SIX Things to Watch For: Texans-Patriots

Photo by Stan Grossfeld/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesThe New England Patriots spent 20 years with Tom Brady as their primary starting quarterback. During that time the Patriots went 291-64, won 17 division championships, 9 conference championships, and 6 Super Bowls. They transformed their team from a brutal defense with him as a game manager, to a frenetic quick passing attack, to a vertical high riser, to a dual tight end monstrosity, and then back to a quick passing attack, until the break up happened. Bill Belichick had a bare cupboard for a Brady led offense, and Brady turned Tampa Bay into Tompa Bay, ordained with flowers and Hawaiian t-shirts, riding off into a Panama tequila sunsent. Nothing ever stays the same, but the hard part is admitting when it’s gone forever.

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