Patriots wide receiver Chad Ochocinco was worried about Tom Brady, so he went to veterans Wes Welker and Deion Branch to make sure his the quarterback was okay. "I was like, 'Is Tom OK?' You know, he's intense, but this was like a whole new thing, man. They were like, 'It's that time of the year, you just have to understand,'" Ochocinco said. "I've been around a lot of really competitive people and I've had Carson Palmer and Jon Kitna as my quarterbacks. You know that quarterbacks are a little different. They have to act a little different because of the position. But Tom has taken that to a whole different level." With a Saturday night showdown looming against the Broncos in the second round of the playoffs, the 34-year-old Brady and the Patriots are at something of a crossroads. Brady and the Patriots haven't won a playoff game since the AFC championship game of the 2007 season. "Everybody around here knows the standard that's expected: It's up here," Ochocinco said, putting his hand well above his head. "It's all about getting to that point, whatever it takes."