edzo44

At least somebody else is going to be wearing the freaking "Target" on their back next year. Two years of everybody in the NFL ramping up their efforts and laying their sights on us to knock us off was getting brutal! We played some really tough games as opponents played way over their heads at times trying to knock us off!

I would have preferred to wear the target one more year but since it didn't happen we can look at the one positive of it. Most teams will be aiming at somebody else this time (while we quietly retool, refocus and go back to work again to get the target back!)

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We've had a bunch of practices. We're going out there everyday. They're tired. They're sore. There's a little bit of information overload, but it is pro football. Nobody ever said it was going to be easy."

- - - Bill Belichick

Digger44

This is the most retarded post yet on the positives of losing. Give me a break. There is not a single fan here that would prefer no target over another ring.

desi-patsfan

i wouldnt call it a positive that we have no target on our backs. I would say its more of a byproduct after giving up 5 turnovers in a playoff game and being eliminaited.

chesapeakejet

We'll be happy to wear that target for awhile!

abejarano12

I would have preferred the target, but it just didn't work out this year. We will be wearing that target again.

Fanfrom1960

Back off, the guy is just rationalizing, something we all do after adversity hits.

PATSNUTme

Rationalizing should be based in reality or it should be called irrationalizing.

I think that his premise is irrationalizing.

Fanfrom1960

I never made it to a Braves Field Pats game, but I saw the Boston Braves play there a few times (old fart here). First Pats game for me was at Fenway Park. That was a weird layout for a football game if there ever was one.

Digger44

You back off. The statement is retarded. There is no logic or rational thinking involved. The logic is sheer stupidity. You back off.

DaBruinz

The ONLY "positive" that I see from exiting out of the play-offs when we did is that it gives the Patriots and the staff an extra 3 weeks to recuperate. I honestly hope that Brady and Seymour turn down the Pro-Bowl game and stay home to rest.

One of the biggest things people have said is that they believe that all the extra games that the Pats have played over the last 4 years (11 extra) probably took a toll on the team in terms of health.

Well, here we go. The team has almost an extra month to get their schtick together. We'll see if it makes a difference.