PATRIOT64
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It does seem weird but for most of this decade the teams who have won the Championship since going back to at least 2000 are the teams that no one really gave a chance to.
If we are the favorites to win it all this year that brings fear more than happiness,No team expected to win it all has actually done so in the past 7 years.
That includes the 2006 Colts who for the first time in years no one thought going into the playoffs that they were going to be any threat to win it all with the Defensive line woes showed most of last year...Thats when they fooled all and suddenly became a defensive force and literally destroyed all opponents against the run.
In 2005 Pittburgh showed absolutely no reason why they were going to have any chance of winning it all..Especially playing the hot teams going in the playoffs that year..Denver and Indy..and what happened?-They won it all
In 2001,2003 and 2004 New England won all 3 SBs but even despite having 14-2 records in 2 consecutive seasons,no one really expected them to win any of those,especially the 11-5 2001 team...In 2003 and 2004 it was either Indy or Pittsburgh that were expected to win it all and in the 2001 campaign no one was to get by the Rams - and what happened? NE won all 3.
In 2000 and 2002 seasons The Baltimore Ravens and Tampa Bay Bucs each had one of the best defenses ever seen in NFL History (in that order)..But no one outside of their respective cities really thought with offenses run by QBs like Trent Dilfer and Brad Johnson (in that order) were good enough to win it all and again the odds were against them but they won the SB those years in respective order.
We need the Patriots to fly under the radar this year and no favorites to win it all crap is said..It has not been that way this past 7 years and probably won't be this year...The 2007 Champion will likely once again be a team no one even thinks has a shot going into the playoffs
I hope the Patriots are one of those teams that no one talks about come January,Its our only chance to sneak back into the limelight again as we do best...Quietly ....
If we are the favorites to win it all this year that brings fear more than happiness,No team expected to win it all has actually done so in the past 7 years.
That includes the 2006 Colts who for the first time in years no one thought going into the playoffs that they were going to be any threat to win it all with the Defensive line woes showed most of last year...Thats when they fooled all and suddenly became a defensive force and literally destroyed all opponents against the run.
In 2005 Pittburgh showed absolutely no reason why they were going to have any chance of winning it all..Especially playing the hot teams going in the playoffs that year..Denver and Indy..and what happened?-They won it all
In 2001,2003 and 2004 New England won all 3 SBs but even despite having 14-2 records in 2 consecutive seasons,no one really expected them to win any of those,especially the 11-5 2001 team...In 2003 and 2004 it was either Indy or Pittsburgh that were expected to win it all and in the 2001 campaign no one was to get by the Rams - and what happened? NE won all 3.
In 2000 and 2002 seasons The Baltimore Ravens and Tampa Bay Bucs each had one of the best defenses ever seen in NFL History (in that order)..But no one outside of their respective cities really thought with offenses run by QBs like Trent Dilfer and Brad Johnson (in that order) were good enough to win it all and again the odds were against them but they won the SB those years in respective order.
We need the Patriots to fly under the radar this year and no favorites to win it all crap is said..It has not been that way this past 7 years and probably won't be this year...The 2007 Champion will likely once again be a team no one even thinks has a shot going into the playoffs
I hope the Patriots are one of those teams that no one talks about come January,Its our only chance to sneak back into the limelight again as we do best...Quietly ....
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