Four months later, with another 14-win season in the bag and two home games standing between another trip to the Super Bowl, there’s no doubt Tom Brady’s suspension was the best thing that could’ve happened to the 2016 Patriots.
It brought them together on a level that wouldn’t otherwise exist.
It tested them in ways they wouldn’t have otherwise been tested.It could have sunk them but it made them stronger and provided an opportunity to write a letter like this, in a tone that makes Patriots haters hate the Patriots even more.
So thank you, Roger.
If you’re lucky, maybe Tom will tell you that himself on the podium in Houston.
http://www.boston.com/sports/new-england-patriots/2017/01/03/thank-you-roger-goodell