New York Jets fans had waited two decades for this season. The moment Mo Lewis popped Drew Bledsoe on the sideline of an early-season game in 2001 was the instant Tom Brady inserted himself into a course that would forever change the NFL.
Jet playoff appearances in 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009 and 2010 may have happened, including two AFC championship game shots, but Brady and the New England Patriots dominated the AFC East to a level that’s never been witnessed.
The 2020 season finally brought a Brady-free Patriots team.