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This has to be extremely disheartening for Indy. This was their dream season, the undefeated talk, the guaranteed Super Bowl. The team and front office is showing weakness. They may start to question themselves. James may leave in free agency. Wayne may leave. Vanderjerk may leave. You have to think they can't afford both James and Wayne.
NE, on the other hand, will re-focus. The team is likely extremely p!ssed for losing that game the way they did. Dillon will be back 100%. We will have a strong draft. Rodney will return. I say we look back in 2-3 years, after winning consecutive Super Bowls, and think what might have been w/o the turnovers in Denver. A Celtic like dynasty. Brady will be our Bill Russell.
Brady is young. The D front is really young and talented. The LB's are aging, but they will be quality vets for 2-3 more years and help groom the young players we draft. The secondary is young and will get better. The O-line is young.
Indy and NE are 2 teams headed in totally different directions. Indy's window is closing, ours is WIDE open.