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With three Lombardi Trophies in the 2000s, the New England Patriots have staked a claim as the NFL's team of the decade. A fourth Super Bowl and 12 more regular-season victories in 2009 would allow the Patriots to stake their claim as the team for all decades.
New England joined the 1972 Miami Dolphins as the only teams in NFL history to play a perfect regular season, posting a 16-0 mark in 2007. The Patriots also matched the feat of the 1990s Cowboys by winning three Super Bowls in a span of four years (2001-04).
Another Super Bowl in 2009 would allow the Patriots to match the 1970s Steelers and 1980s 49ers with four Lombardi Trophies in a decade. A 12-victory regular season would give New England 114 wins in the decade, breaking the NFL mark of 113 set by the San Francisco 49ers in the 1990s.
With Tom Brady on the field, the Patriots have won 23 of their last 25 games. It's a credit to the coaching of Bill Belichick that New England won 11 games last season without Brady. New England simply has the best coach and best quarterback in the game. The Patriots also have the game's most prolific tandem of wideouts in Pro Bowlers Randy Moss and Wes Welker. New England has fielded a top-10 defense each of the last three years and has the deepest roster in the NFL.
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Of course, the next game is the most important one, and we're just focused on beating the Bills, and so forth.
But that's really cool. 12 wins, huh? That's certainly achievable. A Super Bowl title is really required to make the full claim. Big stakes this season.
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I love Gosselin and think that he really knows his stuff, but ... Texans above Cowboys? Raiders above Lions, Bucs, Broncs, Rams, Chiefs? Well, maybe, maybe.
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They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Well, Pats fans should be invincible by now. [Fitzy, 16 November 2009]
I'm moving back to the Dallas area later this year and not really looking forward to being surrounded by Cowboys fans, but am looking forward to getting the Dallas newspaper and seeing Gosselin's column.
I love the rhetoric.. but Pittsburgh at #4 that will certainly spur some discussion..
I was thinking the same thing; I don't see how the Steelers are not ranked either #1 or #2 - unless it is, as you said, done to spur debate, comments and web hits.
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the ppl the Steelers lost on offense are important...this makes 3 starting OL gone in 2 yrs....that O line could have serius problems, also the comments he makes help to justify it...
just cuz they wont the SB doesnt mean they should be ranked either 1 or 2 for NEXT season....
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the ppl the Steelers lost on offense are important...this makes 3 starting OL gone in 2 yrs....that O line could have serius problems, also the comments he makes help to justify it...
just cuz they wont the SB doesnt mean they should be ranked either 1 or 2 for NEXT season....
I slightly disagree. I'll fully admit that what happened in a previous season is not always a true predictor of what will happen in an upcoming campaign. However, I believe still that going by what happened the previous season is a better indicator than off-season acquisitions and other personnel or front office moves. The Steelers won it all and, as such, I feel they should be number 1 on everyone's OFF-SEASON rankings and their reign atop the rankings should only change once the season starts and we have a chance to see them play. That doesn't make them the best team by any stretch. I think it just says that since they were the last team to stand atop the league as champions, they should remain there until they lose.
I slightly disagree. I'll fully admit that what happened in a previous season is not always a true predictor of what will happen in an upcoming campaign. However, I believe still that going by what happened the previous season is a better indicator than off-season acquisitions and other personnel or front office moves. The Steelers won it all and, as such, I feel they should be number 1 on everyone's OFF-SEASON rankings and their reign atop the rankings should only change once the season starts and we have a chance to see them play. That doesn't make them the best team by any stretch. I think it just says that since they were the last team to stand atop the league as champions, they should remain there until they lose.
So the Cards should be ranked ahead of the Pats too?
I slightly disagree. I'll fully admit that what happened in a previous season is not always a true predictor of what will happen in an upcoming campaign. However, I believe still that going by what happened the previous season is a better indicator than off-season acquisitions and other personnel or front office moves. The Steelers won it all and, as such, I feel they should be number 1 on everyone's OFF-SEASON rankings and their reign atop the rankings should only change once the season starts and we have a chance to see them play. That doesn't make them the best team by any stretch. I think it just says that since they were the last team to stand atop the league as champions, they should remain there until they lose.
Again, your Steelers at No.1 is a ranking based on respect for what a team did last year and for a team that does not currently exist in the composition in which it won the SB last year - So that is not fact based, it's emotion.
IF you are going to give the Steelers the No.1 Ranking - You will also HAVE to give the Patriots a ranking behind ALL the other play off teams from last year. Then you would be consistent in your approach to the 2009 team rankings.
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