Let's Focus on 2008 Now...

It finally looks like Spygate is in its "death rattle" stage today and I think Patriots fans can finally start to look ahead to the coming 2008 season. Is there anyone out there who is still thirsty for more Spygate? In the last ten days or so we've had the revelation of the Spygate tapes, the Matt Walsh/Commish sitdown, the Commish's 'no further sactions press conference, the Matt Walsh/Senator Comcast sit down, followed by the Senator Comcast's 'outraged' press conference, the Matt Walsh/New York Times interview, the John Tomase/Boston Herald Apology, the Matt Walsh/HBO Real Sports interview and finally the Bill Belichick CBS rebuttal interview. That's a lot of Patriots news for the middle of May.

So now it really looks as if Spygate could be over (until Specter starts crying about it sometime in November/December) and we can finally put the whole debacle behind us and start focusing on the 2008 season. Just the sight of Tom Brady, Randy Moss and Kevin Faulk at yesterdays Celtics game started to get my blood pumping. This week is passing camp, presumably why all three were in town this weekend, and mini-camp is in two weeks.

Couple links for today:

Peter King writes what could be one of the final major media pieces on Spygate and I can't really argue with what he has to say. No doubt that Spygate has tarnished the Hoodied One in many people's eyes, whether it's just a little or a great deal. The only way to silence those critics is to have another dominating season. Though the Pats went 18-1 without any kind of opponent taping the cloud of Spygate still hung over the 2007 season. In 2008, with Spygate behind them, another epic season would go a long way towards re-establishing the Patriots credibility.

Sammy Morris is healthy and that means the 2008 Pats offense could be even better than last years. At the very least it will feature complimentary running backs with different styles. Through the early part of the 2007 season Morris was tearing it up. Hopefully he will perform similarly in 2008 and give the Pats another offensive weapon.