I have continued to like the Patriots though their long run of success, which began with their coach, Bill Belichick, who made Brady his starting quarterback in 2001. Since then the Patriots have been the epitome of success in the National Football League, and the rest of the sporting world. Among all professional sports, the Patriots own the highest winning percentage, ahead of the San Antonio Spurs. Although ruthless machine-like winning is slightly unnatural, it is very easy to dislike the Patriots in some way.

Over the past several years the Patriots have been accused of cheating multiple times, including the infamous Deflategate and Spygate scandals. Although to this day I plead with my friends, who happen to be Jets/Giants fans, that Brady had no involvement. I also try to tell them that Roger Goodell implemented a ploy in order to put the Patriots behind the eight ball but still no dice. In spite of what they think, I will always represent Boston and cheer for their teams.

On top of that, Tom Brady has always played with heart and sheepish grace. He has always been a pleasure to watch in games and he rarely messes up or says the wrong things on or off of the field. On top of that, he has an amazing social media presence and it has been a pleasure watching the TB12 Times after each Patriots game. There has also been one main narrative associated with Brady, and it is totally old school, the all familiar against all odds account. Brady was not a first round blue-chip pick from a high flying school. He had to work his way to where he is at Michigan and on the New England Patriots.

At Michigan, Brady didn’t get the chance to start until his senior year and still his numbers were not superb. Moving into the 1999 NFL Draft Brady was not even projected to be drafted, even by the Patriots. At that time, the Patriots had Drew Bledsoe as quarterback and he had full command of the offense but little did he know, his time would soon come to an end. As a sixth round pick Brady wasn’t projected to be a starter or even come close to throwing 50 touchdowns in the 2008 season. Regardless, over the past decade Brady has achieved excellence on and off of the field.

Brady led the 2011 Patriots, to a Super Bowl berth, with the league’s worst defense. Also, even when the Patriots were obliterated by the Chiefs two years ago, he found a way to bring the team back to greatness and later, a Super Bowl win. Today, now that Brady is back in control of New England’s offense the Patriots are poised for another Super Bowl run. In case you missed it, Tom Brady has already thrown for over 700 yards and six touchdowns over the past two games against the Browns and Bengals. I wouldn’t be surprised if Tom Brady goes off again against the Pittsburgh Steelers, who will be without their superstar quarterback.