FOXBOROUGH, Mass. _ For nearly two full decades, they have been the gold standard in the NFL, the greatest and longest lasting dynasty of them all.
Six Super Bowl championships since 2001. An incredible 17 AFC East titles, including 11 straight divisional wins. The Bill Belichick-Tom Brady legacy is the most enduring and most prolific in NFL history. And in sports history, too. Never has there been a more dynamic partnership that has been this good for this long.
And now we wonder if it's finally over. If the Patriots' stunning loss to the Dolphins at home in Week 17 and then Saturday night's mystifying no-show against the Titans in the wild-card round signal the beginning of the end.
