Less than 10 weeks to go until the most anticipated Super Bowl of our lifetime! Will Tom Brady and Bill Belichick embrace after the game? Are there any storylines left to write about after the overhyping of the teams’ Week 4 meeting? How many more times will we be forced to watch the cringeworthy Rob Gronkowski USAA commercials? With Brady’s Bucs at 9–3 and Belichick’s Patriots at 9–4, we are officially allowed to consider this possibility. Here’s what else you need to know after Week 13:
1. The Patriots’ rebuild took one year. After one 7–9 season, and their lone absence from the playoffs over the last 12 years, the Patriots are back atop the AFC.