An interesting stat was Tweeted by the Wall Street Journal’s Kevin Clark on Sunday night after he pointed out some numbers that certainly reflect the Patriots’ chances of making it to Santa Clara in February.<\/p>\n
According to Clark, there have been 21 NFL teams who have opened the season at 8-0 during the Super Bowl era, with all of them making the postseason. \u00a0To take it a step further, 12 of them went on to play in the Super Bowl, while eight of them going\u00a0on to become Super Bowl Champions.<\/p>\n
The Patriots obviously fall into that category after their unbeaten start this season.\u00a0 However, as we all remember, they were 8-0 in 2007 and ended up on the wrong end of a 17-14 loss to the Giants in Arizona a couple of\u00a0months later.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/kevinclarkwsj\/status\/663522722165760000<\/p>\n
There’s still half a season remaining and a lot can happen between now and then. \u00a0For now one can only hope the Patriots end up adding to this total and make it 9-of-13 for teams in this category in the NFL’s record books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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