Tom Brady, the New England Patriots’ quarterback, was to blame for the loss of the Super Bowl XLVI. Playing almost perfectly was not enough for his team to win the Super Bowl. In the first three quarters, Brady had been amazing, sending 16 straight passes to his teammates and hurling touchdown tosses to Danny Woodhead and Aaron Hernandez. When the last quarter began, Brady became a totally different player.
With four minutes remaining in the last quarter, Wes Welker, New England Patriots’ wide receiver, drops a pass from Brady. Welker was wide open to Brady’s left side, 23 yards down field. Brady’s pass was behind Welker by a few inches and high, but Welker reacted as fast as he could and managed to turn his body around and lay both hands on the ball. Welker’s drop had cost the New England Patriots the game.
If Brady continued with his perfect passes like he had in the first three quarters of the game then the Patriots would be the ones celebrating and jumping with joy right now. Instead, Brady decides to make a pass too weak and a little bit off. “Wes Welker, Aaron Hernandez and Deion Branch all failed to grab passes from Brady at key moments down the stretch,” Matt Conner said in a Kansas City News article. You can not blame these guys for the Patriots’ Super Bowl loss though; it wasn’t their fault. Brady was the one making the terrible passes that was nearly impossible to reach.
Brady himself said, “You win as a team, and you lose as a team,” in a San Francisco Chronicles article. He did not think about the fact that he is to blame for the team’s loss. He completed zero passes in the fourth quarter. Brady injured one of his shoulder during the game, but it was not his throwing arm. He should have still been able to pass perfectly like he was the first few quarters; instead he let his team down.
Brady had let his whole team down. Not just that one time when he was not able to make a perfect pass to Welker, but also the plays afterwards. He had cost his team a Super Bowl win.
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