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The numbers, especially the unbeaten regular seasons, are impressive-so were the "eye test" as we watched.The thing is if we are going to include the 76 team in this discussion, (higher than 2001 team, etc) which I do, and think they were awesome... the 2007 team, 18-1, 16-0, easily is way better than the 76 team.. and likely really is the best single season football team of all time, championship loss or not. The 72 Dolphins have it officially, but the 2007 team is a far superior team to any team of the past.. and likely is better than 03 and 04 Pats which in my opinion are the 07 team's only competition for greatest Pats team of all time.
How I disagree with you is in terms of performance, and what really happened.
'72 Dolphins had things work out for them, and had things going for them, and time has exposed them badly as not as good as many other teams before and since.
Like some other Pats squads this century, the '07 edition did not improve down the stretch. They hung on. And the Giants team they failed to put away wasn't terrible, but neither were they that good.
I cannot see them being able to defeat the '76, '03 or '04 Pats teams in a dream championship, nor do I favor them against our '01 or '14 teams.
The 2007 Patriots are among the flashiest, most impressive teams ever to play in the NFL. Like lots of other great NFL teams before and after, they weren't champs and weren't the best that year.