A Brady guarantee

When Tom Brady beat the Broncos, 41-23, in Week 15 of the NFL season he did so with ruthless conviction. He didn't hush the critics that were righteously jumping aboard the Tim Tebow bandwagon. He blatantly turned them against himself, he made them into socks puppets that harassed himself as motivation.

So it's no surprise that he told Tebow after the game, "I hope to see you again (in the playoffs)." He wanted Tebow again, he wanted or envied the opportunity. And he got it; again he turned outsiders against him and he went out and made a mockery of the Broncos defense.

Now as the Patriots head to their fourth Super Bowl in the last 11 years their quarterback should practically Joe Namath-guaranteeing a win.

The Patriots and Giants will play the game, but one side will have all the advantages. New York has little to no chance of doing the unthinkable twice against the most accomplished head coach-quarterback combination that ever was apart of football. And it's not due to their lack of, well, anything. They may be the most qualified team in the playoffs to take on the Patriots. They have everything they need, a stout defensive line to put pressure on Brady, a decent secondary, an Eli quarterback and a coach that has experience and knows what it takes.

But they have no chance.

You do not ruin Brady's perfect season, his name forever, furthermore etched in the history of football, in the most dramatic way possible and get away with it. You just don't.

Brady and Belichick will make your wait, answer 'no comment' on what it would mean to win this game seeing as the Giants were the team to take away their last ring, and then come out on February 5th with no remorse. The Patriots won't be ashamed when they waltz to the victory, because in their minds it's the natural order of things.

Backup QBs; 2nd to no one

Backup quarterbacks are a hot commodity. They’re the Italian mixed meatloaf at the linoleum coliseum that is the middle school cafeteria.

Matt Cassell was compensated $62.7 million for his superior clipboard holding skills. Kevin Kolb is getting $63 million, $30 million in guaranteed money. He’s worth more than the Liberty bell, which coincidently has been struck more times than Kolb himself in the vicious game of football.

When a backup falls asleep in a meeting the quarterback coach gentle covers them with a blanket as if not to wake them. Veterans don’t haze backups; they would feel bad for taping these little guys to the goalposts.

So what is the allure of the decoy-play caller? The clipboard concierge? The human-softballing juggs machine? The bench barista? The headset hunk? The stout scout?

They are in constant queue, but are never tall enough to ride the roller coaster.

Everyone loves them. If the team is winning they might as well apply to become the centerpiece in the lost art of male-cheerleading, but if the team is losing then they are Joe Namath with more charisma, a more studious Peyton Manning, throwing a better ball than Tom Brady and like Jay Cutler, only with better hair.

They aren’t the fish you caught; they are the fish you tell your friends you caught.

Second string quarterbacks are necessary, and they are vital to a team’s success. But lets not let them steal the big piece of cake at the metaphorical birthday party; they should be able to blow out the candles first.