Over the next several weeks three teams will have a say in just how great the New England Patriots are, and yes, if the Patriots fail to win the Super Bowl the season will be a complete failure.
However, Super Bowl or not, this Patriots team is the greatest in NFL history.
Many people will immediatly throw around teams...1985 Bears, 1972 Dolphins, 1962 Packers, 1991 Redskins or the 1989 49ers. Those teams however suceeded in a time when building great teams was much easier.
Teams today have to deal with salary caps, and the Patriots have become the best team and best utilizing its resources.
Some fans of football will never recognize the Patriots of 2007 as the greatest team ever if they don't win the Super Bowl, many still wont even if the season ends with another ring and a 19-0 record.
There however surely can't be any argument with saying Tom Brady is the greatest quarterback ever. Three Super Bowl trophies after four seasons, a 16-0 record, NFL record for touchdown passes in a season, the most wins in his first 100 career starts.
Brady will attempt to win his fourth Super Bowl, which would tie the high mark for a quarterback in just his seventh season, yet even without that achievement he has surpassed his childhood idol Joe Montana as the greatest passer in NFL history.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
GREATNESS
Posted by Travis at 11:34 PM
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A lot of people now, will not see the Pats as the best team ever.
I thought they were, of course, I also never expected that they would lose the 19-0 game!
In all actuality, it does seem a lot like what the Pats had to go up against to win their first Super Bowl against the Rams, without the undefeated part.
Unfortunately now, the Pats will be used for all occassions in the future, when a team like the present day Dolphins are going defeated throughout the season. They will say, "Hey, if the Giant can beat the 19-0 Patriots in the Super Bowl, we can easily win this game!"
I still can't believe it's not some nightmare.
Maybe Bellicheck will learn to use some clock management from now on (if he's still around), seeing as how this was the second title game he got burned by it.
Also, maybe Matt Light will make a few blocks next time. Why does he always seem to be the weakest link?
I guess I would say that they are the greatest team of all time, based on what the team has done as a dynasty, but not based on this single year. They were scoring at will for at least half of the year, like some kind of video game football team. Yet, in the Super Bowl, the Pats were up 7-3 for the longest time, and I could not shake the feeling that they were losing.
But hey, maybe they will go 19-0 next year?
Dave
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