It's still early...Remember our first SB team?

[Mooch]

Among the players obtained after May 31, 2001, who ended up being key cogs in the Patriots’ Super Bowl team that year were RB Antowain Smith, LBs Roman Phifer and Bryan Cox, CB Terrell Buckley, S Je’Rod Cherry — who emerged as one of the Pats’ best special-teams performers — and, well into the season, P Ken Walter.

Chew on that for a while before taking the "sky is falling" angle...