FOXBORO — The Tom Brady [stats] you almost always see has a long memory for losses. He pores over them, lying awake at night flogging himself for imperfections in games gone by.

“That’s definitely a part of my nature,” Brady said in a November interview with Westwood One radio.

He rehashes everything you can imagine. The Patriots [team stats] quarterback can’t help himself.
“I look at a game like the Super Bowl against the Giants that I wish I’d made more plays in that game,” Brady said then. “They’re tough to handle. The playoff losses are the ones that haunt you the most, because there’s a finality to the football season.”

Where was that Brady yesterday? Where was the player who thought endlessly about a humbling loss to the Jets to end the 2010 campaign, being proven mortal after an MVP season?

Not at Gillette Stadium.

Brady was asked how long it took him to get over seeing Rex Ryan and his hated Jets celebrate in his building?

“I don’t know,” said Brady, stoic. “I don’t remember.”
Are we to believe one of the most painful losses of his career isn’t on his mind?

“I haven’t thought about anything about last year or last week,” Brady said yesterday.

That was the Brady preparing his playoff march. Finished with a 13-3 regular season, finished with helping his team secure a No. 1 AFC seed heading into Saturday’s showdown with the Broncos, finished with a season that saw him throw just two interceptions in his last eight games.

And finished with looking back and lamenting. His eyes looked nowhere but forward.

Brady is 14-5 in the playoffs. The highlights were 10 straight wins and three Super Bowl titles. The lowlights were a crushing Super Bowl loss to the Giants and the losses following the 2009 and 2010 seasons.

Despite his propensity to reflect and take every defeat as a shock to the system, there was no looking back yesterday. Will his experience help or hurt?

“It’s a different team,” Brady said. “It really is. None of those games mean anything. That’s why we’re going to show up and play, because no one really knows the answer to those things. Yeah, experience is great when you win, and when you lose, it means nothing.”
The Patriots [team stats] had a bye last week, giving the team ample opportunity to rest and refocus. They were back at practice, including Brady, who sat out last week to heal his ailing left shoulder. Perhaps the reflection aided his focus and got all of his wallowing out of the way. He’s not alone.

Coach Bill Belichick, who studies everything to gain even a minuscule advantage, brushed off questions about past playoff losses.

“We have five days until Denver,” Belichick said. “That’s what we’re looking toward.”
The Patriots [team stats] had a bye last week, giving the team ample opportunity to rest and refocus. They were back at practice, including Brady, who sat out last week to heal his ailing left shoulder. Perhaps the reflection aided his focus and got all of his wallowing out of the way. He’s not alone.

Coach Bill Belichick, who studies everything to gain even a minuscule advantage, brushed off questions about past playoff losses.

“We have five days until Denver,” Belichick said. “That’s what we’re looking toward.”

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