... was to a receiver who spent time this year in jail.

Tom Brady hit a wide-open Wes Welker, who blew by Titans replacement CB Jason McCourty, for a 48-yard pass play in the first quarter. It was the first 40-yard completion by Brady since — drumroll — the 2007 divisional playoff game against the Jaguars, when he hit (ahem) Donte' Stallworth with a long throw down the sideline.

Is this doesn't show you how much the NFL changes, year to year, nothing will.