>The game is about to start and I am surprised to find myself hoping the Patriots do it. It isn't that often that we get to witness history.
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>I tell you what - now we know why the Patriots never let up on teams, even while up by several touchdowns. Bill B. trained them to be a 4-quarter team. There's a reason why QBs like McNabb are sucking wind in the 4th quarter of games, a reason why the KC Chiefs have blown a ton of 2nd half leads....and why the Pats are so strong late in the game. Bill B. trained them to be 60-minute men.
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>The idea that Moss would run fly patterns on consecutive plays is almost unheard of -most receivers would be back at the bench after the first pattern, to get oxygen...not Moss.
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>I am neutral on New England, I neither root for nor against them. (I'd love to see a Jax/GB Super Bowl!) But I appreciate what we're seeing - perhaps the greatest single-season of any NFL team, ever. This is certainly the SMARTEST team I've ever seen.


There is no denying their greatness. You can get them down, as several teams have done now, but they just keep coming and coming and coming. They still have to win three playoff games, possibly all against tough opponents, but there is a sense of inevitability about them.

That sequence with Moss was amazing. The first one, although thrown behind him, was a ball he could have caught. I don't ever remember seeing a team come right back with the same deep route. And he didn't just go deep again, he TOASTED the guy. I don't know how you stop a guy who can outrun you and outjump you. Hence 23 touchdowns, I guess.

I still think we should pitch in and buy Belichick something to wear. I had told the girls about the sweatshirt and when Emily saw it she started laughing her head off. "What does he make, six bucks an hour?" she said.