$10,600,000,000 Worth Robert Kraft Was Shook After Tom Brady Nearly Missed 4th Super Bowl Win Due to Jermaine Kearse Miracle Catch

Robert Kraft and Tom Brady looked like they were on their way to their fourth Super Bowl win before a miracle catch nearly changed everything. The Patriots owner, worth $10.6 billion as per Forbes, couldn’t believe his eyes. Jermaine Kearse had hauled in one of the most improbable catches in Super Bowl history to put the Seattle Seahawks in the red zone in the dying stages of Super Bowl 49, down 28-24. From here, the Seahawks had all the momentum. It really did seem like New England couldn’t catch a break.

Brady and Kraft had been subject to several miracle plays throughout their career. In Super Bowl 42 in 2008, they suffered perhaps the biggest upset in NFL history when the New York Giants beat them 17-14 after the Pats had gone undefeated all year. The defining play? David Tyree’s helmet catch.

Then, in Super Bowl 46, the Patriots were once again upset by the Giants 21-17. Mario Manningham’s tiptoe sideline catch put the Giants in a position to win. Against the Seahawks, it seemed like it was going to happen all over again.

Robert Kraft Was Stunned After Jermaine Kearse Pulled Off an Impossible Catch

The Patriots had to battle for every point against the Seahawks. Seattle was the number one-ranked passing defense, and scoring against them was incredibly difficult.

Down 24-14 in the fourth, Brady entered a different zone. He completed 13 of 15 passes in the fourth quarter, with two touchdowns, and a passer rating of 140.7 to give the Patriots the lead back.

Down 28-24 with not a lot of time left, the Pats stayed hungry on defense. Wilson knew time was running out and heaved it deep for Jermaine Kearse. New England was all over it though.

The ball was batted in the air, but somehow, Kearse juggled it back into his hands before it touched the ground.

As per Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge’s book, Tom Brady and His Battle for Redemption, Robert Kraft said, “Aw, we have no f**king luck.” The Patriots were playing the Seahawks in Glendale, Arizona, the spot of David Tyree’s Helmet Catch, and the ghosts were swirling.

History couldn’t be this cruel, could it? Luckily for Kraft, Brady, and the Pats, Malcolm Butler made the game-winning play with his goalline interception.

Right before the play, Brady knew the Patriots needed something equally as miraculous as Kearse’s catch. “Man, the D’s gotta make a play,” he said to Josh Daniel as per Sherman and Wedge.

The defense did, and Brady won his fourth ring after a decade-long drought. Who knows how history would have been different if Butler hadn’t stepped up to make the play? Brady had played his heart out in the fourth quarter, and to lose on another backbreaking catch would’ve been heartbreaking.

Tom Brady Got His Revenge Against the Falcons

Brady and the Patriots have been on the wrong side of crazy catches too many times. However, in Super Bowl 51, they finally had luck on their side.

Against the Atlanta Falcons, Brady and the Pats went down 28-3 in the third quarter before storming back to make it a one-possession game, 28-20, with a few minutes left in the fourth quarter.

Brady was once more in the zone in the fourth quarter. However, he threw somewhat of an errant pass down the middle of the field. The ball was tipped up, almost intercepted, and then somehow, caught by Julian Edelman just a few centimers off the ground.

Finally, Brady had got one of those throws to go his way.