Kirk Cousins delivered when the Vikings needed him most, plus what’s in store for Tom Brady this off-season? GeoffALowe’s Wild Card Weekend takeaways:
The key to beating the Titans was clear as day: stop Derrick Henry. Bill Belichick and the Patriots knew they had to successfully defend the six-foot-three sledgehammer, but King Henry was too much for the league’s best defence on his 26th birthday.
Henry racked up 182 yards on Saturday night, the most ever by a single player against the Patriots in a playoff game since Belichick took over. The league’s leading rusher this season, Henry endured a couple of inconsistent campaigns early in his NFL career but he’s officially arrived andWildest stat from Titans-Patriots: Titan wide receivers combined for two catches for 10 yards. And Derrick Henry was so unstoppable the Titans still won.The end of the Patriots season likely means the most speculation surrounding the future of Tom Brady that we’ve seen yet.
While 2019 was a bad statistical year for Brady, there’s no doubting the future Hall of Famer’s football IQ and we saw in glimpses on Saturday night, and in games throughout the season, that he still has the physical traits to get it done at the highest level. If Brady is in a situation in 2020 – whether in New England or elsewhere – where he’s surrounded by better weapons than this season, Brady could find even more success.
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