The Patriots lost in stunning fashion to the rival Miami Dolphins in their Sunday Week 17 regular season finale at Gillette Stadium, which dropped the defending Super Bowl champs to the No. 3 seed. Losing out on a top-two seed means the Patriots will be playing on Wild Card Weekend for the first time since 2009.
A large chunk of the national media has already declared the Patriots' dynasty over (again) before Saturday's playoff matchup with the Tennessee Titans in Foxboro. FOX Sports 1 even had a clock on its shows counting down the remaining days left in the Pats' dynasty.