‘When Genius Failed’
In a post-game email slugged 'When Genius Failed,' Reader No. 1 contemplates the previously unthinkable:
I hate it when Dan Shaughnessy's right.
Heard Smerlas and deOssie talk up the Pats' defensive leadership gap on WEEI last evening, and I think we will hear a lot more about that... it's surely not a coincidence that our last Superbowl came when Rodney Harrison and Teddy Bruschi were healthy regulars. And that was... 5 years ago. As we know, "the NFL is a copycat league" ... any NFL advantage is temporary.
So, this sad Pats fan wants to know: how temporary is NFL disadvantage? When does the window close on Tom Brady? Is Patsboy09 onto something, or is he just forshadowing the next nine months of Talk Radio?
Hub Blog's worried that the Pats have entered the post-Super Bowl eras of Chuck Noll and Don Shula.