We can trust in Wade Phillips

Broncos victory over the Patriots

I’ll admit, I was worried. I’m not ignorant to the fact that Bill Belichick and Josh McDaniels are about as smart as they come, even if they are pretentious and evil. And if there’s anybody who could have out-smarted Wade Phillips in an all-or-nothing game, it’s those two guys.

But they didn’t. And that brings me to this point: We can put our trust in Wade Phillips.

Sure, a lot of you will say, “Well, I’ve trusted him the whole time!” and maybe you did. Your gold star will be coming in the mail. But I trusted Peyton Manning and Adam Gase heading into Super Bowl XLVIII, too, and look where that got me.

Even the best get beat.

But after what Phillips accomplished on Sunday, I’ll take him over anybody any day. If Belichick and McDaniels can’t pull one over on the “Son of Bum,” then I don’t expect Mike Shula to, either.