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For the first time in forever, preseason worries about the Patriots are very real

BOSTON -- Once upon a time, in a magical land known as Foxboro, there lived a football team so good, so dominant, so unstoppable, that those on the outside had to make mountains out of molehills every summer just so they'd have something to talk about. A trip to the AFC Championship Game for this team was a given every year; the only question was which side of the 50-50 coin flip they'd be on for the trip to the Super Bowl. Once getting to that Super Bowl, they'd go ahead and bring home that trophy more often than not.