A Defiant Goose
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Patriots make the Super Bowl 4 out of the last 5 years with mostly the same core of players and coaching staff.
This sums up my thoughts well. This team has made it to 4 out of the last 5 Super Bowls. I'm pretty sure they'd make it to the playoffs at the very least. From there on out you'd need your fair share of lucky bounces to run the table with Hoyer, just as we've had our fair share of lucky bounces in 2014 and 2016This thread isn't about the value of Brady or the capability of Hoyer. It is asking this question: with an average, or just below average NFL QB, is the Pats' 2019 run game, system offense, defense, and ST capable of pulling off an improbable SB win?
I like the intellectual exercise. What else to do in the offseason? To make this into anything more than that is to react the same way the WEEI pundits do - looking for something to be offended by and pessimistic about.
I think it would be possible, but the ball would have to bounce the right way a lot of times, and the coaching staff would have to be remarkably creative and take risks they normally don't. I think this edition of the defense can be one of the best ever. So, low odds, but possible.