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As I’ve long said, it took a MIRACLE to beat the 2007 Patriots, and the 2011 Manningham catch wasn’t too far behind it.

There have been a couple questions like this today, because as another question pointed out, if you flip Brady’s interceptions this game probably wasn’t close.

In my mind this Super Bowl was won by the Patriots with great coaching and a player making a fantastic play. Everyone acts like Marshawn just walks into the end zone on the next play if they hand it to him.

But everyone seems to forget the Pats stopped Lynch on 3rd-and-1 and 3rd-and-2 already in this game. So it was no gimme. 

It’s just amazing how thin the margin of victory was in ALL SIX Super Bowls. That’s why I’ve always said that ultimately the two Giants losses will be considered a positive. 

Sometimes you get that last play, sometimes you don’t. But to make it to that point so many times, and come right down within a minute of winning the Super Bowl, that’s what is most impressive.

Welp, that about sums up what I’d describe as the baseline EXPECTED offseason. But of course, as we Patriots fans know, things almost never go as expected. Still, everything you lay out makes the most sense, assuming all the restructure guys play ball and Revis isn’t looking only for money.

I am excited to see how Wright progresses this offseason. The main question being, could he be a better weapon than Amendola as the third WR? That could shift the dynamic of the offense a bit and affect how they deal with Amendola.

Improving the guard spot, whether it’s keeping Connolly and drafting a guy or two, or looking at someone else in free agency, is obvious. And yes, a coverage strong safety (very very hard to find) and a running back are certainly on the short list of positions to look at.

I think the important thing that often gets lost in looking at needs is that they’ll often draft guys as insurance for guys entering the last years of their deals. So I think you have to keep an eye on defensive end and linebacker as well with Chandler and Dont’a entering the last years of their deals. Not to say either/both will walk, but you never know, and they’ll want to cover themselves.

Solder is in that boat too, but as you laid out, it might make sense to deal with him now.