[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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Bill Belichick was the head coach of teams that made it to 9 Super Bowls ...... but in my rat's ass of an opinion, his most impressive piece of work was the 2008 season when the Patriots went 11-5 with Matt Cassel at quarterback. Tom Brady had missed that entire 2008 season with a knee injury, yet somehow Belichick's team went 11-5, anyway ...... and in addition to that, when Brady returned the very next season the Patriots went 10-6, and were blown out by the Ravens in the Wildcard round of the playoffs on their homefield in Foxborough.

The Matt Cassel-led 2008 Patriots team didn't make the playoffs that year even though they had a record of 11-5, because the AFC was stacked in 2008. They are only one of 2 teams ever not to make the playoffs with an 11-5 record (the 1985 Denver Broncos were the other 11-5 team to do so) ...... and in hindsight, I think that it's a shame that that 2008 team didn't make the playoffs because if they had and had done well (with Matt Cassel at quarterback), it would have put an undeniable, permanent stamp on the fact that those Patriots teams were loaded on both sides of the ball, and were led by one of the greatest coaches of all-time.


As I stated before, Bill Belichick led the Patriots to 9 Super Bowls in his tenure as coach ...... but I would argue that his best year as a head coach was when he led the Patriots to an 11-5 record with Matt Cassel at quarterback.



The 2008 Patriots Will Forever Be Bill Belichick’s True Masterpiece

(Draft America Administration)

https://draftamerica.com/the-2008-pa...e-masterpiece/

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What casual fans (Brady lovers) miss is what you said here. The Patriots teams were stacked teams. There were probably a dozen QBs who could have won the SB with those teams, but Brady gets the credit. Add in the BB was the master of moving on from a player at the right time, and the roster was able to churn in the best way possible.