Dumbass of the Year nominee: Reggie Nelson

Jaguars safety, Reggie Nelson (#25 in the picture to the right), on Tom Brady's record-setting 26-for-28 performance in the Patriots' defeat of the Jaguars 31-20 yesterday:

"He ain't all that … He's all right," Nelson said.

"It was a check down game," Nelson said, suggesting that most of Brady's completions were short and underneath the pass coverage. "Anybody can go 26-of-28 in a dump-down game."

Appropriate responses prevailed in the Pats locker room.

"What?" Moss said. "It wasn't impressive? When you lose you're going to say things that (are) really inappropriate. You're talking about the MVP, that's Tom Brady. I'm not even going to respond to that."

"It was a little disappointing he missed two," smiled coach Bill Belichick.

Did we mention that Nelson is a rookie? Yeah.

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