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In the midst of a rebuild, the Patriots need to get back to their roots: Developing young talent under their stars

For the first time in 20 seasons, the New England Patriots look to be directionless. After suffering their first losing season since Tom Brady was a dough-eyed rookie, the team is now stuck performing the most daunting task that the NFL has to offer, rebuilding.

Now there is some good news and some bad news. Good news is, they’ve been in similar spots before. They’ve had disappointing seasons like 2005 and 2009; they had teams that lacked high end talent like in 2006 and 2013; they’ve entered offseasons with tremendous uncertainty like 2007 and 2014. The bad news?