The ran into a problem this offseason. It was a good problem to have, in Gillette Stadium. Gillette opened in 2001 and New England quickly added a banner. Robert Kraft never dreamed
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he would have five titles in le s than 20 years of the stadium being opened, but the Bill Belichick-Tom Brady combo just keeps on rolling.The Patriots have fixed the glitch, though, by for the LI banner.And according to Kraft, in , the Patriots decided to just go ahead and make sure
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that there wouldn't be an i sue with space for banners going forward. So, New England made room for 11 banners."It was a huge construction proce s and commitment that creates some other opportunities," Kraft said. "We'll see opening night. It's pretty cool."Again: 11 banners. Which is hilarious in the same way that the -- it's the sort of exce s that only the
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wealthiest (in terms of succe s) can afford. Except it's not even that crazy. If you're Kraft and you need to plan for X more championships, are you going to make room for six total? That's just one extra banner. Eight is "only" three -- it would be silly to just make that kind of room when Brady is playing like an MVP at the age of 40 and Belichick continues to outwork everyone else in the .Both guys
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will eventually retire, but there might be another decade of coaching or more left in Belichick. He's sitting on Jimmy Garropolo as the next face of the franchise whenever Brady is ready to walk away. The roster is loaded for now, but it's also well situated for the next half decade or so.The Patriots are by far and away the consensus favorite to win the Super Bowl this year -- , with three of those choosing the Pats to win it all. The smart move is to do enough construction now so you don't have to do construction later. The worst-case scenario involves winning seven more championships and having to do some more construction on Gillette. Kraft would probably be OK with
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