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By Nick O'Malley | nomalley@masslive.com

We're entering Year 19 of the Tom Brady/Bill Belichick Experience with the New England Patriots. Since 2001, the team has won five Super Bowls, won eight AFC Championships and make the playoffs 16 times.

It's one of the most dominant runs in NFL history, a modern-day juggernaut.

Even so, that never stopped doubters in the media from stepping up and heralding the doom of the Patriots run.

It's happening now heading into the 2018 season, and it's been happening since Belichick stepped through the door in 2000.

Here's a roundup of some of the Patriots predictions have generated the most egg in writers' faces over the past couple decades.

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Jan. 27, 2013: "Bye, bye Brady?" by Hector Longo, The Eagle-Tribune

"Are Tom Brady's best days behind him?

My opinion? Yes. He's still elite, top three or four. But he's not the best of the best any more. We've seen too much in big games the last handful of years."

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Go @Ian_OConnor! This has surpassed Bayless' "Manziel will be bigger than Lebron" tweet as most follower suggested Cold Take in FCT history! pic.twitter.com/UGo3Qyx50i — Freezing Cold Takes (@OldTakesExposed) January 6, 2017

Jan. 28, 2000: "Patriots will regret hiring Belichick," by Ian O'Connor, The Journal News

This remains one of the most famous takes-gone-bad in Patriots history. In 2017, O'Connor did an interview with Boston.com talking about the now-infamous headline. He admits that the headline has not aged well.

"I've pieced together thousands of columns over 30 years, and in terms of expressed opinion/prediction versus ultimate outcome, that's probably the worst one I've ever written," O'Connor said. "It was my version of Pete Carroll throwing the ball at the goal line."

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May 22, 2015: "The Patriots' Dynasty Has Started To Crumble," by Steve Silverman, CBS New York

"The New England Patriots' dynasty has started to crumble.

"The three-headed partnership of Bob Kraft, Bill Belichick and Tom Brady may go on for one more year, but that's about all that is left for this team."

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July 28, 2016: Max Kellerman, ESPN

"Tom Brady's just about done. It could be his next game, it could be a year from now, but he is going to fall off a cliff. Tom Brady is going to be a bum in short order."

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Jun. 3, 2015: "This is how the Patriots dynasty will crumble," by Louis Bien, SB Nation

Here's how Bien predicted the 2017 season would go, a year after he projected Brady's arm to deteriorate:

"The 2017 season could end in a number of horrible ways. Brady will be in the final year of his contract, so the Patriots may let him flail, hoping he rediscovers what made him magical then let him walk away -- to another team, or into retirement -- as soon as a 7-9 season mercifully ends. "

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Remember: Brady was done after his first ever start in Miami back in 2001. At least, according to @RonBorges he was... pic.twitter.com/2degdi3cpD — Freezing Cold Takes (@OldTakesExposed) December 12, 2017

Oct. 8, 2001: Ron Borges, The Boston Globe

"The New England Patriots' 'quarterback controversy' ended at 3:18 p.m. yesterday."

This story from one of Brady's first starts has not aged well.

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Dec. 9, 2009: "The last night of the Patriots dynasty," by George Cain, Bleacher Report

"The Patriots have a hall of fame Quarterback, hall of fame coach and an owner who has succeeded in all his business dealings including football. The question I have is do they see the dynasty crumbling?

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Jan. 15, 2005: "Mile-High Mistakes End Patriots' Dynasty," by John Branch, New York Times

Following the Patriots' Divisional Round loss to the Denver Broncos:

"So this is how a dynasty ends, or at least how it is interrupted: a pair of fumbles 18 seconds apart, a gloried quarterback finally making a game-changing mistake, a referee determining the outcome of a critical play with the use of instant replay."

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Sept. 30, 2014: "Is This (Finally) the End of the Patriots," by Bill Barnwell, Grantland

"I don't think what happened last night is Tom Brady's fault. I'm going to tell you why, and it's going to sound like I'm making excuses, and in the long run, maybe that will end up being the case. It's entirely possible to see how ineffective the Patriots have been on offense over the first four weeks and suggest they are fatally flawed and there is something horribly wrong with them to the extent that even Tom Brady and Bill Belichick can't fix it."

