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I think you are misinterpretting the point of my post. My post was a round-a-bout way of stating Bill Belicheck's "your record is what it is" statement. My statement was more of a response for the posters who were claiming that we were a few plays away from 12-4 or 13-3. By doing so would be neglecting how easily some other games could have been lost. In trying to make my point, I was stating that the Pats may have been closer to 10-6 than 12-4 as some others have said that we could easily be. So with all of the if's and what if's, at the end of the day you are what you are. I'm not claiming that the Patriots are anything other than an 11-5 team.
Sorry, and I certainly agree with that. I read a few too many of the negative "which player do we blame for the playoff miss"/"dark days since 2004" posts before reading your post.
I would agree the "what if" route, blaming the early season exit on Thomas, Gaffney, Moss or any other play that might have produced another win if things had worked in the Pat's favor, is unhealthy and does nothing. The consensus here seemed to be when Brady went down that 10-6 would be a good season. The Pats got to 11-5. The fact that this was one of those weird seasons that 10-6, let alone 11-5, does not make the playoff cut should not be cause for turning on the team and whatever mistakes were made made en route to a respectable record in virtually any other season.
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