All anyone talked about last Friday was the ESPN.com article detailing reportedly intense Patriots strife, strafing the league's preeminent dynasty while purportedly showing why Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft might not be going out for a pitcher of Milwaukee's Best -- or non-fat cold-fish-flavored sorbet (only in the summer months) -- any time soon. Whether it's because of the TB12 storefront, the collection of egos fed by 17 years of unprecedented success or some dude playing quarterback 3,000 miles west of Foxborough, apparently all isn't well in New England. (It should be noted that Brady, Belichick and Kraft issued a statement denying such discord in response.) Here's what I do know: The fact that the Patriots' Royal Football Triumvirate has kept it together, with the organization performing on-point, for that long supersedes any B.S. you might be hearing about now. Look no further than Jim Harbaugh coaching at Michigan rather than coaching Jimmy G in San Francisco for an example of how difficult it is to keep the various factions driving overwhelming success glued together.