Homer statement of the year right there.
Patriots 2007, 18-1--lost Superbowl
Bears 1985, 18-1, beat Patriots in Superbowl 46-10
Now that was impressive.
Homer statement of the year? Big failure. I have never, ever rooted for the Dolphins, not even close. I have no sympathy whatsoever for the Dolphins (actually, much the opposite). I support only two NFL teams; I added one when I moved to a different state, so I support the one from the previous state (loosely now, since I moved 16 years ago, but I still watch their games when I can - it's off-market for me - and I still do root for them, although they haven't been a good team for ages) and the one from my current state. Hint: I've never, ever lived in Florida.
Now, this said, I'm not blind to facts.
FACT: The Miami Dolphins were the only UNDEFEATED NFL National Champions. Period, full stop. It's a FACT, not opinion.
Again, nobody gives a f.... for the regular season records, if then you fail in the playoffs. Nobody who thinks, I mean. Or, certainly no WINNERS think so. For losers, maybe it's great to do well in the regular season even if they lose in the playoffs... they can still say, "oh, well, at least we had fun during the regular season." That's a consolation prize. Not the real prize.
Now, indeed, the Bears' accomplishment in 1985 was much bigger than the Patriots' accomplishment in 2007, for the simple fact that the Bears were the f....... National Champions in 1985, while the Patriots were NOT the National Champions in 2007.
Sure, the Patriots have several very impressive accomplishments. That's also a fact that I won't deny. But, FACT: The Patriots were never the UNDEFEATED National Champions. That honor, so far, belongs exclusively to the Dolphins.
As for the 2007 18-1 Patriots record which included a Super Bowl defeat to the then lowly New York Giants, I'll tell you what: that's not exactly an accomplishment. That's actually THE BIGGEST CHOKE in NFL History. If I were a Patriots' fan, I'd be ashamed of that, not proud. Again, the Patriots have plenty of phenomenal accomplishments to celebrate, but the 2007 season is NOT one of them. Because, see, the Patriots are winners. Celebrating a second-place finish if for losers; for those whose best record is to at least finish second. Nope, the Patriots are very used to finishing first... so finishing second is nothing other than failure, for them. Go watch a re-run of Belichick's and Tom Brady's Super Bowl post-game interviews in 2007 if you can find them, and I guarantee that they weren't happy, and weren't celebrating. After all, they had just lost an opportunity to tie the Dolphins' accomplishment of being undefeated national champs, but choked and failed to do it. What exactly should they be celebrating?