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I added up the regular season records of teams who have won a SB in the 2000s using just their records after they went to their first SB.
The Patriots have a winning% since 2001 of 74%
The other teams have combined for a winning% since their first SB of 47%.
And while the Patriots have played (and won) in 2 SB after their first appearance of the decade, no other team has returned. I'm not sure any other SB participants this decade have even returned to the playoffs the following year but I am not 100% sure about that. Critics may accuse me of cherry picking years, I just used the years that ESPN had the standing for. Regardless, it is what it is and the 47% regular season winning% of non Patriot teams shows how hard it is to win year after year.
And I didn't even include our perfect playoff record in these numbers
The Patriots have a winning% since 2001 of 74%
The other teams have combined for a winning% since their first SB of 47%.
And while the Patriots have played (and won) in 2 SB after their first appearance of the decade, no other team has returned. I'm not sure any other SB participants this decade have even returned to the playoffs the following year but I am not 100% sure about that. Critics may accuse me of cherry picking years, I just used the years that ESPN had the standing for. Regardless, it is what it is and the 47% regular season winning% of non Patriot teams shows how hard it is to win year after year.
And I didn't even include our perfect playoff record in these numbers