How will history judge the Patriots?
By: Larry Fitzgerald Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Originally posted 5/2/2004 Houston, Texas – After 15 consecutive wins and two Super Bowl wins in three years, the New England Patriots 32-29 win over the Carolina Panthers has secured a special place in history for this group. Carolina becomes most recent of 11 different teams to lose the Super Bowl in as many years. Over the years, when you look back and compare the greatest teams of all time in terms of dominating champions, the Patriots are not viewed that way. In 1972, the Miami Dolphins achieved immortality with the only perfect season, going 17-0 and beating the Washington Redskins 14-7 in the Super Bowl. In NFL history, only that team won more consecutive games than the Patriots 15 straight wins. I dont want to get into all of that, Bill Belichick said after his Patriots beat the Panthers. The NFL is so competitive, 32 teams on a level field banging their heads to get here. Its hard to think that way. In 1984, the San Francisco 4
