Of course you would love to see the Patriots shut up the 1972 Miami Dolphins and put a stop to those stupid parties they have when the last NFL team loses its first game in any given year.
The Super Bowl Champion Patriots came excruciatingly close ten years ago. Bringing an unthinkable 18-0 record into Super Bowl XLII against the six-seed New York Giants, the Patriots saw their perfect season go up in flames in Glendale, Arizona. A sick catch by David Tyree, an even sicker missed interception by Asante Samuel, arguably the worst game of Logan Mankins’ career, Ellis Hobbs being in man coverage at the worst possible time, all these factors added up to a 17-14 Giant win, and 18-0 became 18-1 for posterity.