I read all the replies, and appreciate everybody basically saying, the man don't know squat.
To me, it's worse than that.
When these guys say, 'the Patriots lost their defensive coordinator', I remember how many thought Mangini was a negative last year. I also know that they were without their O and D Coordinator from the year before, and didn't seem to skip a beat. Somebody who writes for a major outlet should know all of this.
Some say 'they have lost the great Viniatieri'. Yeah, he was a great player that we all love. And I'm not knocking the guy, but he can't kickoff, and beyond 40 yards the 2005 AV was not the old AV. I love him, but it's just a fact. Trust me, this Memphis kicker is going to be great. I'll bet NEMs paycheck on it.
Robinson and others keep pointing to how we lost McGinist. It's not like there will be nobody in his position. TBC is 9 years younger than McGinist. Again, I love what McGinist brought to this team, but he's going to be 35 at some point this season. It's not like he's a Pro Bowler in his prime.
Peeps, this Patriot team could likely have their best OLine in a long time. They may have the best DLine in football. They have the best QB in the NFL. They have not had this kind of depth at RB in 20 years. They have the best TE tandem in football. Light will be back. Koppen will be back. Graham should be healthy. Dillon should be healthy. Harrison may even be back. Ditto Gay. Ditto C. Scott. Ditto several other players.
Our special teams has been greatly bolstered this offseason, or don't the talking heads notice this kind of thing?
I heard the same kind of things said about Woody, Ted Washington, Andruzzi, Milloy, and several others. Don't they learn from the past?
6th best in the AFC? I don't freaking think so. I'm leaning towards another Lombardi Trophy. I truly believe that, and we're in May.
