5 Reasons Why You Should Never Doubt The New England Patriots

When given an entire week to figure out what went wrong in a loss, Bill Belichick has posted a 36-4 record since 2003. The nature of the Patriots organization is to recover quickly, and they did just that on Sunday night against the Bengals. A team that doesn’t succumb to losing streaks is usually in good standing to make the playoffs.

It wouldn’t be an overstatement to say that the Patriots organization was a bit ticked off after enduring a week of criticism. The Patriots entered Sunday night’s game angered and eager to prove the doubters wrong, and they succeeded. If they can apply that type of energy to every game, the NFL community will regret counting out the Patriots in 2014.

Hold off on the retirement home search for a few more years; Tom Brady is still an elite quarterback and isn’t going anywhere. A winning team needs a winning quarterback, and Brady is a victor if there ever was one, even if he is on the wrong side of 30. Brady is more honest with himself than anyone — when he isn’t up to the job anymore, he’ll retire on his own accord.

It doesn’t hurt that the Patriots play in arguably the league’s weakest division. The AFC East features a New York Jets team that looks simply pitiful right now, and an up-and-down Miami Dolphins team that doesn’t pose any serious threat to the Pats. The Buffalo Bills actually lead the division right now; we’ll see what they’re made of next week when they play the Pats.

“On to Cincinnati,” has become one of Belichick’s more entertaining press conference snippets, but he was serious. From the moment the final whistle blew in Kansas City last Monday night, the Patriots centered their attention on the next task, ignoring the negativity that was surrounded the city limits of Foxboro. No other franchise is as good at closing out the media than the Pats.