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Originally Posted by CSI
Ask any football expert who does not have a bias against the Patriots for their dominating success over the past 16 years who the greatest coach of all time is and the answer will unanimously be Bill Belichick. It is absolutely a completely different game than when Lombardi coached. Look at the stats, let them soak in, and try to calm the hate.
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You have to separate the two time periods. What free agency did was pretty much established to level the playing field. Dominating your competition back then was easier when you retained the same players season after season. What B.B., Kraft and the Patriot front office have done over the past 16+ years is astonishing when you look at the revolving door of players through out that span! Like them or hate them The Patriot way is a real thing. There ability to evaluate talent and let guys go and replace them with mostly unknowns and cast offs from other teams is unmatched by any other team. Add in key injuries that would decimate other teams, the Pats plug in the next man up and keep winning. Oh...and it helps to have the GOAT TB12!