It’s hard to imagine the New England defense replicating their Super Bowl-winning performance for an entire season. Heck, it’s hard to imagine them even recreating it for a full game… and that’s less an indictment of this current squad, and more a tip-of-the-cap to the unit and an acknowledgment of how special it was the night of February 3 against an electric Los Angeles offense.
Many reports this offseason have zeroed in on the myriad personnel losses the defending champs have suffered since then. Brian Flores, Eric Rowe, Brendan Daly, Josh Boyer, Trey Flowers… the list on defense includes both former coaches and former players, all contributors of varying significance to what was a superb statistical performance down the stretch last winter.