Good post-
I think that the primary reason for our division, the AFC East's downtrodden state is not just your "garden variety" or "vanilla bad" poor management, it is the bad management uniquely created through the constant turmoil of being dominated by a dynasty year-in and year-out; our division has been a place where promising flames of hope are destroyed by the evil empire. Being in this division therefore, tends to wear out welcomes quickly. GM's, Coaches and QB's just aren't all that brilliant when facing the Patriot machine.
However, it seems that even the paragon of the NFL, the Pats owner has crossed some sort of odd line and perhaps, just maybe... they are in the their final days... but is it one, two or three more years? I mean they did just win it all...again.