PHOENIX -- Sigh. Another Patriots-free Super Bowl. We’re now up to four in a row.
The planet hasn’t seen four consecutive Super Bowls without the Patriots since 1997-2000.
Will the drought ever END?? And when?
That’s what we’re trying to pin down this week. Of course, we won’t get an exact date for the team’s return to glory. But we can at least talk to smart people and figure out whether they’re on the Glory Road.
The general consensus? They seem to be. Even with a nearly 71-year-old coach and a modest-armed quarterback taking turns driving, the big brains on Bill Belichick and Mac Jones combined have the Patriots’ basic sedan moving along at 60 MPH in the correct direction.