I hear ya, it's exhausting rooting for this team and I'm just about to the point of "I don't care". All I want is a playoff game to break the streak, get the monkey off the back and try to build from there. Losses to the Jets and Miami are why this team will be 17 years and counting with no postseason and it's extremely frustrating. Anyone who thinks we go 6-2 in the second half is kidding themselves,
As for Brady, he is part of it but Belichick to me is by far the biggest reason for the Pats success. If we were in any other division, I believe we may have had a few playoff appearances. Unfortunately BB probably has a good 7-8 years left.