Not for nothing, but man there's a lot of dumb posts here. Just the last couple before this one--the Pats are "the team of the decade, easily"--gee, really??, and the dynasties of the Bills and the Vikings??? You're comparing the Pats to those teams?? Jeez, come on, people.
There HAVE been a couple good points. The poster who said the other dynasties like SF never had bad losses was countered nicely by whoever said, well, right, in the sense that they would just get trounced or not make it to the Super Bowl. This loss sucked, as did last year, and Denver in a different way. But the "dynasty" idea has the potential to continue as long as the coach and qb remain the same (remember, Dallas' last SB was led by Barry Switzer.) Anybody see the Pats 1st SB rerun the other night? Nobody on offense was the same except Brady.
Look, it's hard to get back at all, and maybe they never will. But if the final resume reads 5 (or 6.....) Super Bowl wins, got to 6 (or 7.....) these guys, and this dynasty, is the best ever. This horrible stuff now won't change that. We just have to hope--root--that it happens.