It's official: Pats have a BYE (fun fact included)
So with the victory over the Bills the Pats have once again wrapped up a first round bye.
Listening to the media pundits you'd think the Pats have fallen out of the group of elite teams in the league, but the reality is that the Patriots are only one of two teams (Packers being the other) that have made the playoffs the last four seasons.
No other team can say that.
Further mind boggling, is that in the last four seasons the Pats have not only qualified for the playoffs, but have earned a bye in all four years. Not even the Packers can say that.
IT really is amazing. I'm too young to have been a fan of the old Pats that were laughing stocks of the league, but even as a fan of the Bledsoe era I know what it was like just hoping other teams would lose so the Pats still had a shot at the playoffs. These days making the playoffs is an afterthought and that we are more concerned with seeding. Just goes to show how spoiled we are these days, but in a good way.
Win or lose the Pats have already treated us to a great season. A Super Bowl would just be icing on the cake.
