| The new history which is about to be written in | | | | thousand yards that season and had 12 runs for |
| golden letters by the New England Patriots in case | | | | touchdowns and kicks accumulated 521 yards. |
| they win the Super Bowl XLII is due to the | | | | On the other hand, the New England quarterback |
| extraordinary balance the team has shown | | | | led until the end of this season in earned yards by |
| between a powerful offensive and a very capable | | | | air with 4806, and achieved new records of |
| defensive. We can actually compare the Patriots | | | | connecting 50 passes from touchdown. While, |
| to the Miami Dolphins team of the 1972-1973 | | | | Griese only obtained 638 yards by air, four |
| Super Bowl that was led by the "Master" Bob | | | | shipments for annotation and four interceptions. |
| Griese. | | | | The Miami best receiver just then was Warfield, |
| Tom Brady who is cold-hearted, calculating, and a | | | | who concluded that brilliant year with 606 yards |
| very wise quarterback, heads the Patriots. These | | | | and three touchdowns, while Lawrence Maroney, |
| two extraordinary players carry in their jerseys | | | | the Patriots runningback, accumulated 835 yards |
| the number 12 the one thing that marks a | | | | and six touchdowns. |
| difference between them is that Brady has | | | | Although; the NFL has changed a lot in the last 35 |
| played all the games of the season, something | | | | years, the greatness of these two teams cannot |
| Griese could not achieve as he suffered a right | | | | be compare to anything similar. The "nameless |
| leg fracture. | | | | defensives" of the Dolphins and New England are |
| The 1972 Dolphins were a great team that | | | | specialists in stealing balls; intercepted passes, and |
| destroyed the rival defensives with a powerful | | | | overall strategies but there is an air we can sense |
| Csonka that finished that year with 1117 yards | | | | that New England might go further and began a |
| and six runs for touchdowns. Morris added one | | | | new era in the sport of football. |