NEW ARTICLE: A Competitive Drought? The Patriots Seem to Have Avoided One

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A Competitive Drought? The Patriots Seem to Have Avoided One
Ian Logue
It's sort of crazy to think that teams have gone decades without finding their guy. Meanwhile, Belichick essentially had just one season without his. Raise your hand if you're a little surprised.

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[stinkypete]

But they're not a top 5 contender every single year anymore. They are a failure for depriving us of our birthright to indefinite dominance and the coach must be fired.

 

[VectorPrime]

This seems a bit early. 7-9 and 10-7 is a team still in the process of finding its feet. How many times have other bad teams had false dawns? Jets in 09-10 thought they finally had it all figured out.

 

[sb1]

I wish that wildcard game would have been the kind of game that gave us more insight into how good Mac really is one way or the other. It wasn't for obvious reasons.

Unless the team has a remarkable run of bad injury luck I don't see them cratering with BB here if that's what we mean by competitive. They'll be competitive for a playoff spot for sure. If Mac is for real I'm expecting the window to actually contend to slowly start to open again in 2023.

 

[captain stone]

Thanks for the jinx Ian.