COMMENTARY
These are my words. Go ahead and mark them:
The 2020 Patriots, presuming decent fortune and reasonable health, are going to be a very good football team. They will reach double figures in victories, win the AFC East, and reach the postseason for the 12th straight year, and be the center of our sports world well into January.
I’m not saying the Super Bowl is a possibility. I know better than to say it is not.
Such optimistic proclamations and predictions regarding this franchise as it stands on the precipice of another NFL season are nothing new over the last … well, almost two decades now.