http://bleacherreport.com/articles/121498-a-way-too-early-preview-of-the-2009-nfl-season/page/2 This guy is clueless. NE is on the rise? They have an aging D. They have Brady coming back and who knows how he's going to be and then that leaves them with a tough decision to make with Cassell. They lost Pioli and others. So, I don't get where he comes up with that. How can we be on the decline when just two seasons ago we were 1-15? I know the schedule is a lot tougher, but to even consider us to be a team on the decline is pretty stupid after what we achieved. You should actually have to be on top for more than one season to then be considered "on the decline", IMO.