Receiver Matthew Slater said the team tried to rally behind their quarterback during the scandal.
"Certainly that was a motivating factor for us. But it wasn't just for him, it was for the whole football team,A.J. Klein Jersey," he said. "A lot of guys went through a lot this year. Maybe not as highly-publicized as what Tom went through. But a lot of guys went through things.
For his part, Brady seemed to be already focused on 2016.
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"I want to win it every year. I'd love to finish in the last game of the year and win it," Brady said Sunday night. "It's a pretty tough thing to do. Hopefully I have more opportunities for that. This team fought really hard,Artie Burns Jersey, we just came up short."
Brady and the Patriots seized on that momentum and played like a team in a time machine, running off 10 straight victories before Thanksgiving weekend. Brady looked like the early-season MVP during the stretch, throwing for 25 touchdowns and more than 3,Cheap MLB Gear,000 yards.
In the middle, New England at times resembled the same unflappable, tunnel-vision team that earned its fourth Super Bowl title one year ago.
The year began with quarterback Tom Brady tarred, then unchained from a suspension on the heels of cheating allegations in the scandal known as "Deflategate."
But the lasting memories of the 2015 season will likely be its humbling conclusion. One marred by injuries,Cheap Adidas Superstar China, mistakes and questionable decision making that derailed the Patriots' attempt to be the first team to repeat as champions since they did in the 2003 and 2004 seasons.
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"There's a lot to be said for what we were able to accomplish and where we got ourselves this year."
"We did a lot of good things, won a lot of games and came up short in the end. It's bittersweet," Patriots coach Bill Belichick said on Monday, the morning after his team's 20-18 AFC championship game loss to the Denver Broncos.