Edition 6 "The Life of a God"

For those of you who were unable to tune in to Monday Night Football last evening, Tom Brady and the Patriots pulled off another miraculous one point victory. In a game that the Bills appeared to have won, Tom Brady ripped the Bills heart out and stole the victory from TO and Trent Edwards. The Patriots came back from a seemingly insurmountable deficit in the last few minutes of the ball game down by 11 with 2 minutes and 6 seconds left.

Now many would say that the Bills returner, Leodis McKelvin, should of just taken a knee in the end zone and let the offense run out the clock. Maybe this is why the Bills had already lost 11 in a row to the Pats going into Monday Night?

But anyways, back to the topic at hand. Brady, who was outperformed for much of the evening by the Bills mediocre QB Trent Edwards, still escaped with a W in his debut coming off of major knee surgery. Being a Cincinnati guy, I want to now take some time to compare the Pats play caller Tom Brady with the Bengals QB Carson Palmer, and explain the life of bliss that Tom Brady has.

Tom Brady was a little known product coming out of high school and something about his game tapes caught the eye of Michigan where he was offered a scholarship. Carson Palmer was an extremely touted prep star who was no secret to any school. In the end he decided to stay in California and attend USC. Brady sat on the bench until his junior year, even spending time as the 7th QB on the depth chart, while Palmer began starting football games midway through his freshman year. Brady was a 6th round draft pick, while Palmer was a highly touted first rounder.

Brady is the winner of 3 Super Bowls and consistently makes the playoffs each and every year while Palmer has made one playoff appearance. In Palmer's lone appearance, he suffered a major knee injury on the first offensive play of the game.

This comparison goes to show you that though Palmer appeared to possess all the gifts of a Brady and more, Brady has lived the blessed career. Brady looks to be ready to go after coming back from a major knee injury. Palmer has still never been even a shell of his former self even 3 years later.

In my eyes the major difference between the two was shown this weekend. Both led key, seemingly game winning drives in the final 2 minutes of their games. The only difference; Brady won, while Palmer lost. Is it really fair to Palmer?

Also, Brady is the face of the league at this time, with all of the money and fame in the world. Not to mention a super model wife. Brady has it all and truly has the life of a god. Palmer, though a fantastic player, has it all except the winning nature. I do not blame Palmer for this, but he is definitely on the short end of the stick.

This comparison shows that maybe it is better to bloom late and not be as sought after of a draft pick. Then you may have a chance to get taken by a franchise committed to winning. Rather than blooming on time or even early as Palmer did, and getting taken very highly in the draft by a franchise that seems to be unable to shake the cloud of losing that resides over it.

In the meantime, Brady and Palmer will each continue to make the big bucks and live the dream of quarterbacking in the NFL. The only difference is, Brady will continue to win ball games and Super Bowls, while with Palmer, he will win some, and lose some.

Brady truly does have "The life of a God."

Tom Brady should of taken a page out of Derek Jeter's book though and held off on marriage..

-Kraze