New England is the best coached team in the league and Bill Belichick and staff proved their prowess this Sunday.  Completely abandoning the adage 'you need to run the football in order to set up the passing game' they simply handed the keys to Tom Brady and let him pick apart a helpless Minnesota pass defense.
The author softens up Chicago's schedule, and rightfully so. Yet he fails to mention that New England has two wins against the same Buffalo team that Chicago blew out, a paper tiger Dolphins club and an improving but very average Jets team.  
The NFL is great because of its parody.  Each Conference has a few teams every season that stick out a bit but by and large once the playoffs begin all bets are off.  The Patriots are good, but are they better than the Colts, Broncos or Chargers?  For that matter, the Bears, Giants and Falcons?  I don't know, but could we please refrain from organizing the Super Bowl Parade until after Thanksgiving at least?