Are the Patriots Headed for Team of the Decade?
It may be a little early, but it's sure looking like they're going to put their stamp on this decade the way that Dallas did in the 1990s, San Francisco did in the 1980s, and Pittsburgh did in the 1970s, that Green Bay did in the 1960s. Of those, the only team that had not yet announced itself in that decade was Pittsburgh; they won their first Super Bowl following the 1974 season, so we can estimate that there's a 1 in four chance that it's somebody who has not established itself as a championship team. Remember, at this point in the 1970s anybody would have picked Miami as the team of the decade, with three Super Bowl appearances and two victories, including the undefeated season of 1972.
