Funny, haven’t heard anyone say Bill Belichick is slipping lately.
Those takes, contrived and calculated as they were after the Patriots began the season 1-3, have mercifully gone the way of the Chiefs’ daydream of winning six Super Bowls. (Or even a second of this era, for that matter. One more time for those in the back: No one will ever come close to matching the dynastic Patriots’ achievements. Ever.)
The waters were rough there for a while. In the first five weeks, the Patriots lost to the Dolphins, Saints, and Bucs, beat the Jets, and had to scramble to overcome a brutal Texans team.