Well if there was a headline to sum up the Pats postseason as a whole it would be about the defense, not Brady.
Chiefs : 0 first half points
Rams: completely shit on
Brady didnt play awful by any means, but it was the defense that carried them in the postseason.
Chargers vs. New England. (28 -> 41)
Tom Brady: 34/44 c/at 343 yds 7.8 avg 1 TD 0 INT TIME OF POSSESSION:
38:20
-Team Rushing: 34 carries 155 yds 4.6 avg 4 TD
P. Rivers: 25/51 c/at 331 yds 6.5 avg 3 TD 1 INT TIME OF POSSESSION: 21:40
-Team Rushing: 10 carries 19 yds 1.9 avg 1 TD
KC Chiefs vs. New England. (31 -> 37) TIME OF POSSESSION:
43:59
Tom Brady: 30/46 c/at 348 yds 7.6 avg 1 TD 2 INT
-Team Rushing: 48 carries 176 yds 3.7 avg 4 TD
P. Mahomes: 16/31 c/at 295 yds 9.5 avg 3 TD 0 INT TIME OF POSSESSION: 20:53
-Team Rushing: 12 carries 41 yds 3.4 avg 1 TD
I mean, the stats clearly show the Pats D played well, but they also show Brady playing well and it also shows them dominating time of possession. +17m during the Chargers game and a whopping +23m during the KC game. The Pats D during the second half of the KC game? Couldn't stop a single thing and gave up ALL 31KC points. Brady had to go down the field twice just to go ahead/tie the game, including OT where he had a masterful performance including 3 consecutive 3rd and 10s to win the game. Brady and the O shit all over the Chargers because the Chargers ran a Zone D and the Pats D were decent in the first half during the KC game and was so non existent in the second half that it was a literal shootout where whoever had the ball WAS going to score. That's it. I have no idea how anyone can look at the stats and watch the games and come to the conclusion that the Pats D carried the Pats past the Chargers and the Chiefs when Brady ended the Chargers before the half and NE's D was nonexistent for half of KCs game.
The actual SB, though? Yeah, New England AND Rams showed up to play D and both played out of their minds, while both Brady and Goff had offensive games that both are not particularly proud of.
