When it's all been said and done.

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Brady's pretty good, but this game was essentially his career in a nutshell. He plays in a spread offense, converts his opportunities into first downs, throws for 150 yards and the Patriots win by 25.

Even though this was a throwback win, these aren't your older brother's Patriots. The current version wins 10 games/year because of Brady, not 13 independent of him.

I think the NFL will remember Brady as the first NFL quarterback to adopt the spread as a full time offensive style. Like his scheme successors (Orton, Rodgers), I think the offense really helped make a superstar out of an already very efficient player.

Ultimately, he's one of the best the game has ever seen. Frankly speaking, a lot of those guys play in this current generation. One of the three or four greatest quarterbacks in the best quarterback era in NFL history? Yeah, I'd say that's a hall of famer.