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Next in a series of articles on the 2001 positional analysis of the New England Patriots. Today’s feature: Coaching.

Next in a series of articles on the 2001 positional analysis of the New England Patriots. Today’s feature: Special teams

Next in a series of articles on the 2001 positional analysis of the New England Patriots. Today’s feature: Secondary

Next in a series of articles on the 2001 positional analysis of the New England Patriots. Today’s feature: Linebackers

Next in a series of articles on the 2001 positional analysis of the New England Patriots. Today’s feature: Defensive line

Next in a series of positional analysis for the 2001 New England Patriots. Today’s feature: Offensive line.

Next in a series of articles on the 2001 positional analysis of the New England Patriots. Today’s feature: Receivers.

Next in a series of articles on the 2001 positional analysis of the New England Patriots. Today’s feature: Running backs

This is the first in a series of articles on the 2001 positional analysis of the New England Patriots. Today’s feature: Quarterbacks

Up until Tuesday, The Vince had never known or seen Boston. But make no mistake, The Vince knows now. The Vince met some 1.2 million new people today, and every blessed one of them screamed like crazy when eyes met trophy.

My greatest fear after watching something like Sunday night was to sit back and think, “Is this it? Is this all there is about winning a Super Bowl?” How wrong I was.

Neither Joe Montana nor Jim O’Brien could have done it any better.

Thanks to Jim Donaldson of the Providence Journal for the most incredible tidbit of the week: The names of the opposing defensive coordinators are Lovie and Romeo.

If you haven’t already absorbed the national perception of the New England Patriots, this should help.

Against Miami, it was the battle of the Smiths. Edge: Antowain.