FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady had described Sunday’s regular-season finale as a playoff game, and then he went out and turned in one of his trademark postseason-type performances.
That’s good news for the Patriots, as their 38-3 victory over the New York Jets clinched a first-round bye.
The bye was why Brady called Sunday’s game a playoff game. His point was that if the Patriots won, it essentially meant that they won on wild-card weekend by not having to play a game.