They never give the defense any credit for forcing all of these turnovers. They always portray it as the other team throwing up on itself and giving the ball away. If you look purely at yards, the Pats’ defense is typically not at the top of the league, even in those Super Bowl years. But they are good at holding the other team from scoring too many points (“bend but not break”) and forcing turnovers. This has been the case since 2001. To act as if the Pats’ defense has sucked for years and years and that the turnovers are all the other team’s fault is completely disingenuous. Let us not forget that when they won those Super Bowls turnovers was a big part of their defense as well. I think they were rated something like 24th in the league in defense in 2001?