Patriots fans must be fuming watching Tom Brady dominate en route to playoffs

Tom Brady is dominating right now and it’s hard for Patriots fans to watch.

The New England Patriots will miss the playoffs for the first time since 2008. They’re in danger of recording a losing record for the first time since 2000. They have no answer at quarterback and the identity of the team is largely lost, though we’ll see if those narratives continue in 2021.

What’s even worse? Tom Brady is absolutely shredding defenses with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and will be heading to the postseason (though it will be his first time as a Wild Card participant in 21 seasons). We know, this has been revisited a number of times this year, but it’s all about how you finish. Patriots fans will tell you that over and over again.

Brady is surging ahead with the Bucs at the perfect time. Tampa has put up 24 points or more in five straight games and will finish the year against the lowly Falcons. If not for bad coaching and a shaky defense, who knows where this team would be, because Brady has been, yet again, among the best in the NFL.

Though we don’t have a definitive answer on the Bill Belichick side of things, it’s clear Brady doesn’t need the legendary head coach to succeed, which everyone thought might’ve been the case especially after the quarterback’s lackluster 2019 performance.

But all it took was for Brady to get himself a few weapons to unlock his former gunslinging self, which has to have Patriots fans frustrated. New England really could’ve have created some cap space to add 1-2 more playmakers for the six-time champion?

Maybe 2020 wouldn’t have been the year for the Patriots if they were able to do that when you consider all the opt outs and struggles with the pandemic, but this team’s outlook for 2021 would have been as good as any with all of their key players returning plus any advantageous signings/trades.

Instead, everyone in Boston who was laughing about Brady being “washed up” after the Bucs endured a really rough stretch just over a month ago now has to listen to Colin Cowherd saying stuff like this:

Brady also achieved a career milestone on Saturday, logging his 300th career NFL game, which is just two shy of Brett Favre’s record for a quarterback (302). Patriots fans, it’s time to admit this is all infuriating and you wish you could’ve seen Brady shatter that mark as a member of the organization.

There will be a whole lot more of this chatter when the Bucs are in the playoffs, so either brace for it or put the television/Twitter account on mute.

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