Pretty clear that the rest of the Division from Buffalo to Miami is sick and tired of watching the Pats win it with such regularity, sometimes with weeks to spare. I think a sixth trip to the SB and a fourth trophy in 15 seasons was probably the last straw. In some ways, you could interpret the Suh signing and the trades in Buffalo and New York as "we can't just do nothing, we gotta do something." Fans and owners, old and new, are getting tired of the status quo so management is taking risks and shots in the dark. A couple of them might turn out to be smart moves.
What does this mean for the Pats, in addition to the obvious hope that we can keep both Revis and McCourty, that Gronk stays healthy, that Julian and Amendola and LaFell play the way they did this year, that Mayo is his old self when he returns, that Brady continues to be Brady and that somebody can rush the goddam passer?
"In BB I trust," but I think the following become even more important in light of the moves by the other teams in the Division:
1) An O-line that can always buy Brady the couple of seconds he needs to drop the ball off.
2) An ongoing "Vereen like" threat out of the backfield
3) A Blount who can ground and pound and keep the pass rush honest
