The drumbeat has been there all year, and it's going to continue until the Pats lose for the first time this season: Will this team run the table for a perfect regular season?
With a 7-0 record after Thursday night's win over the Dolphins, that storyline will continue. After all, in the 2007 season that followed sanctions levied by the league related to the team illegally filming opponents' signals, the Patriots went 16-0. So, of course, the line of thought has become that since the team and Tom Brady were each penalized by the league for Deflategate, the Pats will go undefeated again.