Tom Brady owns seven Super Bowl rings and is one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history, but his upset victory over the Patriots in Super Bowl 42 still haunts the former NFL QB. The 2007 Giants will sleep better knowing this.
The Pats were looking to make history with their perfect regular season, the first since the Miami Dolphins in 1972, going 19-0 against the backdrop of the Spygate controversy.
Instead of the Patriots making history, the Giants pulled off what is considered the greatest upset in the history of North American professional sports.
Brady recalled the loss as the toughest Super Bowl loss of his career.Apple+ documentary series “The Dynasty: New England Patriots.”
“We were devastated,” Brady said on the series’ latest episode. “I was devastated. My teammates and coaches were devastated. It was a history-making game for us. That should have been all there was to it, but when I got to the bus in Arizona, I heard nothing. I remember there was no sleep. It was pitch black and we were just as devastated as you. There was no sleep.
“I couldn’t sleep for a long time.”
Kraft Group President Jonathan Kraft described a depressing scene inside the Patriots’ locker room during the episode.
“I’m seeing guys throwing up and crying on the floor. I’ve never seen anything like that,” Craft said.
Super Bowl XLII is considered one of the greatest Super Bowl games in history, and when David Tyree made a miraculous helmet catch late in the game, it was one of the most incredible catches in recent memory. recorded.
This catch helped set up the final pass in the second half of the drive.
“I was like, “I was like an asshole. How did you do that?” a furious Brady said of the catch. “That play, I was watching it the other day, when that ball goes up, there’s like five guys there to intercept the ball. It’s a million to one.”
Apple+ releases new episodes of the 10-episode series every Friday.
