Why Fans Should Prepare for Media Onslaught of Tom Brady, Patriots Love

In this seasons's AFC Championship game, the New England Patriots are hosting the Baltimore Ravens in a postseason rematch of the 2009-10 Wild Card Round.

There, the Ravens blasted the Patriots 33-14 and dominated Tom Brady from the start with a vast array of blitzes as well as a ground game that slammed New England's front seven.

This time around however, expect New England to use that game as motivation and come away with the victory. For one, Baltimore's offense isn't nearly as explosive and Bill Belichick's defense has a much better pass rush than given credit for.

In short, Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco will be pressured all game long while the Ravens don't really have an answer in stopping Rob Gronkowski. That being said, with another shot at the Super Bowl on the line, fans need to prepare for the media stampede of Tom Brady and Patriots coverage.

Tom Brady

A fourth Super Bowl title would put Brady in an elite category with Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw. Both are the only two quarterbacks with four Super Bowl championships and combine for five Super Bowl MVP awards.

Being that Brady already has three rings and has played in a fourth Super Bowl but lost, a fifth championship game would also tie him with John Elway for most played by a quarterback.

Early in his career, Elway had played in three Super Bowls but lost all of them. Then, to close out his illustrious Hall of Fame career, Elway won Super Bowls XXXII and XXXIII after the 1997 and '98 seasons.

So for Brady alone, there's a lot of new pedestals he can reach among current Hall of Fame quarterbacks as well as how far ahead he can place himself in comparison to anyone of his era. For as great as Peyton Manning was, there's no comparing him with Brady's accomplishments.

Bill Belichick

As for the head coach Bill Belichick, he would solidify himself along with Bill Walsh, Chuck Noll, Tom Landry and Vince Lombardi as arguably the greatest coach of all time.

Already surpassing his mentor Bill Parcell, Belichick has a total of five Super Bowl rings (three as a head coach) and coached on the losing end of two more Super Bowls. Add an eighth Super Bowl appearance and a fourth ring as a head coach and Belichick joins Chuck Noll as the only head coaches with that many championships.

Much like we've already seen with Montana and Walsh and Bradshaw and Noll, Brady and Belichick are the only other quarterback-head coach duo deserving of such a prestigious group.

And the 2011-12 NFL season will immediately prove that with another Super Bowl victory.

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