OT-2007 Patriot 7 part video of epicness.

No, I don't have it. I'm hoping you do!

Three years ago I found a brilliantly edited, fan-created, 7 part video about our 2007 journey. It wasn't your typical fan made video. It had play after play after play from our 2007 season, offense, defense, and special teams, synced up beautifully with Gino & Gil's radio announcing rather than televisions.

It has a mix of music, mostly from the Transformers and Pirates of the Caribbean.

It must have been a pretty substantial effort on the part of the creator, because it was about 7 parts long, with each part being 6 or 7 minutes of footage and radio commentary, so all together you're looking at about 45 minutes of awesome.

He or she even managed to make the ending not so horrible, with great footage of Junior and Rodney and everyone else with a nicely crafted message about legacy and rivalries fading with time, and this and that.

Really all together just a fantastic piece of Patriot art.

The problem is, it's seemed to vanish off the face of the planet. It was removed from youtube about two years ago for copyright problems and I've never seen it again.

I really regret not having saved it to my hard drive.

So this is a shot in the dark here..... but does anyone happen to have it?

I hear you can get a DVD copy in Africa... along with one of these...

I remember the video your speaking of. Very epic, however I hate that season and I hate thinking about it. All those wins were for nothing. All because of a really bad no call (holding)

New England Pride said:

I remember the video your speaking of. Very epic, however I hate that season and I hate thinking about it. All those wins were for nothing. All because of a really bad no call (holding)

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I don't understand this mindset. The team offered you 4+ months of fun and memories and all of this becomes void just because of a game at the very end of the season ?

I understand not wanting to watch the SB again. I feel the same.. but there are many games from 2007 and 2011 that I like watching again..

luuked said:

I don't understand this mindset. The team offered you 4+ months of fun and memories and all of this becomes void just because of a game at the very end of the season ?

I understand not wanting to watch the SB again. I feel the same.. but there are many games from 2007 and 2011 that I like watching again..

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New England Pride is an awesome Patriot fan! I understand the mentality, though, even if it is sorta' tongue and cheek.

But I agree with you. The reason I was hoping someone has this is because the editor and creator really did do a fantastic job of conveying that journey. I remember at the end, after 45 minutes of footage and radio commentary, it rather brilliantly started fading to black with text in between great on the field face-shots of that team (Junior Seau RIP!), and it was talking about the journey, and and how people remember how you ran your race, and at the end, it cut to Belichick, strutting in his hoodie, in the snow, slow motion style t closed with, "And what a race it was." (before going through all the records broken)

I just thought it was very well done piece to honor that team, and agree with the sentiment.

A 19-0 finish would have been great, and would of solidified everything (everything, every debate, everything), but I will still always love that season.

Kraft has said what he believes a team can do for a community, and I believe 2007 really solidified that belief for him. As a Massachusetts native I can confirm that that season, and that team, was probably the most `magical` of any that we have ever had. People will say, maybe, 2001, or 2003, or 2004 (probably 2001), because of its result, but in the moment, before we all knew how it would end, no season could ever compare. I think it's fair to say it felt like it hearkened back to what we see on NFL films before our time, with Coach Lombardi standing on the sidelines in his jacket with his unique smile, his glasses, and his hat.

After it started building and building, every Patriot game, even at home, became a huge family, friend and neighborhood event, full of prayers and fingers crossed and leaping up and down.

I wouldn't at all be surprised to learn a few churches housed scenes similar to the one in Cinderella Man.

I'm holding out hope that someone has it. It was great, not just a hype video or typical random highlight video. I'd prefer it over anything NFL films did on the season, especially since the footage and calls covered every unit and everybody

Would really like to have it.

luuked said:

I don't understand this mindset. The team offered you 4+ months of fun and memories and all of this becomes void just because of a game at the very end of the season ?

I understand not wanting to watch the SB again. I feel the same.. but there are many games from 2007 and 2011 that I like watching again..

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I'll watch any game from 2011. That team was a bunch of over achievers and I'm proud of the offense for dragging that team to the big game. I can't help but feel totally cheated out of 07. It was the greatest sports team I've ever witnessed in my entire life and it will never be recognized as such. It will always be something that will be thrown in our faces. Lost the most important game of the season on one of the most suspect non calls I've ever seen. The pain of that one loss outweighs the rediculous joy that that machine of a team gave us for four months. To each his own, but that's just where I'm coming from.

I don't think our 2011 team "over achieved". You had the best offense in the NFL. It was a talented squad, even if the pass defense gave up a lot of yardage.

Kdo5 said:

I don't think our 2011 team "over achieved". You had the best offense in the NFL. It was a talented squad, even if the pass defense gave up a lot of yardage.

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Still have nightmare-esque flashes of the Gronk hail mary in the SB sometimes. Game of inches...

As painful as the end was, and as much as I'd prefer going 13-6 with a SB win than 18-1 without one, 16-0 is still a major and memorable accomplishment. Anybody can get hot at the right time and ride that wave to a SB win but to go 16-0 while facing almost every team that eventually went deep into the playoffs that year is a very unique feat.

30 years from now, nobody is going to remember the 2012 Ravens/2010 Packers/2005 Steelers/etc, but everybody who saw it will remember the 2007 Patriots.