TOP 13 CONSOLATIONS FOR PATRIOTS FANS

by DMtShooter, Five Tool Tool

13. Even you must be happy at Bill Simmons being sad

12. You must be getting used to losing to Mannings

11. It's not like that loudmouth Burress made any big plays

10. You've seen worse Super Bowls (see right)

9. You were one of the best 18-1 teams in NFL history (the others won the Super Bowl, though)...

8. At least Jared Lorenzon now has a Super Bowl ring -- one more than Junior Seau

7. Coach Belichick didn't have to stay around long enough to see it

6. You're probably experienced at soul-crushing losses to New York teams

5. Your team finished 15 games ahead of one of the teams in their division

4. Your offense scored a ton of points... in the months before February

3. The team will come back from this and be even more focused next year, right?

2. Tom Brady's reputation as a big-game QB will survive this right? No one remembers the Denver game, or the 3-INT game against the Chargers...

1. This makes you lovable losers again