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Dec. 6, 2001: "Bledsoe vs. Brady," by Jonathan Cohn, Slate

"The Bledsoe-Brady controversy is a perfect example of how the introduction of a salary cap has turned NFL conventional wisdom on its head. Indeed, the irony of the situation is that all the Boston talk-radio cranks convinced that Brady is a better quarterback are almost certainly wrong.

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If this were simply about which quarterback has more talent, you'd be a fool to choose Brady."

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#PatriotsTalk It was fun while it lasted, but the Patriots window has closed. http://t.co/pD5sFTCXbx @Gary_Tanguay — NBC Sports Boston (@NBCSBoston) September 30, 2014

Sept. 30, 2014: Gary Tanguay, CSNNE

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Sept. 30, 2014: "The Mourning After: Face Facts, the Patriots Just Aren't Very Good," by Adam Kaufman, Boston.com

"Unfortunately, if only for a season, this is the Pats' new reality; a preseason Super Bowl favorite destined for an early, potentially lifeless postseason exit.

Is this what it's been like for other teams all these years?"

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After the Monday night debacle, the #Patriots get the Bengals on a short week. Have the two franchises traded places? http://t.co/F5AhbBboxB — Kevin Duffy (@KevinRDuffy) September 30, 2014

Sept. 30, 2014: "When Cincinnati Bengals visit New England Patriots, their roles may be reversed -- for good," by Kevin Duffy, MassLive.com

"What's undisputable on this Tuesday morning: The Cincinnati Bengals have just opened their window. Fresh air fills the city. New England is getting musty. That thing is damn-near shut.

This was supposed to be the Patriots year, and in theory it still could be. Right now, though, at the end of this long night, that seems like a distant hope. There have been slow starts in the Brady-Belichick era, sure. Doesn't this one feel a little different?"

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How Bill Belichick and the Patriots sped up Tom Brady's inevitable demise: http://t.co/Z9gIjHciQZ pic.twitter.com/3Z09SjQzEF — New York Post Sports (@nypostsports) September 30, 2014

Sept. 30, 2014: "How Belichick, Patriots sped up Brady's inevitable demise," by Steve Serby, New York Post

"This much is certain: Tom Twilight's seemingly endless reign of terror is clearly much closer to the end than it is to the beginning.

And it may be over far sooner than anyone could have imagined."

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Sept. 30, 2014: "Is the Patriots dynasty over?" AOL.com

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Is Tom Brady as we know him finished? http://t.co/ZmZ9eC7NuB #Patriots — Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) September 30, 2014

Sept. 30, 2014: "Is Tom Brady As We Know Him Finished?" by Jordan Shultz, Huffington Post

"With four touchdown passes through four games, Brady is off to the worst start of his professional career. Moreover, both he and the New England Patriots -- for perhaps the first time in 17 years under Bill Belichick -- appear vulnerable."

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“Tom Brady and Brett Favre have almost identical numbers at age 40. Brett Favre fell off at age 41… This is the year Tom Brady looks 41.” — @RobParkerFS1 pic.twitter.com/JrbdwONlg0 — FOX Sports (@FOXSports) August 17, 2018

Aug. 17, 2018: Ron Parker, Fox Sports 1

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Aug. 20, 2018: Ryan Clark, ESPN

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"Last night was as poorly as we've seen him play in a decade."@getnickwright explains why it may be the beginning of the end for Tom Brady pic.twitter.com/aT2M5zO9yl — First Things First (@FTFonFS1) December 12, 2017

Dec. 13, 2017: Nick Wright, Fox Sports 1

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Sept. 30, 2014: "For Tom Brady, the end game has become apparent," by Ben Volin, The Boston Globe

"It's time to start wondering if the clock is running out on Brady's Patriots tenure a lot more quickly than we thought. He says he wants to play well into his 40s, but the way he has opened the 2014 season, the Patriots look smarter each day for drafting Garoppolo in the second round this past May.

Everything should be on the table now with Brady and the Patriots, if Belichick truly wants to do what's best for the team, as he constantly stresses."