The 2016 New England Patriots will be excellent or really, really good.: slate

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The 2016 New England Patriots will be excellent or really, really good.

The 2016 New England Patriots will be excellent or really, really good.

Streeter Lecka/Getty ImagesThis piece is adapted from the Football Outsiders Almanac 2016, by the experts at Football Outsiders and edited by Aaron Schatz.The full book contains similar essays on all 32 NFL teams as well as player projections and a section on this year's college football season, and it's available both as a PDF and a printed book.2016 mean projection for the New England Patriots: 9.8 winsPatriots' odds to make the playoffs: 65.5 percentPatriots' odds to appear in Super Bowl: 19.2 percentAdvertisementFor as long as Football Outsiders has existed, for as long as the world has known Twitter, Pro Football Talk, Bleacher Report, smartphones smart enough to set your fantasy lineup, high-definition televisions, midday hot-take talk shows featuring a white sportswriter and a black sportswriter screaming imaginary controversies at each other, and all the other things we take for granted as modern football fans, there have only been three types of Patriots teams: Historically Epic Patriots Teams, Excellent Patriots Teams, and Really, Really Good Patriots Teams.
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Gisele Bundchen posted a picture to her personal Instagram account Saturday of her catching a football from her husband, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady."Don't worry guys," Bundchen wrote."I will keep him ready."
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NFL -- Why you should expect New England Patriots to go 3-1 without Tom Brady, Jimmy Garoppolo, Deflategate, suspension

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Tedy Bruschi is unsure about the Patriots' ability to protect Jimmy Garoppolo with injuries on the offensive line, which could also affect New England's running game.(1:19)As they stood together during training camp, dressed in their handle-with-care red jerseys, Tom Brady and Jimmy Garoppolo reminded you why one quarterback received a scholarship from Michigan, the other from Eastern Illinois.The 6-foot-4 Brady seemed to tower over a replacement listed only two inches shorter, and yet their physical presence, side by side, projected a varsity-JV vibe.
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