So many moments to choose from as you point out. I think the one that sticks out most at the top is the Jets Week 1 game, and the bomb to Moss. We hadn’t seen Brady and Moss yet and there were plenty of people wondering how long they’d need to get in sync. Well the answer came immediately. And then immediately after the game came the start of Spygate and really the Patriots have never been seen the same way since.
Most seasons there are a couple games that stick out while the rest kind of become a blur, but I can recall just about every game of 2007. Embarrassing the Redskins, the Browns sticking a bit closer than anyone thought (and that was the game the Giants looked to for defensive insight how to stop NE). I sat in the last row of Gillette against the Steelers and saw the Brady-Moss-Brady-Gaffney play coming from a mile away, literally.
There was also a banner being flown around calling for asterisks before the game, and that was the inspiration for my first ever blog post.
The Ravens game was the one they should’ve lost but some how pulled it out due to the Ravens imploding. Sometimes I wonder if that had been an L if the Pats would’ve been more likely to win the Super Bowl.
We had a big party for the 16-0 game and when you think about it, that might be the only meaningful 16th game of a season for Brady since 2002. Then the next morning my wife and I found out we were pregnant, which probably wouldn’t have happened if I hadn’t gone to Boston to see the Steelers game (it’s complicated).
So yeah, just a crazy memorable on a number of levels and as much as the end was the most devastating end of a season imaginable (because you know the Pats were under two minutes from 19-0 and being the indisputable best team of all time) they’ll never take away what a thrill ride those five months leading up to the Super Bowl were.