1. The greatest team of all time

2. The “Pats”  the 'pats' have played in the NFL (an elite football league in America)  there home stadium is called Gillette Stadium in Foxborough Massachusetts  the teams colours are blue, white and red

3. History  the new England Patriots joined the NFL in the merger of 1970  they made the play-offs four times before appearing in there first super bowl in 1986, and lost to the Chicago bears  then in 1997 they made the super bowl again but lost to the green bay packers

4. Tom Brady  in the year 2000 Robert Kraft ( the owner) hired head coach bill Belichick as head coach  then in the late rounds of the 200 NFL entry draft Belichick decided to pick quarterback Tom Brady  it was the best pick he's ever made

5. 2001  In 2001 the patriots had a great season and quarterback Tom Brady really started to get comfortable with the team  they made the play-offs and beat three teams to go to the super bowl  in the super bowl the patriots defeated the rams 20-17 to win it

6. 2003-2005  the patriots won the super bowl in 2003 and 2004 becoming only the second team to win three super bowls in four years  in 2003 bill Belichick won coach of the year  in 2005 the patriots got knocked out in the second round of the play-offs

7. 2007  2007 was the year that everything was working for the patriots  undefeated in the regular season  in the play-offs in there first two games they killed both of there opponents and showed no sign of slowing down going into the super bowl

8. 2007-Superbowl  this was one of the most epic games in NFL history  the score went back and forth, but the giants came out on top 17-14  ending the patriots perfect season

9. 2008-2010  these three years were a struggle for the patriots  in 2008 tom Brady got injured and was out for the whole season  in 2009 and 2010 they lost in there first game in the play-offs both times

10. Current Season  the patriots had a great year and made it to the play-offs for the eighth time in 11 years  they narrowly won there final game to make it to the super bowl  where they lost to the giants again in a thriller a few days ago, extending there Super Bowl drought to eight years