I know a lot of folks seem to think Asante's one pro-bowl caliber season was a fluke, but really, there's absolutely no evidence to argue that this is the case, as opposed to him being a young player just hitting his stride.
Think about it: he was a nickel back his rookie season, he played ably if not outstandingly his 2nd year, thrown into the #1 CB role after Law + Poole both went down, and struggled in the 1st half of 2005... along with everybody else on the Pats' defense.
Thing is, he actually showed signs of his career-year to come down the stretch in 2005, and into the playoffs. (It wasn't his fault that his PERFECT coverage on a 40 yard bomb was laughably deemed "interference.)
In '06, I felt, at first, that his INTs were causing the media to overrate him, but as the year went on, he really played some sterling cover corner.
You look over his career, and you see a guy making steady progress. That doesn't say "fluke year" to me.