This is pretty much the only preview you need to read for this big game. Here’s an interesting key to the game:
Brady is the best cold-weather quarterback in history (since 1960), with a remarkable 18-2 (.900) career record in games played in snow, ice or below freezing temperatures.
Some other notable cold-weather champions? Green Bay Hall of Famer Bart Starr, hero of the Ice Bowl, was 15-4; Pittsburgh’s legendary big-game gunslinger Terry Bradshaw was 14-4.
Brady’s greatest cold-weather performance came in the 2004 AFC title game at Pittsburgh. It was the coldest game in Heinz Field history (-1 wind chill) and the Steelers possessed the league’s stingiest scoring defense. Brady was near flawless (130.5 rating) as the Patriots won, 41-27.
There were steady winds last week at Foxboro and a wind chill of 15 degrees. Again, Brady (148.9 rating) and the New England offense were virtually flawless, dropping 45 large on a tough Jets defense.