This is more like it. The view we’re used to —top tier and looking down on the rest of the league. Six wins in a row and my memory of sitting at 2-4, only a month and a half ago, gets fuzzier by the day. And there’s no harm in fans being enthusiastically optimistic when we all know Bill Belichick has the players on more of a Jim Mora-rant diet. We can look ahead to the playoffs. They’re just trying to win a game. And what a game this will be.
Even though the goalposts have been moving and excuses made with every win — only the Jets, the lowly Texans, the depleted Titans, etc.