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The greatest team of all time. The New England Patriots. The “Pats”. the 'pats' have played in the NFL (an elite football league in America) there home stadium is called Gillette Stadium in Foxborough Massachusetts the teams colours are blue, white and red . History.
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The greatest team of all time The New England Patriots
The “Pats” • the 'pats' have played in the NFL (an elite football league in America) • there home stadium is called Gillette Stadium in Foxborough Massachusetts • the teams colours are blue, white and red
History • the new England Patriots joined the NFL in the merger of 1970 • they made the play-offs four times before appearing in there first super bowl in 1986, and lost to the Chicago bears • then in 1997 they made the super bowl again but lost to the green bay packers
Tom Brady • in the year 2000 Robert Kraft ( the owner) hired head coach bill Belichick as head coach • then in the late rounds of the 200 NFL entry draft Belichick decided to pick quarterback Tom Brady • it was the best pick he's ever made
2001 • In 2001 the patriots had a great season and quarterback Tom Brady really started to get comfortable with the team • they made the play-offs and beat three teams to go to the super bowl • in the super bowl the patriots defeated the rams 20-17 to win it
2003-2005 • the patriots won the super bowl in 2003 and 2004 becoming only the second team to win three super bowls in four years • in 2003 bill Belichick won coach of the year • in 2005 the patriots got knocked out in the second round of the play-offs
2007 • 2007 was the year that everything was working for the patriots • undefeated in the regular season • in the play-offs in there first two games they killed both of there opponents and showed no sign of slowing down going into the super bowl
2007-Superbowl • this was one of the most epic games in NFL history • the score went back and forth, but the giants came out on top 17-14 • ending the patriots perfect season
2008-2010 • these three years were a struggle for the patriots • in 2008 tom Brady got injured and was out for the whole season • in 2009 and 2010 they lost in there first game in the play-offs both times
Current Season • the patriots had a great year and made it to the play-offs for the eighth time in 11 years • they narrowly won there final game to make it to the super bowl • where they lost to the giants again in a thriller a few days ago, extending there Super Bowl drought to eight years