Good article to tip off the 2005 NFL Season

As the Patriots now attempt to become the first team in NFL history to win three straight Super Bowls, the curiosity of their feat is matched only by the doubts.

The Patriots have lost their two trumpeted coordinators, Charlie Weis and Romeo Crennel.
They've lost their two most respected linebackers, Tedy Bruschi and Ted Johnson.
They've lost some of the pulse from the franchise that has won three of the past four Super Bowls.
Yet no matter how much change they've endured, the one constant about these Patriots is that they've turned obstacles into confetti.
They did it in 2001, when their then-starting quarterback Drew Bledsoe sheared a blood vessel in his chest, missed most of the season, and watched a man named Tom Brady emerge to take his spot not only in the Patriots starting lineup, but alongside Boston's sports legends.
They did it again in 2003, when the Patriots used 42 different starters -- 42! --- more than any division winner ever has, with an offensive line that had four different starters in the Super Bowl than it did on opening day.


As long as Robert Kraft continues to do what he's doing, this won't get old.
They did it again last season, when the Patriots went through 40 different starters, mostly in the secondary, where New England used five different starters at left cornerback, three at right cornerback, and Rodney Harrison was the only defensive back to start every game.
For each injury there has been a replacement. For each problem there has been a solution. For each setback there has been a comeback.
Now the Patriots are back again, trying to do what no other team has done.
Lost in the debate over if it's the Patriots' destiny to be a dynasty is how they've done it. They've done it when no one expected it.
Doubts have followed this franchise the way controversy used to before owner Robert Kraft took over. They've kept coming and coming, like the snow on a Saturday night in January 2002, when the Patriots started this whole Super run.
Since then, they have been not just the model franchise in football, but the model franchise in sports.
They won an NFL-record, 21 consecutive games. They put together back-to-back 14-2 seasons. They won three of the past four Super Bowls, including last year's K.O. of T.O. and the Eagles.
And now people are questioning them again, wondering if they'll be able to overcome their losses as quickly as Kraft got over the loss of his Super Bowl ring to Russian president Vladimir Putin.
As we get ready for some football, and all the surprises that await us, it would be wise to remember a particular point pertaining to the Pats.
We've counted them out as often as they've won the Super Bowl.