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Rams one certainly did.. Just ask Ricky Proehl....Pats' Dynasty starts & ends with The Raiders
More like the Raider dynasty ended with the Patriots.
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Rams one certainly did.. Just ask Ricky Proehl....Pats' Dynasty starts & ends with The Raiders
More like the Raider dynasty ended with the Patriots.
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Tomlin, Elway, Oakland. They need to refocus.
I'm not so sure dynasties like this really end with one game or one team. At any rate, people have pronounced the Pats dynasty as dead at one time or another every year since 2006. The dolphins claim every year that they're ending the AFC East dynasty etc.
When our guys collapsed in against Indy in 06, that was the end of the dynasty. Tthen the Giants collapsed our dynasty. Then the Jets or Ravens did those couple years when the Pats were rebuilding, so forth.
There's only one team ending the Pats dynasty and that is the Pats. It's over when they can't sustain their excellence. No other team is ending it on their terms.
Raiders, bringing a sword...
...to a gunfight.
Interesting, certainly no wrong answer even if you consider it all one era. I see them as..
2001-2007 Dynasty era Patriots
2008-2009 Transition era
2010-present Do your job era (although I think this was still a saying during the dynasty era too lol)
Fueled with former Patriots, the Raiders did win two legitimate titles in their entire history...Cliff Branch is a really nice guy who belongs in the NFL HOF...The Raiders did not allow their uniforms and logo to be ruined...they won't have any trouble finding places to gamble in Vegas...um...Pats' Dynasty starts & ends with The Raiders
More like the Raider dynasty ended with the Patriots.
And don't get me started on Ben Dreith.....
Every dynasty has its origins, and the Patriots' is considerably more successful and dynamic and colorful than the Steelers or Cowboys, and does not include anything as horrific as the Packers' or Giants' decades of futility between titles.Definition of DYNASTY
The entire definition of a dynasty is that it includes changeover. There are no separate Patriot dynasties here; they've never gotten bad. 2001-whenever they slow down is dynasty, not multiple, per the definition of the word.
I really don't consider these two titles as part of the dynasty. This is a new era and a chance for a new dynasty.
I feel the same way, but I still reserve the right to argue otherwise when it suits my interests.
I see the Patriots since 2001 as three distinct eras.
2001-06
2007-13
2014-present
Interesting, certainly no wrong answer even if you consider it all one era. I see them as..
2001-2007 Dynasty era Patriots
2008-2009 Transition era
2010-present Do your job era (although I think this was still a saying during the dynasty era too lol)
Tomlin, Elway, Oakland. They need to refocus.