You know when i talk about the 3 championships in 5 years to raiderfan and ninerfan out here, they all talk about how I am living in the past. Well that is definitley true. I've been a pats fan since 77, and it was definitely tough to be a patriots fan for most of those years, for me it was a definite possiblity that I would never see this team win a championship. So i remember those years well, the constant beatdowns by Elway and Marino ( I lived in Miami for many of those years), Now three championships in 5 years, yeah its hard to get that smile off my face when I think about it, I still break out the SuperBowl DVDs every now and again (I know i need a life), I don't care if we are 12-4 or 4-12 this year, Belichick and co. gave us those championships and I am forever grateful.
I am not saying that we should just drink the kool-aid and shut up. But posts like I've seen here about benching Tom Brady when we are 2-1, or how we cannot win a championship with the receivers we got (how about 2001 folks !!) is just plain crazy.