Hey, I'm shocked, I'm bummed, I'm disappointed. After Spygate and everything else that they went through, the Patriots earned the right to go 19-0. But the Giants got it because they earned it.

        But the strongest emotion that I feel right now is this:  I'll miss this Patriot team.

        I'll miss Tom Brady standing in the pocket undaunted, bad ankle and all. I'll miss Wes Welker sneaking underneath and turning a 5-yard pass into a 20-yard gain. I'll miss Ted Bruschi's spirit on and off the field. I'll miss Kevin Faulk always catching the ball on third down and getting the first. I'll miss Rodney Harrison and Junior Seau
and Laurence Maroney. And I'll miss Randy Moss catching the ball in a crowd 50 yards downfield and making you go, "How the &*$#@ did he DO that?"

        I'll miss the team that redefined excellence in its profession once more, even last night, with that drive that resulted in a 14-10 lead and showed a billion viewers what this team can do on the football field.

        Winning the Super Bowl would've been the cherry on the sundae. So what we have here instead is a sundae without a cherry. But it's still a damn good sundae.

 

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