD to try to tie the game with a successful two point conversion but on fourth down with 2:06 on the clock, instead of throwing for a TD, they decide to KICK THE FG ... Brady runs out the clock to victory.
Can Brady win the SB for the TB team with skill, luck or playing another Jedi Mind trick on HC Reid and the Chiefs ?
Maybe QB Mahomes can defend his teams championship.
Along with Otto Graham, he is definitely the winningest, with 16 overall championships including six SB wins, now going for his seventh in ten tries, leading another team besides the Patriots into the Super Bowl.
His skill in winning these big games leading his team are legendary but is he also lucky or simply playing Jedi Mind tricks with his opposition ?
2001/02 AFC Playoff ... Raiders force a Brady fumble to win the game ... but no, the officials give the ball back to the Patriots on the "tuck rule" ... Jedi Mind trick ?
Rule or no rule, its a fumble with luck mixed in.
2004/05 SB and 2015/16 AFC Playoff ... Brady using a Jedi Mind Trick on HC Andy Reid and QBs McNabb for the Eagles and Smith for the Chiefs ?
In both games with the Patriots having 10 and 14 point leads, the opposition has no sense of urgency or time management with less than six minutes remaining and of course, lose the game or concede ?
2006/2007 AFC playoff ... The Chargers knock down Brady's pass on 4th down and win the game but instead, SD DB McCree decides to intercept, then fumble the ball right back to the Patriots, who find a way to win. Bonehead play or Jedi Mind trick ?
2011/12 AFC Championship ... Ravens win the game with WR Lee Evans catching the game winning TD but, he drops it and the Patriots prevail. Luck is with Brady again ...
2014/15 SB ... Lynch for Seattle wins the game, running it in from the one yard line but no, HC Carroll calls for a pass that is too high from QB Wilson, not caught by WR Lockette but intercepted by NE DB Butler who is more aggressive going to the ball than the receiver. Maybe he knew the play all along ? Sounds like bad coaching as much as poor execution.
2016/17 SB ... Atlanta wins the game by running the ball in the fourth quarter and preserving their lead by using the clock but no, they keep calling pass plays, stopping the clock and allowing the Patriot offence to chip at the lead, while OC Shanahan and QB Ryan lose their poise. Taking a huge sack keeps them from possibly kicking the winning FG, while Brady finds a way to win. Shanahan refuses to run the ball in the last ten minutes of the 2019/20 SB, as HC of SF as well ...
2018/19 AFC Championship ... The KC Chiefs intercept Brady and win the game but no, the LB, Dee Ford lines up in the neutral zone with a penalty, giving Brady another chance to win the game ... Another bonehead play or lucky break since the officials had let Ford get away with it, during the second half ?
2020/21 NFC Championship ... With Brady now leading the Bucs, the Packers can go for a TD to try to tie the game with a successful two point conversion but on fourth down with 2:06 on the clock, instead of throwing for a TD, they decide to KICK THE FG ... Brady runs out the clock to victory.
Can Brady win the SB for the TB team with skill, luck or playing another Jedi Mind trick on HC Reid and the Chiefs ?
Maybe QB Mahomes can defend his teams championship.