[bramps]

If the Patriots were to win, it would be that no one knocked Belicheck out of the playoffs, rather than Brady. This year Belicheck is writing an entirely new manual on winning in the NFL with spare parts.

[alcatrash]

the list of first-string, pro-bowl starters who are missing (injured) from the Patriots lineup most of this year would make a credible playoff-contending team if they were just healthy.

that Bill and Tom have cobbled together the season that they have this year with, as you so astutely put it, "spare parts," outshines even Peyton's accomplishments this year.

I just don't see anyone out there who can give Bill/Tom a problem they can't solve on their way to cementing the dynastic reality of a Super Bowl monster spanning well over a decade. that they are doing it in the current salary-cap, free-agent, 'don't hit him too hard' era of designed NFL "parity" only makes it all the more spectacular.