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Well considering even some people on this board thought several weeks ago that the Pats were one and done, of course they are being underrated nationally.
The whole "the Pats haven't beaten anyone" is a joke. You can only beat the teams on your schedule. The fact of the matter is this year there was only seven teams in the entire league with ten or more wins. Two divisions didn't have a team with double digit wins (it just was the two divisions the Pats played). Only three divisions had two teams with double digit wins. The Pats won I think seven games against teams with 8-8 records. This is just a flukey year.
Also, the defense was never as bad as people made it out to be. We saw in the playoffs, the Saints' defense was far worse than the Pats' defense ever was. In fact, the change of attitude towards this defense by the national media has less to do with how the Pats are playing, but the mediots actually watching the game and seeing judging a team solely on yards isn't a good indicator.
The whole "the Pats haven't beaten anyone" is a joke. You can only beat the teams on your schedule. The fact of the matter is this year there was only seven teams in the entire league with ten or more wins. Two divisions didn't have a team with double digit wins (it just was the two divisions the Pats played). Only three divisions had two teams with double digit wins. The Pats won I think seven games against teams with 8-8 records. This is just a flukey year.
Also, the defense was never as bad as people made it out to be. We saw in the playoffs, the Saints' defense was far worse than the Pats' defense ever was. In fact, the change of attitude towards this defense by the national media has less to do with how the Pats are playing, but the mediots actually watching the game and seeing judging a team solely on yards isn't a good indicator.