New offensive weapons mean the Super Bowl champions are as close as the NFL gets to a super team. Pats haters may be in for a tough few months
There’s a good chance we have already witnessed the low point of the 2017 Patriots season. Last week the team lost its preseason opener to the Jacksonville Jaguars, 31-24, while playing without stars Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski. It was a pointless game, as most every exhibition games is. But since winning the Super Bowl in February in an historic comeback, the champions have loaded up for the games that matter and are heavy favorites to win it all again. Las Vegas sports books have them at 5-2. But there are two other numbers already being talked about with this Patriots team: 19-0.
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