
By Sonja Greenfield //@Mom23RN
Admit it, you just rolled your eyes when you read that. It’s OK. I sort of did that as well, when I first heard about it.
I’ve often said, until someone can beat them, the road to the Super Bowl will have to go through New England at some point. But this year seemed a little different for the Patriots. After back to back loses early in the season to the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Detroit Lions, you have to admit, people outside of New England started to get a little excited at the thought of witnessing the Patriots’ descent back to Earth.
Then after the stunning loss to the Miami Dolphins and then the Pittsburgh Steelers, the noise was getting louder. I mean, they weren’t even favored to defeat the Kansas City Chiefs in the championship game. And while it could have been more for the sake of betting, they still weren’t favored and that’s not something we are used to.
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