The Patriots have played an all time soft schedule but credit where credit is due, they beat both the Bills and the Bucs on the road.
Their coaching on both sides of the ball and the HC are light years ahead of the last three years worth of train wrecks, Belichick had clearly lost his fastball (imagine sticking Mac Jones with a defensive coach and a special teams coach as his OC, that's criminal) and Mayo was in way over his head, he was God awful.
I can easily see them finishing the season 13-4 and getting the #1 seed........and getting knocked off by the Chefs or those gang members in uniform, the Ravens.
Regardless, they are fun to watch and the future looks bright again in New England.