Four Points More

Well, the Patriots won again, pushing their consecutive win streak to 20 with 17 straight regular season wins. The last time the Patriots lost was 9/28/2003 against Steve Spurrier's Redskins. They lost by 3 points after a slow start and furious comeback that ran out of time. If they had scored just four more points in that game, they would have gone 15-1 last season, won 18 straight games including post-season (a record for consecutive wins, and a record for most wins in a season, breaking the '72 Dolphins 17-0 perfect season). Combining in this year's 5 wins would give them 23 straight. For all the acclaim being handed New England's way now, imagine what it would have been like if they had put up four more points against the Redskins last year.