One of the pivotal plays of the New England Patriots’ win in Super Bowl 49 against the Seattle Seahawks was never actually run in a practice session leading up to the game. Instead, the team installed it the night before the game by running it in a walkthrough setting at the team hotel’s ballroom. The play in question? No other than the game-winning touchdown pass from Tom Brady to wide receiver Julian Edelman.
Four year later, it looks like a similar scenario happened again. “We just put in eight new plays in the game plan this morning,” Brady told NBC’s Peter King after the Patriots’ thrilling 37-31 win over the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game.