| Reviewer: Danny
S.'12
As
most people know, the 2005 Super Bowl, (Super Bowl XXXIX)
was won by the New England Patriots 24-21 against the Philadelphia
Eagles. This championship marks the third time in four years
that New England won the Super Bowl, making the word “dynasty”
come to mind. But before these three titles, the Patriots,
or Pats, only made it to two Super Bowls and never won. The
Pats were heavily favored against the Eagles, were barely
the favorite in 2004, and in their first Super Bowl title,
they overcame Vegas’s line of them being a ten point
underdog! And the book, The Impossible Team by Nick
Cafardo, is all about the “miracle” of ’01,
starring an improbable second string Quarterback, a legend
falling, a mad scientist coach, and a team fighting for respect.
No one thought
the New England Patriots would even make the ’01 playoffs,
let alone the Super Bowl. Even Nick Cafardo, author of Impossible
Team didn’t think so. And when star Quarterback
Drew Bledsoe nearly died on a tackle, and would be out for
the rest of the year, pats fans were getting ready for the
draft in April. But, to their credit who would have guessed
that a 6th round draft pick (out of 7 rounds) from Michigan
named Tom Brady lead a team that was 5-11 the year before
to the Super Bowl? And two coaches by the names of Bill Belichick
and Charlie Weis thought of so many ways to trick opponents,
the Pats were scoring TDs during timeouts (Metaphor)J J! But
although all of these people’s efforts, the season and
the Super Bowl came down to kicker Adam Vinatieri. With 2
seconds left in the Super Bowl, the score tied, the kick goes
up AND IT’S… GOOOOOOOD!!!!!! PATS ARE CHAMPS!!!!
I know that you’re
all probably Eagles fans, but this book is for any Football
Fanatic, and I bought my copy at the dollar store, Dollar
Tree©, for $1.00. This feat was nearly impossible, and
if you don’t believe it, read Impossible Team by
Nick Cafardo.
I’m going
to leave you hanging here. Here are some definitions of key
words:
Super Bowl: Football
Championship
Dynasty: Someone or something that dominates for a long amount
of time.
Drew Bledsoe: 1st pick overall pick in 1992 NFL Draft out
of Washington U. Led patriots to ’96 Super Bowl, but
lost, and when injured in 2001 was a mentor to Tom Brady.
Tom Brady: 120th pick of the 2000 NFL Draft. Beat out Damon
Huard for back-up QB job and eventually won the starting job.
Was drafted by baseball’s Expos (Now WA Nationals),
but decided to play football at U of Michigan.
Bill Belichick- head coach of Patriots and former defensive
coordinator for the Pats and Jets. Worked under legendary
Bill Parcels and his dad was head football coach at Army.
Charlie Weis- Defensive Coordinator for the New England Patriots.
Adam Vinatieri: has had game winning kick in two of the Pats
three championships. Led NFL in Field Goals Attempted, Made,
and Field Goal % in ‘04-‘05. Through a TD on a
trick play vs. the St. Louis Rams in ‘04-‘05.
Boston Globe- Boston’s local Newspaper.
Spring 2005 |
