INDIANAPOLIS – He plays offense. He’s won at least two Super Bowls, and he was the MVP the last time the Patriots won the NFL championship.
Know who it is?
“I’d have to say Tom,” New England safety Patrick Chung said Monday. Nope, not Tom Brady.
The same question seemed to stump running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis for a few seconds, too. Then he said it’s really not important who got the honor in a game where the biggest reward is the Vince Lombardi Trophy that goes to the NFL champion.
“To me, MVPs don’t matter,” he said. “The only thing that really matters is us going out there and performing well.”
And it doesn’t matter to Deion Branch, either. He was the Super Bowl MVP when the Patriots beat the Eagles 24-21 seven years ago for their third championship in four years. He’s been overlooked a bit this season, with Wes Welker, Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez grabbing most of Brady’s passes and the headlines.
“That’s cool,” said Branch, who has that MVP trophy stored safely in a glass case at his home. “I just do my job. I can’t worry about who’s controlling it and who’s saying A, B, C, D. I just do my
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