The New England Patriots play the New York Giants, couple hours from now are already a dynasty. Win tonight, they become the greatest NFL team ever, much better than the yapping 1972 Dolphins or the 60’s Packers, 70’s Steelers, 80’s 49ers or the 90’s Dallas Cowboys.
How did they do this? How are they on the verge of making history? A huge part is definitely the personnel Coach Bill Belichick and Scott Pioli, the Patriots VP of Player Personnel, who bring the right players who believe in the team first concept and are willing to put everything out there any given Sunday.
Current Patriots Team Roster
How the Patriots were built
Draft
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1993
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WR
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Troy Brown
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8th
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1996
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LB
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Tedy Bruschi
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3rd
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1999
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RB
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Kevin Faulk
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2nd
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2000
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QB
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Tom Brady
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6th-b
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2001
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DE
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Richard Seymour
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1st
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OT
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Matt Light
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2nd
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2002
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DE
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Jarvis Green
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4th-b
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2003
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DT
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Ty Warren
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1st
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S
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Eugene Wilson
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2nd-a
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CB
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Ellis Hobbs
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3rd-a
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CB
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Asante Samuel
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4th-b
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C
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Dan Koppen
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5th
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2004
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DT
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Vince Wolfork
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1st-a
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TE
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Benjamin Watson
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1st-b
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2005
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OT
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Logan Mankins
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1st
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G
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Nick Kaczur
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3rd-b
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S
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James Sanders
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4th
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QB
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Matt Cassel
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7th-a
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2006
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RB
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Laurence Maroney
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1st
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WR
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Chad Jackson
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2nd
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K
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S. Gostkowski
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4th-b
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OT
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Ryan O’Callaghan
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5th
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DT
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Le Kevin Smith
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6th-c
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CB
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Willie Andrews
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7th
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2007
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S
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B. Meriweather
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1st
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Free agents
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2000
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C
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Lonie Paxton
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2001
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G
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Stephen Neal
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2003
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S
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Rodney Harrison
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G
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Russ Hochstein
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2004
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LB
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Eric Alexander
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CB
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Randall Gay
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2005
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RB
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Heath Evans
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G
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Billy Yates
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2006
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T
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Wesley Britt
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WR
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Jabbar Gaffney
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LB
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Junior Seau
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CB
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Antwain Spann
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LB
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Pierre Woods
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2007
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RB
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Kyle Eckel
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QB
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Matt Gutierrez
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P
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Chris Hanson
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DT
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Rashad Moore
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TE
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Stephen Spach
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S
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Raymond Ventrone
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Unrestricted free agents
Year
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Pos.
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Player (prev. team)
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2001
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LB
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Larry Izzo (Miami)
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LB
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Mike Vrabel (Pitt.)
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2006
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S
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Mel Mitchell (N.O.)
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2007
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TE
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Kyle Brady (Jack.)
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WR
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D. Stallworth (Phila.)
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LB
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Adalius Thomas (Balt.)
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WR
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K. Washington (Cin.)
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Year
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Pos.
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Player (prev. team)
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2007
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WR
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Randy Moss (Oakland)
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WR
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Wes Welker (Miami)
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