People do the same thing every year on here. They lose a game to Miami or the Jets and people forget about how good Belichick is in the playoffs. People were sleeping at the wheel again, mostly the talk show guys. As a Texans fan, the Patriots are just a fun team to watch and they cover the spread at a higher clip than any other team in the NFL. Anybody who bets sports should like to bet on them because they cover more often than not regardless of if they win the super bowl this year. There are a couple spots where you can fade them (miami and jets games usually, back when Rex Ryan used to coach at least), but in general it's just not a winning strategy and it's always risky. And of course, people are just going to keep taking shots at them as if the sky was falling every time they look human, because eventually every dynasty comes to an end. And of course they can pop in and tell you I told you so. But until then they will just disappear like it never happened and do the same thing next year until it does.
Nobody likes to hear it, nobody wants to hear it, except Pats fans that is. But it's the truth. If you bet the Pats from like 2006 until present ATS you're hitting near 60% a clip. That's insane and worth of respect (again from a Texans guy).