If you're looking for the New England Patriots to be competitive this season, you are likely misguided. Though the team had a stellar NFL Draft and made other moves during free agency this offseason, this team is far from those of the dynasty years.
In his first season as head coach, Jerod Mayo will take this year's Patriots team through a major transition phase. In fact, you could almost say this is version 2.0. When Tom Brady left a few seasons ago, that was the first major domino of this franchise going in a different direction, an end of an era.