After last week’s game vs Miami a lot of people all over the sport world started proclaiming the NE Patriots doom and the end of the dynasty but everyone seems to have forgotten one thing.
Going into week 17 to reach their goal of the Superbowl (which really is the only goal they have) they needed to win three games in a row.
But now after losing to Miami on that final drive the Patriots instead of being in a position of having to win three games in a row to reach the superbowl are now in the much more challenging position…of having to win three games in a row.
So what’s the big deal?
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The big deal is, they needed to win three games in a row and didn’t win the first one of the three.
I submit and suggest that it doesn’t matter which three they win
It does if when they lose the first one of the three they don’t get to play the next two.