Patriots have too many question marks

[BAMAPHIN 22]

The last time the New England Patriots slipped out of Super Bowl contention, they roared back to win the next two, so everyone in the NFL is rightly wondering what to expect this fall from the first dynasty of the salary-cap era.

Will they again post a 14-2 record as in 2003 and 2004 after missing the 2002 playoffs on a technicality? Will they dominate the AFC East, as they’ve done for most of the New Millennium, and return to the Super Bowl for a fourth time in six years? Or will the slippage evident last year, when injuries and free-agency failures and defections weakened their team, take root and spread, as they have with every NFL dynasty?The NFL is not set up for dynasties to flourish. Long-term excellence is difficult thanks to free agency, salary caps and drafting inversely compared to your win-loss mark. But the good people of New England have grown to believe that coach Bill Belichick and his loyal liege, personnel director Scott Pioli, have developed a new formula to beat the system. It may not work every year, like last season, but they have blind faith that this year it will be different.

With Tom Brady at quarterback and Richard Seymour anchoring the defense, there are sound reasons for such optimism, especially in the weak AFC East where the Buffalo Bills and New York Jets don't figure to be factors and the improving Miami Dolphins aren't ready to challenge for divisional supremacy. With a division title seemingly a lock, Pats fans assume, their team would enter the playoffs with as good a chance as anyone in the AFC to return to the Super Bowl.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14276321/from/RS.1/

 

[anditsgood]

another "fine" article by ron borgess

you would think he would be over his inside information (bledsoe), being traded from the team

 

[MR NFLFAN]

another "fine" article by ron borgess

you would think he would be over his inside information (bledsoe), being traded from the team

I thought his name was Rong Borges :D

 

[anditsgood]

I thought his name was Rong Borges :D

i had a better name but will save that for the smack section :tongue:

 

[ThePats]

Proven Patriots hater Ron Borges!

This is the very same guy who said the Patriots should have taken David Terrel in the 2001 NFL draft. He said the Pats made a horrible mistake by choosing Seymour and Light...LOL.

He also said the Pats would get the stuffing beat out of them by 70 points before the Pats/Indy 2004 playoff game.

He also claimed Bill Belichick kicked dogs.

And he also claimed getting rid of Bledsoe was one of the worst moves the Patriots have made.

Seems like a very inteligent person.

 

[Mike13]

It seems he is your Dan LeBatard. Although Lebatard is a decent journalist, he has written a few good articles but he is a Fin hater.