Imagine sucking and being in the division basement for decades and having to watch the same team dominate you again and again. Suddenly, you get a top qb in a trade and finally have an opportunity to win the division and make noise in the playoffs. Then, not even a drive through the season, you lose your qb for the whole season and you now have to watch the team play like the same joke it has been for more than a decade. At least the pats had little expectations for this season and still have recent memories of success back in the brady days. Us pats fans should be thankful, it could have always been worse.