So that's Carroll's fault? BB released Glenn in 2001, so even Bill couldn't make it work.
Martin's loss was glaring when the Pats played the better teams. Edwards was a complete no show in many games against better run defenses. He averaged a whopping 2.8 yards per carry and 2 rushing TD's during the last half of the season not counting the blowout loss against the Rams where he ran for 196 yards. In fact, 45% of his rushing yards came from 4 games and 26% of his yards came from the last two games of the season. So where was he the rest of the year? He wasn't as good as people want to believe. Watch what some of the commentators say during the games in the 2nd half of the season where they criticized him being completely ineffective. Tony Carter was a downgrade to Sam Gash.
Pats were eroding starting in the 1998 season. Martin was the catalyst for the Jets, the Bills re-emerged with Flutie and Miami had a young defense. Peyton Manning and the Colts came out of nowhere in 1999. Jacksonville had been coming for years and had no business not making the Super Bowl in 1999.
It seems like you don't Carroll just because.