Seymour is all on the NFL's All Decade Team for the 2000's, they were desperate for DL help in 2000 and he was All Pro. That 2001 team specifically was completely devoid of talent at DL.
Seymour wasn't an all-pro in 2001. Their DL in fact was very good in 2001... Bobby Hamilton and Anthony Pleasant both had better seasons than Seymour in 2001.
Seymour was very good... but the list of most relevant players to the Patriots Dynasty doesn't start and end with Seymour. Which is what you said. He's not even the most relevant defensive player.
They definitely don't win in 2001 without Adam Vinatieri
For the two FG's in the Snow Bowl game alone I agree with you. However, they would have won in 2001 without Seymour.
You jokers who say they only win because of Brady can't explain to us why they don't have 20 rings... I mean all they needed was Brady right?
All you do is reply with straw man arguments. You rarely ever address what someone has actually said. Straw man and asinine memes.
Did anyone say Brady finished every season with a 158.3 passer rating? Come on, don't be so obtuse.
Looking back at the dynasty... who was most responsible for it? MVP of the dynasty, if you will. You can say one person, like Brady, or Seymour in your case, and provide some reasoning for why you think that. Myself and others feel strongly that it's Brady. And it's not because he was perfect, or he never made a mistake, or he could overcome his head coach completely wrecking the defense by benching a starting CB in the f*cking Super Bowl (because he couldn't despite a historic effort). It's because he contributed the most on and off the field (intangibles... leadership, etc.) by far in our estimation. And we can present amble data and examples of clutch game-winning moments (including 6 game-winning SB drives).
Some can argue Belichick if they believe that, I don't. By the last count, Brady or Belichick, Brady was up 70%-30% in the corresponding thread. So a lot of people don't either. People who do, generally don't offer much in the way of evidence... the closest you get is
well he drafted Brady (so therefore I guess he gets credit for everything Brady accomplishes), or he purposely held back on a timeout in a Super Bowl when 99.9% of people (including Brady) would have actually called a timeout, or he devised defenses to shutdown otherwise explosive offenses in SB 36 and SB 53 (I agree with the former however the latter also had a lot to do with the opponent just not executing).
Belichick's doubters, myself included, obviously can recognize some of his assets and contributions to the dynasty but we also recognize that he f*cked up royally in some obvious instances (e.g. last quarter of 2015 season and SB 52 being among the most obvious). He also hastened the demise of the dynasty through his liabilities as a GM and his worst offense of all... greasing the skids for Brady's exit when he clearly has a lot of football left in him. That's fresh, in everyone's face, and will be on display again this weekend. If Brady wins the Super Bowl in his first season with a new team... holy sh*t get your memes ready!