Can’t remember the last time I saw a Patriots team play complementary football the way this team is on all THREE phases

It’s so true. As I’ve touched on a bit before, the 2009-2013 Patriots were all good teams, but flawed. Usually the flaw was their defense needed turnovers to seal a win. As we’ve seen in recent weeks, this defense can still win games even when they’re not getting turnovers. They can dictate now. Whereas before games had to unfold very specifically for the Patriots to win. They were still a very disciplined, well-coached team in those years, and their offense and special teams have always been better than most, but those defenses were really not that talented. The fact that they came so close in 2011 is even more impressive now.