The 2024 NFL season has a chance to be a very, very long campaign for the New England Patriots.
Even the franchise's longtime owner might be buying into that line of thinking.
Robert Kraft has seen the Patriots go all over the map since purchasing the organization in 1994. He watched New England run roughshod over the league on several occasions, with six of those successful seasons ending in Super Bowl championships. But Kraft also has seen things go south in Foxboro, Mass., including last season when the Patriots only won four games.
The brutal 2023 season -- New England's worst since 1992 -- prompted Kraft and company to make wholesale changes over the offseason, highlighted by a new head coach and a revamped quarterback room.