By Brendon Rosenau, Patriots Daily Staff
In my mind, the best Patriots team of all-time was the 2004 Patriots. They may not have been the most talented team, that distinction has yet to be made, but they are the best collection of players New England has every offered.
Tom Brady had developed into one of the best [...]
By Brendon Rosenau, Patriots Daily Staff
While a Super Bowl XXXVI victory proved to loyal fans that the Pats were now a legitimate team, the feeling on a national level was that the Pats were the beneficiaries of circumstance. A team of destiny that had everything go right.
Well, 2003 changed all of that. In 2003 the [...]
By Brendon Rosenau, Patriots Daily Staff
I’ve sat down to write about the 2001 Patriots close to hundred times. No matter how I compose the words, nothing seems to do justice to what exactly this team means to the franchise and to the fan base. This is the ultimate Patriots team. This is the team we [...]
By Brenden Rosenau, Patriots Daily Staff
1998 might not be all that memorable for Pats fans, but it was in fact historic. For the first time in franchise history the Patriots reached the postseason three straight years. That year they posted a 9-7 record and finished fourth in a stacked AFC East. It was the teams [...]
By Brendon Rosenau, Patriots Daily Staff
Many of the memories of the 1997 New England Patriots focus on what happened before the season even started. Bill Parcells had left to take over as head man of the New York Jets and in his place stepped Pete Carroll. Of course, Carroll would have a tumultuous tenure with [...]
By Brendon Rosenau, Patriots Daily Staff
It has often been said, give a good coach three years and he can turn around any team. In New England that was certainly true.
In 1996, in his third year on the sidelines, The Tuna led New England to its second ever Super Bowl appearance. Led by one of the [...]
by Brendon Rosenau, Patriots Daily Staff
It was clear early on in 1986 that the Patriots run to the Super Bowl was indeed something to savor. After the Pats were eaten alive by the Bears many New England fans thought it was the start of good things to come. The team had an enviable mix of [...]
by Brendon Rosenau, Patriots Daily Staff
October 14, 2009
1986 was a magical year on the Boston sports scene. Three of its four professional sports teams reached the championship round in their respective sports. The Patriots got Beantown off to its historic calendar year with an incredible magic carpet ride through the regular season and an unprecedented [...]
by Brendon Rosenau, Patriots Daily Staff
October 7, 2009
It had been almost a full year and half after they had been robbed in the 1976 playoffs when the New England Patriots returned to the scene of the crime of the century; the Oakland Coliseum. It was only a preseason game, but it was a night that [...]
by Brandon Rosenau, Patriots Daily Staff
September 30, 2009
One name can sum up the 1976 season; Ben Dreith.
The name conjures up thoughts that evoke nightmarish memories to Patriots fans that were alive and witnessed his epic miscall first hand, as well as those who have had the legend passed down from their forefathers.
Yes sir, 1976 indeed [...]
by Brendon Rosenau, Patriots Daily Staff
September 23, 2009
As the 60’s gave way to the 70’s, the New England Patriots went from a perennial AFL contender to permanent residence in the NFL cellar. Things started to turn sour in 1967, and the Patriots went 11-30-1 in their final three AFL seasons. Their foray into the NFL [...]
by Brendon Rosenau, Patriots Daily Staff
September 16, 2009
Any Patriots fan worth his Stanley Morgan throwback knows that the first time the Pats appeared in the Super Bowl was 1986. But, did you know the Pats came within shouting distance of making history and appearing in the first ever AFL-NFL championship game?
You may recall in 1963 [...]
