They’ve got a second-year quarterback who somehow seems surprised he is in the NFL, yet plays with the pulse of an assassin. They’ve got a 38-year-old head coach who entered this season with a 6-25-1 record, but calls a game with Belichickian confidence.
They’ve got a defense that has a tendency to get burnt early, but then laughs it off and keeps pulling off fourth-quarter shutdowns.
They’ve got a kicker who never seems to miss, a pass rush that never quits and a mentality that is so detached from a franchise history of torment and tragedy, that everything from a 21-3 deficit to losing an overtime coin flip to Patrick Mahomes is brushed off as nothing.