The Patriots won three Super Bowls in four seasons (2001, 2003 and 2004)
and were viewed as the latest NFL dynasty. But since the Super Bowl
victory over Philadelphia at the end of the ’04 season, the Patriots
have gone 8-7 in the postseason and have lost two Super Bowls. The
trend has worsened lately; the Patriots are 3-5 in their last eight
postseason games, and three of the defeats occurred at home.
Sunday’s win at New England was the 6th postseason road victory of
Flacco’s career — and he’s played only five NFL seasons. The six
postseason road wins are the most by a quarterback in NFL history.
