New England Patriots

New England built the most dominant sustained run in modern NFL history, six Super Bowl titles over two decades under one coach and one quarterback, a level of continuity no other franchise has come close to matching in the salary-cap era. That dynasty ending, with the quarterback's departure, forced this fanbase into something it hadn't experienced in a generation: genuine uncertainty about whether the winning culture built over twenty years actually transfers to anyone else, or whether it walked out the door with the two men who built it. Gillette Stadium crowds spent two decades treating deep playoff runs as the baseline expectation, which makes the post-dynasty seasons land harder here than a normal rebuild would elsewhere. The rebuild underway now is being watched as a real test of the organization's actual football infrastructure, separate from the two Hall of Famers who made it look effortless for so long. Team news is at Patriots.com.