Yeah and before the decline they had Asante Samuel leading the league in picks, they had Richard Seymour at DE, they had Josh McDaniels as OC, they had a happy and unalienated Adalius Thomas, they had WR depth with Donte Stallworth and Jabar Gaffney, they had Teddy Bruschi at LB, they had Brady healthy, they had defensive signals on video, they had an effective running game,
none of those things are still true
This is not even the same team as 2 years ago.