"My husband can not -- throw the ball and catch the ball at the
same time. I can't believe they dropped the ball so many times." These were
Tom Brady's wife, Gisele Bundchen's words to the media in the locker room
after the Patriots' loss to the Giants in the super bowl. In my opinion,
she made a very valuable point that explained how her husband was not the
only person to blame for the loss. Along with most fans, I had anticipated
the Patriots winning by a large point margin. Disappointingly, the Giants
pulled away with a very close win. They had the more volatile offense that
could not be stopped by the Patriots' lackluster defense. In the days
following the game, sports fanatics have started to blame Tom Brady, the
Patriots' quarterback, for the loss. Realistically, this game was not his
I feel that the argument about Brady being blamed for the Patriots'
loss is very inconsistent with what actually happened during the game.
Brady played very well, and started the game setting a Super Bowl record
for most completed passes in a row; he was doing all he could to get the
ball into the hands of his receivers. Bundchen's comments after the game
may have seemed unnecessary and vulgar, but she put what happened into
prospective. Her comments refer to how Brady was throwing the ball, but
his receivers were just dropping the catches; they had butter fingers. The
last four dropped catches of the game were right on target to the
receivers. I have a strong feeling that if those catches were caught, the
victory would've been in the hands of the Patriots'. Along with the
receivers, I watched how the offensive line was in capable of protecting
Brady from the blitz. During the very first play of the game, Brady got
called for a safety, clearly because his offensive line could not protect
him. He had no alternative, but to get rid of the ball in a hurry. The
receivers and offensive line were jus...