After all the media attention of Tom Brady's return (and the disgusting rule-changes giving yet more protection for the QB) I think the Pats will finally fall back somewhat. . .I see 9 or 10 wins instead of the usual 11+ predicted for this proud franchise.

There has to be a time (sometime, someday) when simply giving away all your stars for cheaper players finally has an ultimate effect. And the AFC East will be just as good if not slightly improved from last year. Call it a hunch, but I see this monster of a team coming a little back to Earth. . .

With the return of Kevin Garnett and the addition of Rasheed Wallace the
ILB and safety positions seem to be solid, though I'm unsure of how Nick
Green will work as a slot receiver, since he can't seem to catch a ball
even with a twenty foot net.

I think the the Atlantic Division is a lock, though there will be some
competition for the spot given the upgrades the Knicks and Rays have made.

As for the championship, I like the Revolution in a playoff sinking a
twenty five foot putt.

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FENCING!!!

Being a big football fan and from New England and the varying amounts of sucessful seasons over the decade I am a big fan of the team. UNfortunately we have seemed to stall in the department of superbowl rings with in the past few years. We have the 2009 season to fix that problem!!!!

i would give negative negatives if there were ones !

New England "AWESOMES"

I was going to give the patriots 5 stars but i'm not only because of their cheating head coach.As a big fan i'm very disappointed with the patriots.

Since the last season, with being caught cheating ~ they reap what they sow.  Personally, I think they should have taken the first five won games (via cheating), and given those wins to the other team.  Cheaters never prosper!  I am sorry, but reading other teams play books via camera, is still cheating!!!!

The Patriots suck!!! They are way overrated. the 17-0 meant nothing without a super bowl win. The biggest game of the season and they lost. They are worthless. Im glad they lost to a Manning again!!! and to a NY team. Patriots fans talk a lot of crap and it was great watching the Giants win and watching the faces of pats fans crying. That was seriously the best feeling ive had in years. Brady was worthless in that game. Mr. Tom "terrific" was horrible. Giants found the weakness of an over rated team and over powered them. Brady needs to go home and take care of his love child and stop doing gay stetson commercials. Oh and his supermodel girlfriend is not the hottest. I've seen better looking supermodels....for crying out loud janice dickinson is better looking then she is...ha ha ha oh plus the giants done cheat....like the patriots do especially during the superbowl with the rams. Hey pats try winning a superbowl with more then just 3 points losers. LETS GO GIANTS

Saturdays game against the Jaguars proved that the Patriots could play on their own merits; they are really a good team. The only problem I have is why they felt the need to cheat? The Patriots will forever have an astericks by their record because they cheated, and against the Jets of all teams. Who really knows who else they cheated against. I am from Dallas an love the Cowboys;however, I am not proclaiming the Cowboys the Champions until they win the Super Bowl and until then, I believe that Payton Manning and the Colts still deserve the respect of being the reigning champs.

The Pats will not go all the way, to worried about it, not concentrating on the big picture, Colts and Packers Superbowl!!

Its good to be a New Englander. Sorry that the rest of your teams suck so bad. Hopefully getting trashed by the Pats won't break your red neck spirit. Go drink a bud and marry your sisters.

the cheatriots will never be equal to the 72 dolphins because the orginal perfect season occurred without years of cheating and allowing steroid abusers to play

Very good...but not invincible. Cheaters, too...

i love this team.

They are completely overrated. The defence looks old and slow and has been protected by the offense. The running game is mediocre and the passing game will disappear in the playoffs.

To me they look like a playoff one and done and I can't wait to see all of the crying fans in the stands. I think I will make a screen saver of them! Belicheat's press conference should be a classic too!

I am so not fond of the Patriots and I think mainly because of Belichick's cheating and his unprofessionalist and ego. How can kids look up to teams that cheat and that have to totally run up the score. We're not taught this in football from the first day and yet....a "professional" team does just that. Well Belichick you must really have a small _ick to have to run up the score as you did. Who cares about you...you are just a tired and washed up idiot! I feel sorry for the players, I'm sure they cannot wait to get over to Indianapolis just like Adam did. Now...that is a team we can look up too.

Go Pats!

well lets update a bit shall we old linebackers no recievvers ---newsflash pats haters --a.thomas from baltimore -wes welker -from miami d stallworth ----scared yet --how about randy moss from oaklannd a.samuals is signed depth at running back another safety through the draft --i get the feeling every1 hating them will do so from their vinyl sofas eating stale chips drinking warm beer and watching the pats win the superbowl in 08---pats have never had this much talent so quit whining start accepting we will win it all---

With Bill and their GM this team will always have a chance to win. With Tom Brady under center, as long as their defense can hold up, you have to fear the Pats.

