New England Patriots Keep On Rolling

The New England Patriots have put a beatdown on every team they've faced. 

Give credit to the 'Boys and the Colts for at least staying in the game. 

Their season has brought a lot of hatred to they're franchise.  But do I hate 'em?  No!

It seems as though in the eyes of fans around the league, the Patriots have turned into the Barry Bonds of Football.  Okay, okay—they were caught video-taping the other sideline's signals, and supposedly relaying those signals back to Brady. 

But would that even give Brady any advantage? Maybe if the Jets were the only team in the league to use the same signals in the second half as the first, or if they didn't change their signals for the rest of the season.  Then, maybe.

But in the real world?  No! 

Since that incident, look what they the Patriots have done: Brady still has a completion rate of almost 75 percent, and is about to demolish Manning's TD record from a year ago. Not only might the Pats go 16-0, but they are on track to set the record for highest points-per-game, averaging over 40 points so far, and might even get that above 45 by season's end. 

In addition, Randy Moss is only six touchdowns shy of breaking the single-season record, currently held by Jerry Rice.

All fans have been awed by the amazing offense, which unfortunately has overshadowed just how good the defense has been in New England. 

The only match-up on their schedule I see as a challenge is Pittsburgh.  The Steelers are also scoring at will and playing smash-mouth football. 

In that game, if the score gets loose, the Patriots must take Brady and Moss out at the half. The Steelers have more pride in their uniform than any other team in the NFL.  If Brady gets hurt in Week 14, he might not be able to play in Round Two.

This isn't a story-book season for the Patriots, but it is about as close to perfect as a team could have.  Even when they win by an enormous margin, they still spend the post-game press conference thinking about how they could have scored more, and focusing on the mistakes they made.

Other teams fans may not appreciate New England's dominance, but so be it. 

As they say: When you are great, you will bring hate.