Steph Gilmore was just the seventh player of the Belichick-Brady Era Pats to land a Super Bowl ring, a first-team All-Pro nod & a Pro Bowl nomination all in the same year.
(The other six? Ty Law, Richard Seymour, Adam Vinatieri, Rob Gronkowski, Darrelle Revis & Matthew Slater.)
The Patriots are the first team in NFL history to beat three top-5 total defenses in the playoffs.
• Los Angeles Chargers (#5)
• Houston Texans (#1)
• Denver Broncos (#2)
Tough day for the “schedule” narrative…
I want to make it very clear that the entire Patriots organization including me are not eating the rat poison. I fully expect Sunday vs Denver to be a war. It always is in Denver. The Broncos won a Super Bowl with Peyton Manning who couldn’t throw a ball more than 5 yards.