They have more depth at runningback, but their WR corp is thin on experience. They make up for it with brilliant play calling and the deepest TE Corp in the NFL.

Their defense has very little depth, is aging, and has question marks in the secondary. The Patriots are riding a thin line between having to rebuild and holding on to their veterans. The Pats will win 1 more division championship, and barring a huge surprise in free agency, will be a wild card team at best in 2007.

I hate the Patriots more than any other team in the NFL, including the Cowboys when I was kid in the 80s and 90s. They are quite simply the LUCKIEST and MOST OVERRATED 3-time Super Bowl winners ever. All three wins were the result of either bad calls, fluke plays and/or the other team simply running out of time. They could have easily lost all three Super Bowls. Other reasons I despise the Pats: - they play dirty and get away with it - they whine and throw fits when things don't go their way and when the refs pull their heads from their rears and actually call a foul on them - most fair weather fans in the league. Unlike devoted fans in Green Bay, Pittsburgh and Cleveland who come to the games even when their teams suck, Patriots fans only started coming to games when the team started becoming successful. Weren't they almost on the verge of leaving Boston less than 20 years ago due to lack of fan support?? - the constant ass-kissing of the East Coast elitist sports media making the Pats sound like the greatest team ever when there are at least 4-5 other teams in the league this year (Colts, Steelers, Bears, Seahawks and Bengals) who were better than the Patriots. Everyone knows they only finished their season on a high note because they played soft, easily beatable teams! - the tuck rule, enough said.

The Patriots are the most overrated and luckiest 3-time Super Bowl winners ever. They did not win any of the games in dominating or resounding fashion and only won because the opponents either ran out of time or made a critical error. For example, Donovan McNabb failed to manage the clock in the precious 5-6 minutes the Eagles had the ball at the end of the game. The Patriots also play very dirty and sneaky and get away with it more than any other team!T Then they whine and carry on like babies when things don't go in their favor. Tom Brady whines they don't get respect. Well they don't deserve it! I think someone in the Patriots' upper management is in bed with the NFL or Refrees Association, that's why they get away with what they do. I'm so sick of hearing the East Coast sports writers fawning over New England and sucking the teams' collective c---. I was so happy when they lost to Denver last week in the AFC Divisional game - hah! Now the Patriots will be sitting at home this year watching the Super Bowl - go Steelers!!

I think the Patriots are simply a good team with some good players. The main reason I say this is because of the fashion in which they have been helped along over the years to allow them to be in a position of winning superbowls and all the other fame they've gained. The Tuck rule...raiders clearly won that game which would have meant no superbowl...enough said. The next superbowl, patriots most likely would have won the big one anyway, because thier team did improve, but again the pats have been helped along by some very poor judgement by the refs. I've never seen the pats really put a beating on a good team, they always seem to win by a last second field goal or huge mistake by the other team. If the pats had forced the mistakes, it would be a different story, but mistakes like the colts at the one yard line which had to do with bad play calling and clock management, no the physical play of the players on the field. The team is a good team, but their superbowls don't even compare to the 3 the dallas cowboys won or the 2 the broncos won, not even green bays superbowl....those teams stomped their opponents thorughout the season and playoffs....the patriots don't down right stomp on any good teams, they simply squeak by, almost always by 1 - 3 points or a last second save from tom brady like a hockey goalie.....that don't make you a great team in my opinion, it makes you a lucky one and a very fortunate one. Patriots have to win this years superbowl before I consider them a dynasty or great team....winning this year with all the better teams (unlike the poor opponents and their division last couple of years), would put a few notches under their belt as a great team. I just don't feel they earned everything they've accomplished last 5 years. Pats are a 3 in my book, great QB, good smart players, awesome coach...But not as good as many other teams over the past 5 years regardless of their superbowl wins...this year, if not for thier terrible division, they wouldn't even make the playoffs, but due to the bad playoff ranking of the nfl, your gonna have 2 or 3 10-6 teams sitting at home watching a team with a worse record simply because their division has 3 losing teams in it. That's the kind of help and luck I see with the patriots.

Patriots suck they are the worst team in the NFL. colts are the best team in the NFL right now.

They are on the brink of greatness or destruction. The next few games will tell us alot. UPDATE: I think Denver broke three plays of over 50 yards or something. Hmm.

Needless to say i became sick and tired of them...I was just thrilled when that arrogant jerk Rodney Harrison got hurt and lost for the season. Glad they are finally going down hill.

As a guy who looks directly towards the future, I am certain that they will not do as hot as expected this year. Heads up NFL fans. The Patriots are a great team, but I don't think they have the superbowl in them this year.

