Good post. Seeing the past W/L records broken down provides excellent perspective.....
The bold-ed line says a lot. Focusing on and winning the next game should be the deep seeded belief of every team (of course forgetabout it with everyone else, just the Patriots). It's effect is an underrated edge (('you are not what they say you are! just forget what 'they' say! any team can be beaten if they don't focus on next Sunday! it is the only F'n thing that matters!!')). I tell ya what, if BB can make this many Patriot younglings/newbys strongly buy into that, he's a straight up magician at it.
The end of the season will see us, as usual IMHO, with a highly competitive record and a very good shot at the #1 or #2 seed (thanks in part to taking it one game at a time). How we get to that highly competitive record/who we may beat or lose to is an unknown. Maybe after we beat Denver the picture will be much clearer