There’s a familiarity to the New England Patriots being again within the Tremendous Bowl, principally due to their full dominance of the NFL for twenty years.
Seven years have handed since Tom Brady received his final Tremendous Bowl with the Patriots earlier than profitable one other with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Patriots are already again on this large stage. However we should not take that as a right.
This was one of many worst groups within the NFL final yr, and however for a Week 18 win in opposition to a Buffalo Payments crew that was resting all of its starters, the Patriots would have had the primary decide within the 2025 NFL Draft. So what they’ve accomplished isn’t solely exceptional, it is historic.
There’s by no means been a crew that misplaced 13 video games in a single season after which reached the Tremendous Bowl the following and it begins proper on the very prime with Robert Kraft, the crew’s proprietor.
While you’ve obtained so many gamers on the sector and coaches that have an effect, ought to we actually be placing the primary little bit of reward on a multi-billionaire who owns the crew? However that is the place it begins for me as a result of Jerod Mayo was on monitor to be the Patriots head coach for years and years.
He will get the job, he goes 4-13 after which Mike Vrabel turns into accessible, the prodigal son, the three-time Tremendous Bowl winner as a linebacker with the Patriots. And reasonably than miss that chance, Kraft acted ruthlessly, swiftly, decisively after which they gave Vrabel the instruments and the items.
I believe the Patriots knew in the event that they did not get Vrabel then, he’ll get one other job. He’ll be someplace else for 5 years, and there is one other window missed. The Patriots have been ruthless, however they have been opportunistic, they usually obtained their man.
It is one factor to take a crew from 4 or 5 wins to win a division. To take a four-win crew to the Tremendous Bowl, it is paying homage to when the dynasty started in New England.
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Robert Griffin III says he is been ‘hooked’ by the rise of Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold.
They spent more cash in free company than every other crew they usually drafted effectively – they are going to have 13 rookies on their roster on Tremendous Bowl Sunday. With that, in addition they recorded the second-most snaps by rookies within the NFL throughout the season.
However these weren’t all the time the most important headline names both. It is very similar to the Patriots groups of outdated, they’re crammed with a robust center class.
There’s a star in quarterback Drake Maye, however they’re simply quite a lot of good gamers and I believe what’s notable is the job that Vrabel has accomplished by way of constructing a crew that cares for one another, they love one another they usually play for one another they usually rejoice one another. They actually do not care who scores the touchdowns, who makes the performs.
So the turnaround has been fast, the turnaround seems to be sustainable with Drake Maye and Mike Vrabel on the helm and now the Patriots are going to play for the Tremendous Bowl title which is type of their bar yearly.
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