Why hasn't New England won a super bowl since 2004?
because they've become a soft, finesse football team.
If it weren't for two miraculous plays in two Super Bowls, they would have won 2 more. The Helmet Catch being one of them.
They won the three super bowls because of their defense.
Brady had very little to do with the Rams victory. That was all about defense and Belicheck outcoaching Markz.
The NFL is an offensive, passing league now. They had to change the rules because of a Belichick strategy against the Colts. You don't win with shutdown defense anymore, you win with great offense and an okay defense.
Please spare me the Tom Brady is the best QB to ever play the game. He is far from it. His stats are based on the current era where anybody can put up favorable stats compared to QB's who played from the 90's and backwards. He doesn't perform well under pressure and he doesnt step up when the other team challenges him in a big game.
I don't bother ranking players. I know that Brady thrives in Belichick's system.
The Patriots were running slightly ahead of Baltimore until Talib got hurt. Anyone who has followed this team for any extended period of time knows that their defense is their Achilles heel.
That's why Talib and Dennard were huge mid-season acquisitions for them, especially Talib. He's their best cornerback, was shutting down Anquan Boldin and his presence in the lineup allowed NE to move other players to more natural positions(i.e. McCourty to safety, Arrington to the bench, etc..)
That's why that specific player getting injured in that specific game was so incredible and I knew how bad it was. Then Chung got injured as well.
And who scores two touchdowns? Boldin, the guy Talib was supposed to be covering.
It's a completely different game if he doesn't get injured, the Ravens' offense never gets clicking, and perhaps the Pats find some rhythm of their own. To me, it's not disappointing that they lost, but that they lost that way, with some of their best players(Gronk, Talib, Edelman, Jones) out.
And Bernard Pollard is a disgustingly filthy player. I think the NFL should ban him from ever playing again.
