FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — From the six gleaming Lombardi Trophies that welcome you the moment you step off the elevator into the team's business offices, to the New England Patriots Hall of Fame that's just outside the main entrance to the stadium, to the massive banners that hang in the south end zone reminding everyone of those half-dozen Super Bowl wins in just 17 years, The Standard is everywhere at Gillette Stadium.
And on Sunday, the physical embodiment of The Standard, Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr., was on hand to be feted for the memories he provided and the wins he was part of and the miracles it seemed he sometimes conjured up.