The Impossible Team: The Worst to First Patriots' Super Bowl Season

by Nick Cafardo

Book Overview

Nick Cafardo was there every step of the way in the 2001 season when the New England Patriots went from being worst in their division the previous year to Super Bowl champions. Learn the inside stories behind Drew Bledsoe's life-threatening injury and Tom Brady's unexpected rise along with many other stories not previously shared.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572434945
• ISBN13: 9781572434943
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

The Greatest Team

The 2001 Patriots may have been the greatet TEAM of all time and were led by the coaching equivalent to Einstein. Unlike the 2001 Rams the patriots worked as a colllective whole not as individuals. This book shows how the Patriots overcame the challenges that they encountered and tells the world that no one person in equal to the power of a team. The prolouge and epilouge show how unselfish even the best players on the team were and how they gave up all the glamour to win a title. In a world that is obsessed with the color green, the patriots showed the true spirit of the post 9-11 U.S. by chosing unity over anything else. In the way entire world looked upon the colonies struggle against England in 1775, the media gave the Patriots no chance of hoisting the Vince Lombardi trophy. The Patriots shocked the whole world with Vinitiari's kick and almost caused the Superdome to crumble with celebration. Belichick devised a game plan comparable to the D-Day invasion or Hannibal' Battle of Cannae. It may have been the greatest footballl gameplan of all time.Cafardo portrays the Patriots excellently but make several mistakes on certain inforamtion. But the mistakes can be easily ignored when the reader reflects on the entire story.

The Pats!!

The Cinderella season of the patriots is captured magnificently in this book. "The Impossible Team" takes you back to the glorious season that shocked the NFL. Nick Cafardo's great storytelling coupled with the key interviews and comments from all involved makes this a can't pass up book if your a new england sports fan.

A Must for any Boston sports fan

High quality pictures, very much a collectible. Literature okay at best. Buy it for memorabilia not for content

Reliving the moment

The book just brought everything back to me. It's written in an easy, logical order. It has great insights on some of the big moments, great anecdotes on the season. Mr. Cafardo has long been one of my favorite sports writers. I'd recommend this to anyone interested in reading a heart-warming sports story.

great for Pats fans

Ok, so people are still thinking that the Patriots run to the Super Bowl was a fluke. Well, in The Impossible Team it proves that with teamwork, and effort, the Patriots were certainly not a fluke. With the intro by Troy Brown and the afterword by Adam Vinatieri, its a great book to know what happened behind the scenes. Written in a newspaper format, it starts with the Super Bowl and then evaluates every game, including inside stories on Bledsoe and Glenn. Its a great book and Nick Cafardo is a well known journalist that Pats fans love! I strongly suggest getting the book, its a great read!