Alright, I've been on this board for about 10 minutes, made about 8 posts and I don't even plan on coming back after this because half of you here have IQ's comparable to T.O. (with similar arrogance) This board is full of fanboys; it's pathedic that most here don't even have the brains to post something slightly intelligent. Let me give an example: The Steelers are a great team. They play hard and have many loyal fans. Now I'm not a Steelers fan at all (i am a pats fan, as you might have guessed) but if I saw this posted, I would agree. Do I like the Steelers? Nope. Are they a really good team? Yes. Do they play hard? Yes. Do they have many loyal fans? Yup. Once again, do I like the Steelers? Not at all, but hell can they play ball. Now another example: The Steelers kick ass!! Every other team sucks! Lack of creativity; lack of influence; lack of credibility; lack of intellegence. Plenty of stupidity to cover up. I would continue to post here but I'm afraid I might come across another completely stupid post and have to waste 10 minutes of my life explaining stuff to a bunch of retards who have no idea what they are talking about.

3 superbowl wins by 3 points each time...this team is either very lucky,which of course their fans wouldnt admit,or God just favors them. Anyhow,they will never match the 49ers spectacular 5-0 superbowl record since they already lost two. But then again,no one else will match that feat.

The Most Overrated Team In the History Of Football. The Patriots Are So Overrated by the Media and Sports Analysts That When Other Teams Have To Go Against them They Basicilly Give Up before kickoff because they've been labeled by the media as the greatest team Ever and their not. If you notice Tom Brady Hardly Ever throws the Ball more than 30 yards, Corey Dillon and Wr's do all the Work. They Do Have a GOOD defence, BUT There Offence is Lackluster and Overrated because of TOM BRADY. AND TOM BRADY IS A SHMOE

Funny- all these hardcore lifelong Pats fans have come up out of the woodwork in the past 3 years. Thankfully, they'll be going back into the woodwork when the Pats fortunes turn here very soon.

how can you be lucky to win 3 super bowls!? luck has nothing to do with it. tom brady has a TEAM around him where everyone makes plays everyone. although the focus is on team, tom brady is still one of the best QB's in the league. altough manning and roethlisberger are better. but what can i say, go pats!

Brady iz way overated

Pats, Pats, Pats. Is any one else tired of hering about the Pats? I think that they have been talked about as much as Bret Farve. Look I say Put pret on the Pats and send them out of the country for a year. Then they can ome back. I woul just like to Hear John Madden talk about somthing else!

The new America's Team

Really, it's OK...they ARE a dynasty!

I can understand not liking this team for whatever reason, but they are the best team in football.

Fooball's best team. Period.

OK, they beat the Eagles. So? They will NOT 3-peat.

After their cakewalk win tonight, they will be the new Dynasty.

New England will get their ugly Butts Kicked today! Go EAGLES!!!!

Brtady chokes when he falls behind.

You can't take away what they've accomplished. They just keep breaking records. No heroes. No flashy dances. No psycho egos with fur trimmed H2s. Just football. jmoney52, I feel for you. Colts are a great team with a great qb. Just not good enough this time around. eeeeeee, I also feel for you; it sucks to be that jealous of our little corner of paradise. And Zeck, hate to break it to you, but if there are fair weather fans, we just don't know about them because we've all been fans since the days of Lenkitis and Grogan (I think I was 10 year old back then), and those fair weather fans must not live here in NE. I can also explain why there are Packer bars all over the place; because Green Bay is such a frozen hell hole that they all moved out! :o)

This team annoys the hell out of me. Did I mention I'm a Colts fan. I hope Tom Brady's arm falls off!

They suck, as does most of New England.

Patriots will win 3 Superbowls in 4 years!

This is a trendy selection for front-runner, fair-weather fans - the same people who buy Michael Jordan sneekers. Okay, think honestly now...you're in San Diego on a Sunday, you're from out of town, but you would like to find a bar that's full of your team's fans decked-out in team colors...you're NOT going to find a Patriot bar...you're NOT going to find a Giants bar...you're NOT going to find a Browns bar...BUT YOU WILL FIND AT LEAST ONE PACKER BAR!!!

Defending Superbowl Champs. Always going to be tough with Little Bill as coach. I think the Jets will battle them for the division at around 11-5 or 12-4 but make no mistake they are a powerhouse.

Amazing team!

They are certainly the greatest players in the game. if they win this year they will so be called a dynasty. I personally think they will end this 2004 seaseon with a super bowl win.

Best team in the NFL with a great coaching staff and good depth in their roster. In the offseason they did nothing but improve everything a 14-2 team could have to improve. This team looks a lot better on paper this year then last. But the question is can they repeat