A couple of interesting Patriots nuggets from Peter King's "Football Morning in America" column:
—Brady vs. Rodgers was Mick Jagger vs. John Lennon?
“We’re not the type of team that buys into hype,” one Patriots veteran told King. And so we didn’t really take the Aaron Rodgers versus Tom Brady thing too seriously. But as the week went on, and the game began to grow, I have to admit we felt it. We started to realize: This is the Rolling Stones and the Beatles meeting. Mick Jagger and John Lennon. It’s not gonna happen again, ever. It’s happening this week, and it’s kind of fun.”
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Of course, that leaves the burning question, is Brady Lennon and Rodgers Jagger, or vice versa?
And don’t be too sure about it not happening ever again. Brady tells King he’ll be around for the 2022 Brady-Rodgers rematch at Lambeau Field.
—Speaking of odd Tom Brady comparisons, Robert Kraft said there’s one other guy who’s accomplishing more at advanced age than TB12…Rupert Murdoch.
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“There are two people I know accomplishing far more than people their age would normally accomplish. [News Corp. CEO] Rupert Murdoch—he’s a guy going on 88, and he’s still making brilliant business deals. I know guys 10 years younger than me who are just hanging on till retirement. And there’s Tommy, who’s still playing great football at 41, and he’s going to keep going. Forty-one, and three Super Bowls in the last four years, and he’s still going.
“What these two men have accomplished, it’s just sick. They defy the normal rules of business, the normal rules of life.”
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