FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Kony Ealy only looks back long enough to know what to do going forward.
Sure, he watched on Thursday night. But he didn’t harbor any illusions of what could have been. He wasn’t tormented by how the Patriots could have used his defense in their loss to the Chiefs. Images of sacking Alex Smith did not dance in his head.
Despite leaving the team that many project to be repeat winners of the Super Bowl, Ealy, who was waived in late August, doesn’t focus on the five short months he spent with the Patriots or the bitter end to his time with the Panthers.