Love Them, Hate Them, Brady and Patriots Get It Done

The New England Patriots are bound for yet another Super Bowl after Tom Brady engineered a short field drive late in the 4th quarter to come back to win the AFC Championship game 24-20 over the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Patriots, who trailed for well over three quarters, received two TD catches from Danny Amendola in the fourth to seal the comeback win.
It was Brady, with ten stitches in his throwing hand, who played into yet another chapter of his career greatness, who solidified yet another win in what was a second drama filled season, with rumors of discontent in the organization, and the future of the club hanging in the balance.
Brady was an executioner in the final quarter, who could not miss on play after play. The Patriots had 150 yards of total offense in the final quarter, mostly passing. The Patriots had 40 pass plays to just 11 run plays called when they scored the final time.
Brady may be 40 years old, and may be closer to the end of his career than he realizes, but when it mattered, he flipped yet another switch, threw the team onto his shoulders, and went after burn to make another trip to the title game happen.
Of course, the defense had something to say as well. Jacksonville was hardly stellar offensively, and their league leading rushing attack had a hard time getting traction most of the game. That said, they made plays when they had to early on, and it was enough to hang onto a solid 17-3 lead at one point. They only scored a single field goal after that point, and New England made rock solid adjustments on both sides of the football, when Jacksonville seemed to stay the course without making changes at all. That killed the Jaguars and coach Doug Marrone in the end. The Patriots became more aggressive coming after Blake Bortles, and they closed any kind of rushing lanes up the middle, forcing Bortles to play into hero mode to try and get the win. It did not work out.
It's a simple fact until it is not, when the Patriots flip the switch, nobody gets it done like they do, and today was no exception.