I still think the Pats will be a very good team but let's take a look at their 3 wins. They barely beat an Arizona team that the Bills dominated, a hapless Miami team and a Houston Texans team that looked like they forgot how to play football. This is not one of those 'the Pats are on the decline threads', this is just to point out that NE has not really proved anything yet. Brady will shake off the rust against the worst team in the NFL next week and then have Bengals, Steelers, Bills and Seahawks.
I am quite interested to see what this NE team really is capable of and who knows, maybe the division is not a gimme just yet.....