Next Sunday, the Patriots will either make team history, or reveal that the decision to not play to win the Miami game was the biggest blunder since not handing off to Marshawn Lynch on second down.
Here we go again. Name your subtitles. Brady-Manning XVII. Football Hades, Colorado (thanks, Ron Borges). Thin air in 5,280-foot altitude. Tom Brady is 2-6 in Denver. Peyton Manning will get the same valedictory that his general manager got some 20 years ago, a titanic win over the bane of his career and a victory in the 50th Super Bowl before he is (presumably) borne off to pro football’s Valhalla.