Are Patriots Youngest Winning SB Team ????

I read that the 1971 Dolphons and 2013 Seahawks are the youngest SB champs at 26.4 years. Isn't the Patriots average age youngesr than that?

Brady, Tom 37
Wilfork, Vince 33
Connolly, Dan 32
Gostkowski, Stephen 31
Ninkovich, Rob 31
Vollmer, Sebastian 30
Browner, Brandon 30
Branch, Alan 30
Revis, Darrelle 29
Amendola, Danny 29
Slater, Matt 29
Arrington, Kyle 28
Edelman, Julian 28
Lafell, Brandon 28
Wendell, Ryan 28
Blount, LeGarrette 28
McCourty, Devin 27
Chung, Patrick 27
Casillas, Jonathan 27
Devey, Jordan 27
Solder, Nate 26
Hoomanawanui, Michael 26
Cannon, Marcus 26
Aiken, Danny 26
White, Chris 26
Ebner, Nate 26
Develin, James 26
Vellano, Joe 26
Gronkowski, Rob 25
Vereen, Shane 25
Ayers, Akeem 25
Bolden, Brandon 25
Kline, Josh 25
Moore, Zach 25
Tyms, Brian 25
Fleming, Darius 25
Jones, Chandler 24
Hightower, Dont'a 24
Wilson, Tavon 24
Collins, Jamie 24
Harmon, Duron 24
Stork, Bryan 24
Allen, Ryan 24
Jones, Chris 24
Wright, Tim 24
Siliga, Sealver 24
Butler, Malcolm 24
Gray, Jonas 24
Ryan, Logan 23
Garoppolo, Jimmy 23
Boyce, Josh 23
White, James 22
Fleming, Cameron 22

Averages out to 26.38 years. Age is based as on 2/1/2015.

Yes.

Clemons, Chris 32
Farwell, Heath 32
Ryan, Jon 32
Jackson, Tavaris 30
Robinson, Michael 30
McQuistan, Paul 30
Mebane, Brandon 29
Bryant, Red 29
McDaniel, Tony 29
Bennett, Michael 28
Hauschka, Steven 28
Davis, Kellen 28
Miller, Zach 28
Giacomini, Breno 28
Avril, Cliff 27
Unger, Max 27
Lynch, Marshawn 27
Gresham, Clint 27
Lockette, Ricardo 27
Maragod, Chris 27
McDonald, Clinton 27
Irvin, Bruce 26
JeanPierre, Lemuel 26
Thurmond, Walter 26
Okung, Russell 26
Morgan, Mike 26
Walters, Bryan 26
Schofield, O'Brien 26
Baldwin, Doug 25
Chancellor, Kam 25
Maxwell, Byron 25
Wilson, Russell 25
Harvin, Percy 25
Sherman, Richard 25
Tate, Golden 25
Shead, Deshawn 25
Thomas, Earl 24
Willson, Luke 24
Carpenter, James 24
Sweezy, J.R. 24
Wright, K.J. 24
Turbin, Robert 24
Smith, Malcolm 24
Wagner, Bobby 23
Kearse, Jermaine 23
Lane, Jeremy 23
Michael, Christine 23
Coleman, Derrick 23
Hauptmann, Caylin 22
Bailey, Alvin 22
Bowie, Michael 22
Hill, Jordan 22
Mayowa, Benson 22

Total 1377
Average 25.98

If you go by the ages of the 53-man roster when the Super Bowl was played, then the Seahawks were younger than the Patriots.

http://mmqb.si.com/2015/02/02/super-bowl-49-tom-brady-new-england-patriots/

"It doesn’t look like it’s the end for this group. The Patriots were the youngest team ever to win a Super Bowl, with an average age of 25.2 years. They repelled Seattle’s bid to join greatness, and solidified their own legacy thanks to a historic performance from Brady, who set a Super Bowl record with 37 completions on 50 attempts."

Tom Brady was the youngest quarterback to win a Super Bowl at 24. Now I look forward to him setting the record as the oldest qb to win a Super Bowl

If they are the youngest that is very interesting. From what I've seen the exact comparison or whether they were truly the "youngest" has had differing answers. It would be nice to know for sure (it appears they were not the youngest at time of game), however, a difference of .5 year or officially being "youngest" is of no importance. The main thing is that the Patriots are in fact very young -- so if the right younger guys can be retained the Patriots are in a solid position to remain highly competitive. Sweet, very sweet...

Anteros said:

http://mmqb.si.com/2015/02/02/super-bowl-49-tom-brady-new-england-patriots/

"It doesn’t look like it’s the end for this group. The Patriots were the youngest team ever to win a Super Bowl, with an average age of 25.2 years. "

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What is 25.2 number based on?

memento said:

Tom Brady was the youngest quarterback to win a Super Bowl at 24. Now I look forward to him setting the record as the oldest qb to win a Super Bowl

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Thought he did that this feb?

Miguel said:

What is 25.2 number based on?

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Maybe starters? Idk or maybe 53+ practice squad

Come on guys, these are reporters. They went here:

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/nwe/2014_roster.htm

And read the number (25.2). It includes anyone who was on the team at anytime during the year (around 75 guys). Assume they're lazy, don't do research, and find the easy route. You'll rarely be disappointed.

Here is the direct quote from the Boston Herald:

"The Patriots are the second-youngest team ever to win a Super Bowl, with an average age of 25.2 years. The 2013 Seahawks (25.0 last year) were the youngest."


The Boston Globe also says that they are the 2nd youngest as well: http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2...more-titles/P2Eaa8WClUdQmkmjCzrjXJ/story.html

ESPN, on the other hand, stated that they are the youngest--so who knows?

Miguel said:

What is 25.2 number based on?

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It looks like Bob found their source. I just clip-pasted a paragraph from MMQB.

This is a case of getting caught up in stats while missing the underlying message.

I don't care if we're 1st or 2nd or 3rd and what metric we use to determine it. The point is that this team (as well as the Seahawks) are still a very young group overall and capable of making another run. We can expect lots of internal improvement due to the relative young age of the group. Next year's team may lose a few players, but the improvement of the kids could hopefully compensate. One only needs to look at the 2014 Seahawks for proof of that.

Would love to see them again in the 2015 Super Bowl. I think 49ers fans would kill themselves before watching either the Patriots match their dynasty while Tom Brady, the kid they passed on for Giovanni Carmazzi (had to Google his name) wins a 5th championship OR their bitter NFC West rival win a 2nd championship in 3 years and start the talk of the next dynasty.