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This question isn't meant in a hostile way, I'm really just curious. I've seen folks here periodically mention that they don't care about/don't feel that a perfect season really matters, etc. My question is: why does a Super Bowl matter then? I mean, if you think about it, none of this stuff really "matters," right? Plenty of people don't follow sports at all.

For those of us that do, though, something like your team winning Super Bowl is kind of a big deal. You feel joy, vindication...."your" team won something permanent, and lasting. But if that matters, doesn't something as amazing and historic as a perfect season matter too? Or really, matter more? SOME team HAS to win the championship every year, in every sport. It has to happen. No team has to be perfect, of course. In fact, some thought it might never happen again--and it still hasn't happened. But if it does, that's a big deal.

So to those who don't care--what's the distinction you're drawing? Note that I'm not asking this to those who say the pursuit of the perfect season might harm the Pats' chances of winning it all. If they don't win it all, by definition they won't be perfect. The question is directed to those who just don't think a perfect season matters: why not?

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Not necessarily. Labor disputes, lockouts and wars have prevented teams from winning championships every year the League is in existence.

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xmarkd400x

I think I would fit the profile of who you are asking. I view the Super Bowl as paramount, and a 16-0 season as ancillary.

Here's the thing. I do care about a perfect season. I also realize that the quest to go undefeated could derail the team's Super Bowl chances. This could be done by playing a player they would otherwise rest (Ben Watson, ankle, perhaps). HFA is locked up. The Patriots need to do whatever gives them the best chance to win in January/February. If a 16-0 season happens to come, if records come, if the "best of all time" discussion comes, great. Don't forget how excited you were to watch an 11-5 team win the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is paramount.

BionicPatriot

I'll say this.

I want an undefeated season. Badly. If that happens, this Patriot team will never ever ever be forgotten. This franchise will be freaking immortalized from here on out no matter how bad they suck. Because look at the Dolphins, we always hear about the 72' Fins. Well this Pats team I bet would get even more hype. So that would just be a lot of fun.

On the other hand, think about it. You'd really be proud if we went 16-1? I wouldn't. I don't give a rats ass if they go undefeated. If they don't win the superbowl it was all a waste. The super bowl is everything. It's what makes history, it's what gives you bragging right. It's the big papa of them all. A super bowl is critical. To put it simply. I wont be as happy if we were 18-1 hosting the trophy as I would be if it was 19-0, but at the end of the day, you just won the freaking superbowl. The super bowl is the promised land, going undefeated as well is simply the honey moon.

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Keegs

16-0 is worthless if the pats don't win the superbowl.

It immediately goes from a great achievement to a huge embarrassment. that is why

I don't understand how people don't get this. The superbowl win means everything, everything else is less important.

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richpats

A better question for those who care more about the SB than 19-0:

If the Pats do go 19-0, will you buy a shirt to celebrate the feat?

richpats

So if the Pats are 15-0 after this week, do they go for 16-0 at the Meadowlands?

BelizePats

Here's my take. The Superbowl is the pinnacle of the sport and its a long and difficult journey just to get there, yet alone win it. You needs some breaks along the way and the team has to be incredibly focused on that one goal. And, during a season, there are many many distractions that that can shift focus away from that ultimate goal. To me, the perfect season is one of those things that can act as a distraction.
I could care less about the perfect season. The only benefit to it as that it shuts up all those idtiot players from Miami who constantly get refered to by the media jerks as the last undefeated teams lose each season. I hate Miami, hate Dan Marino, hate Don Shula and all the wankers from that 72 team that has been jammed down my throat for the last 30 years as the berometer for "greatness". Screw them!!!!
Home field advantage throughout the playoffs has been achieved so I'll leave it in the capable hands of BB as to how he handles the last two games.
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I want to jump in here because I think the question is being misunderstood. (My bad, I'm sure, for not being clear.) By "perfect season" I'm referring to 19-0, not 16-0. That's why I said I'm not directing the question to those who are afraid the pressure of a perfect season might harm the Patriots' Super Bowl chances--because if they lose, both things are lost.

What I'm asking--what I've seen on this board more than once--is directed at those who have said they just don't think a perfect season really matters. I'm wondering how those people can think that, or why.

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Super Bowl - Perfect Season >>>>>>>>> Perfect Season - Super Bowl

There's really not much more to say than that. You wanna see someone dance around Foxboro? The Chargers...Colts...Steelers? No way bud.

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