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Patriots History Tuesday: Bears Kill Patriots in Super Bowl XX

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Maybe this video will provide just a little bit of levity today as we’re all basking in the afterglow of last night’s win. I really hate hearing that the Patriots are Super Bowl favorites now. Not to say that they aren’t but really there is still a lot of games left to be won and still much improvement to be made.

I love what we saw out of our defense against the Jets. But now they must prove that they can play that way consistently. The Bears will be a stiff test, especially for our young pass defense. The problem with young guys is that they can get overconfident after a big win. 

I’m not worried about this with Brady and the vets, and I’d bet they are remind the young guys that they still haven’t won anything yet. But a letdown this week will make things even more interesting than they already are.

Until then, let’s not forget what the Bears did to us way back when…

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Updated Patriots DVOA Chart. (note – defense is inverted to better show trend)

The offense continues to, in the words of John Harbaugh, “bury teams”. The defense finally starting to show some improvement, while the Special Teams remain solid but unspectacular.

One thing that Football Outsiders points out, and it’s something we’ve harped on recently, is that it is kind of cliche to say the young defense keeps on improving every week. It’s just an assumption that isn’t really true. Of course if you’ve been following the DVOA charts I post every week then you already knew that. Here’s what FO said:

One of the popular beliefs on Boston talk radio is that the Patriots’ young defense is improving with experience. They are, but not by a substantial amount. In Weeks 1-9, the Patriots were 27th in the NFL with 16.2% defensive DVOA. In Weeks 10-13, they are 16th in the NFL with 11.0% defensive DVOA. We’ve had four very offense-filled weeks of football, so the Patriots’ rank in the league is much better over the past month, but the defense itself is only slightly improved.

https://www.patspropaganda.com/updated-patriots-dvoa-chart-note-defense-is/

Trying to turn the page to the Bears…

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In keeping with the personality of the team I love I’m trying to turn the page to the Bears now. I can’t promise there won’t be some more Jets celebration posts, but for now let’s just start off with a fan video of Brady juking Brian Urlacher back in 2006. 

Here’s the pic of Brady celebrating afterwards, one of the most memorable celebrations of Brady’s career…

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Guess I wasn’t the only one who thought this picture summed it up best…

https://www.patspropaganda.com/guess-i-wasnt-the-only-one-who-thought-this/

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Guess I wasn’t the only one who thought this picture summed it up best…

https://www.patspropaganda.com/guess-i-wasnt-the-only-one-who-thought-this-2/