Pack deserved it this year. Good team.
Pats? Meh... I still think they're going to only get better over the next few seasons as long as Brady stays remotely close to how he is performing right now. They are a very young team and with the picks they have, I think they will actually get better. Will they win another Super Bowl? Who knows. That's why they play the games. But going into the playoffs this year they were the heavy favorites to win it this year which really is pretty amazing.
From the first game of the season though I wasn't totally sold on the Pats this year. In the old days you always went to Foxboro knowing the Pats were going to find a way to lose. You just knew it. Then, after the first Super Bowl win, it was the exact opposite. You gotta remember, I've been a season ticket holder for ten years and have gone a few years in a row, a couple of times, without ever seeing them lose in person. That's kind of impressive... so... you THEN just knew they were gonna win. Didn't matter what the score was or how they looked in the first half. It was a done deal. Pats win. No question.... and over and over and over... they actually did.
This year?? I just didn't have that "Pats are definitely winning this game" feeling... ever. I just never got comfortable with them. Even when they were blowing teams out late in the season, I would always say, "I dunno... I'll feel better when the last second ticks off the clock and the Pats are ahead in the Super Bowl".
I think the Pats will be back like that though.
BUT.. this year?? Pack deserved it.