Tom Brady’s Come From Behind Victory Secures New England Patriots Home Field Advantage

Being down by three touchdowns means nothing to the New England Patriots when quarterback Tom Brady is in a game and that point was driven home on Sunday when the team came back from behind to defeat the Buffalo Bills 49-21, securing home field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs.

After throwing for 338 yards in the game Brady finished with the second-most passing yards in NFL hisotry (5,235) slightly less than the Drew Brees record setting season of 5,486. Those two records push Dan Marion’s 1984 season (5,084) yards into third place after 27 years unchallenged.

The win places the New England Patriots at 13-3 on the season after eight straight wins. Come from behind victories have been a regular occurrence for the Patriots lately, they also fell behind 17-0 against the Miami Dolphins at halftime but rallied for the win.

The New England defense has had a hard time keeping their opponents at bay this season, they led the NFL in the number of passing yards allowed (4,727), a new NFL record that took over where the 1995 Atlanta Falcons (4,541 yards) left off.

The teams hopes at home field advantage looked to be fading during the first quarter of play when Tashard Choice took in a 4-yard run which was then followed by Ryan Fitzpatrick’s 18 yard pass to Stevie Johnson and a 15 yarder to C.J. Spiller.

In a bit of drama Johnson was given an unsportsmanlike conduct call after he showed off a t-shirt that read “Happy New Year” at which point he was benched by coach Chan Gailey.

The Bills soared back after BenJarvus Green-Ellis scored a touchdown on a 1-yard run followed by a 39-yard TD pass to Aaron Hernandez.

New England then scored on 41 and 20 yard field goals to place the game at 21-21. Brady then threw a 17-ard scoring pass to Gronkowski while a 2-point conversion to Danny Woodhead helped the team soar into the lead.

After securing their dominance the New England Patriots then scored on a 3-yard touchdown run by Green-Ellis, another 7-yard scoring pass to Gronkowski and a 21-yard interception return by Sterling Moore just 12 seconds after Gronkowski scored.

You may recall that it was the Bills who in Week 3 overcame a 21-0 deficit to defeat the Patriots 34-31, in that game Brady threw four interceptions.

Throwing one more record onto the pile Patriots coach Bill Belichick became the first NFL head coach in history to have 13 regular season wins in five different seasons of play.

Do you think New England will win the Super Bowl this year or does Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers have the momentum needed to two-peat?