Remember the good old days, when the Patriots were going to run a post-Deflategate, scorched-earth, take-no-prisoners Revenge Tour that would turn National Football League opponents into Nabisco Shredded Wheat?
As my boy Glenn Ordway likes to say, how’s that working for you?
True, the Patriots remain a top-tier, force-to-be-reckoned-with outfit, despite their 31-24 loss to the Seattle Seahawks Sunday night. It was a stupendously entertaining affair, and the Pats were one Tom Brady-to-Rob Gronkowski completion from sending Seahawks coach Pete Carroll back home to Seattle (... Seattle ... Seattle) with yet more curious play calls to explain.