Tommy Two-picks and the Missing Mojo

       Remember in Space Jam when the tiny evil aliens steal the mojo from Charles Barkley, and Mugsy, and Sean Bradley, and Tom Brady and it turns them into talentless nobody's? Yeah I don't remember Tom Brady being in Space Jam either. After Monday Night I may need to netflix it just to be sure.
       He looks like Tom....wearing Tom's trademark 12. But that's no Tom Brady. Tom Brady makes decisions in micro seconds, good decisions. Tom Brady makes everyone around him better. Tom Brady goes months without being picked off. Tom Brady would rather be sacked than picked off. Tom Brady doesn't know how to lose. That guy last night was no Tom Brady, he just looks like him. That guy he just some wannabe. Be gone wannabe!
       I'ts easy to rationalize individual performance in football. Easy to reason that a player is not completely responsible for his play. Its easy to believe in what is known...to a point. Late in the 4th quarter finally we got to see what a quarterback is supposed to look like. Jimmy Garrapolo is NOT great. To be clear I am not elevating him even to good enough to start in the NFL. This is isn't about him. He was the patriots throwing the white towel and the defense let up on him, sure, he wasn't special he just played well. 6/7 70 yards and a TD. Respectable line, but I told you this isn't about Jimmy. Tom Brady has lines that look like; 28/31 415 yards 4 TDs.... Yet Jimmy's line is better than any 7 throw sequence Brady has had all year.
      This is about #12. One quarter of the year gone and not one drive of typical Tom Brady. The guy wearing 12 is broken. Two drives of a productive, efficient, one step ahead of the D rookie backup made it all too clear. Tom Brady reacts to nobody, defenses must react to Tom Brady. That guy out there tonight, he's no Tom Brady...

I hope we find him soon, wherever he is, and I hope he hasn't run out of Michael's Special Stuff.