Fun excercise. Let's play a game of "let's pretend". Remember on the Giants' game-winning drive when Eli threw a terrible pass, and Samuel went up for it and dropped the sure INT with no Giants in the area? If Samuel comes down with that pass, the Patriots win, go 19-0, and become the generally accepted "best team in history". Since Samuel dropped that pass, the Patriots lost, and are now considered by many to be a worse team than the 2001 team. Does that single play really represent such a dramatic swing? Do you mean that if Samuel's hands were rated an 89 on Madden instead of an 88, the Patriots would be the best team in history, but since they're an 88 instead of an 89, the 2007 Patriots are suddenly at best the 43rd-best team in the league (behind all of the SB champions)?