“Shotgun snap, four man rush, Brady steps up, throws down the right side for Gronk, who makes the catch! To the 20! Gronk to the 10! Gronk to the record book! Touchdown number 69 for Rob Gronkowski!”
That call by WBZ 98.5’s Bob Socci is perfectly emblematic of what the NFL is this season. It is the New England Patriots world, and we are all just living in it. The Patriots without Tom Brady were a force to be reckoned with. The Pats with Brady? There is no reckoning. There are no challengers.
It’s Belichick trading his supposedly best defensive players for a compensatory third round pick, a move which will surely make perfect sense in three or four weeks.