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I still can't believe that the NFL's current champions are the New York Giants. Perhaps I should be more accurate: I can't believe that the New England Patriots aren't the NFL's reigning champs. As a typical New England fan (I use the term to mean fans from New England), I'm pretty down on the Pats this year. I see that one "expert" ranks them the second-best team in the NFL, but I'll be surprised to see them in the Super Bowl this year. They're all getting a bit long in the tooth, and the Sisyphean season they had last year surely must've frustrated them. It certainly did me.