TFB

I almost never blog about football. Initially, I had a second half of a sentence planned, but had no idea what I wanted it to be, so it's just that one sentence. Anyway, the Patriots' magic number is 1, given that we swept the Jets and hold the head-to-head tiebreaker over them, and the Pats are finding ways to win and keep pace with the rest of the division leaders, currently sitting at 10-3. The lone division leader without a 10-3 record is the Denver Broncos, sitting atop the AFC West at 8-5 after another weekly miracle by Tim Tebow. New England will travel to Denver to face the red-hot Broncos, who are 7-1 since instating Tebow under center. (Editor's Note: Is "instating" even a word? I know "reinstating" is, but I never hear "instating" used...) Now sure, Tebow's good. But that's a very loose definition of good. Yeah, the dude's 7-1, but he's completing less than half his passes and barely has over 100 yards passing per game. But come on...the dude's 7-1. He's second in the league in game winning drives (4) and tied for first in comebacks (4). So we know the guy can win. Here's the thing though - we already knew the guy could win. He won two national championships at Florida. and the SEC Championship in the two years he didn't win the BCS title game.

But you know who else can win? TFB. The guy who's on pace for seven million passing yards this year, has completed over 60% of his passes every year he's been a starter, won his first 10 playoff games, and is 120-35 as a starter. Look at the quarterbacks Tebow's gone up against since Week 7 - Matt Moore (Dolphins), Matthew Stafford (Lions (and Tebow's lone loss this season)), Carson Palmer (Raiders), Matt Cassel/Tyler Palko (Chiefs), Mark Sanchez (Jets), Philip Rivers (Chargers), Christian Ponder (Vikings), and Caleb Hanie (Bears). None of these quarterbacks are near the same level as Tom Brady. And none of these teams are as good as the Patriots (despite the fact that our defense may or may not play with 9 men on the field at all times). Besides, we have Miami and Buffalo at home to close out the season - we will win at least 2 of these final 3 games, if not all of them, putting us in place for at least a wild-card-round home game, if not a first-round bye, and potentially home field throughout. The offense is putting enough points to salvage the lackluster defensive outputs each week, no one beats us at home (except the Giants (why can't we beat the Giants? #cursed)), and TFB. That's it. TFB. Basically, here is what the Patriots should be thinking before every game.

"Does the other team have Tom Brady? No. Do we have Tom Brady? Yes. Alright cool we're gonna win this game because we have TFB." We got this. I ain't afraid of no Tebow.