When someone says the word perfection what comes to mind? Without flaw? Without defect? Unsurpassabe degree of excellence? Those are all good dictionary safe ways to define it, but another definition has finally, after many months (some might even say years) come to fruition. The newest definition of the word perfection is The 2007 New England Patriots.

It’s not too often that I take the time to write about a sports team and even more rare that I give accolades to one, but in this case I feel obligated to make an exception. Not because I reside in the middle of “Patriots country”, or because I lost a bet, or anything other than total respect for what that team accomplished this season.

I hear a lot of sports commentators talking about how it really doesn’t matter and that only the Superbowl matters. That’s bullshit. The Superbowl is huge, but it can’t even begin to compare to an undefeated season. The last team to do this was the 1972 Miami Dolphins. For 35 years they held that record. 35 years. That’s a long, long time for a record in competitive sports to stand. And the Patriots just knocked them off the pedestal. A Superbowl happens every year. Big deal. They get a ring and pretty little trophy, but in 5 years no one will remember if they won a Superbowl or not. Believe this though, everyone will remember the 2007 NE Patriots going 16 and 0.

I’ll mark myself out as the enemy in New England. “My team” is and always has been the Dallas Cowboys. And tonight as I tuned in with the Patriots down 16 to 23 (or something like that) and began to watch them dissect the Giants defense I couldn’t help but think back to an old Dallas team sporting the likes of Michael Irvin, Emmit Smith, and Troy Aikman. They used to be methodical and make the other teams defenses look like clowns. And for my money the way the Giants blew a 12 point lead they were made to look like clowns. In all fairness to the Giants they played a great game and thankfully didn’t come out like a bunch of jackasses and throw the game as some speculated they would do. Also to further clarify I’m not mocking the Giants play by calling them clowns, but it’s the best way I can describe how the Patriots performance in making their come back.

Again congratulations to the New England Patriots for their incredible season and to Tom Brady and Randy Moss for the personal records. Moss just overtook Jerry Rice for most touchdowns in the regular season (23) and Brady just beat out Peyton Manning for most touchdown passes in the regular season (50).

The next stop for the Patriots is the post season with an eye on the Superbowl. But at this point none of that matters. Even if a Japanese girls paraplegic choir won the Superbowl it wouldn’t matter. The Patriots went undefeated and that’s all that anyone will remember about this season.

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