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What a great thread! I remember the Jim Plunkett years. I remember the Patriots being #4 in Boston with only a cult following. I remember when the idea of just making the playoffs, of having Curt Gowdy or **** Enberg actually calling the game was a thrill. Let's put it this way. When the Patriots clinched playoff spots in 1976, 1978,1982, and 1985, all home games, I had to listen on the radio because the games didn't sell out!!! In 1985a all I wanted was one playoff win. When Mosi Tatupu clinched the Dolphins game and I could say..the Patriots are going to the Super Bowl..it meant all things in the world was possible. Younger fans have NO idea. In 1993 when it looked like they were headed to St Louis most people didn't care. I remember that. Then..Bob Kraft bought the team. Suddenly we realized we did indeed have a team. We had Bill Parcells. We had Drew Bledsoe. We won our last 4 games. And the mania started! People go back 11 years. I go back to 1994. Kraft said he wanted to be like the 49ers. In 18 years the Patriots have made the playoffs 13 times, won the division 11 times, been to the AFC title game 6 times, been to the Super Bowl 5 times, and won 3 times and we still have this year to go. Appreciate it, because when Belichick and Brady go it ends. That's sports.
They didn't have a home playoff game in 1985. That's what made their run to the SB so much more amazing.