The Patriots, meanwhile, improved to 11-0 in snow games in Foxborough.
“I was saying, when you see the weather forecast on Thursday, you’re kind of angry,’’ said Brady, who led the Patriots on eight of their nine consecutive scoring drives, connecting with Randy Moss (eight catches, 129 yards) on TDs of 40, 28, and 9 yards and Wes Welker (10 catches, career-high 150 yards) on scoring tosses of 30 and 5 yards.
“Then once the day of the game comes around everyone is excited,’’ Brady said, “because you’re out there and you’re like, ‘This is football. This is how it should be.’ ’’
But who ever would have expected such an offensive avalanche? Who ever would have imagined the Patriots would win the game scoring 59 points, amassing 619 yards total offense, and featuring a 100-yard rusher, a pair of 100-yard receivers, and a 300-yard passer who completed 85.2 percent of his passes (29 of 34)?
“You never go into a game thinking it’s going to be like this,’’ said Patriots coach Bill Belichick, whose team (4-2) rebounded from a 20-17 overtime loss at Denver last weekend by storming to the most convincing win in franchise history. It was one in which the Patriots established nine team records and two NFL records, including most total net yards, most points in a game, half, and quarter (35 in the second).
New England’s defense, which last week was faulted for allowing Denver to score on drives of 90 and 98 yards, held up its end by blanketing the Titans and holding them to 186 yards - including minus-7 yards passing by quarterback Kerry Collins - while forcing five turnovers, three of which resulted in touchdowns that fueled the second-quarter eruption.
“We did a good job of protecting the quarterback, we threw the ball well and caught it, opened some holes, ran well,’’ said Belichick, who must prepare his team for a trip to London to face the winless Buccaneers in Wembley Stadium. “Anytime you turn the ball over that can lead to some points and it did today.’’
