The Impossible Team: The Worst to First Patriot's Super Bowl Season

Relive the historical significance of this improbable 20-17 win over the St. Louis Rams, a win that brought tears to the eyes of players, coaches, and fans alike. This book will tell how the Patriots became one of the most surprising teams ever to win a Super Bowl, how they perfected their line-up and worked together as a team to achieve their goals and steal the title from the heavily favored Rams.

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.


Pats were Great, Cafardo is terrible   February 6, 2004
 5 out of 6 found this review helpful

If you want to relive the magical 2001 season, spend your money on Pepper Johnson's "Won for All" or the Herald's recap of the season, or the "Patriots United" coffee-table book.

Nick Cafardo, a Boston Globe sportswriter, has never shown much talent as a columnist, and his lack of ability is amplified in a work the length of a book. Even worse, in a book that's supposed to be about the 2001 team's march to the title, he couldn't help but continue carrying water for two of his favorites -- Terry Glenn and Drew Bledsoe, constantly making excuses for them. For example, out of nowhere and out of context, he inserts a laughable screed against anyone who dares to criticize Bledsoe. It's bizarre! It's as if he had this whole rant built up and couldn't figure out where to put it and then couldn't contain it anymore and had to stick it wherever he happened to be in the book.

Save your money and go elsewhere. Or if you do feel compelled to read it, use a library.


Don't bother   December 25, 2002
 6 out of 9 found this review helpful

Who let Cafardo write this book

To truly understand how magical the Pats title was...one would have had to believe.

Cafardo didn't

Heck, as much as I hate The Curly Haired Boyfriend Dan Shaugnessey....he would have given this team it's proper poetic justice


My daughter writes better   October 13, 2002
 8 out of 11 found this review helpful

The least the publisher could do was put a subtitle on the cover that says that this is a poorly structured book of strung together game reports one could find in the archive of the Boston Globe.

Sheesh. If a fifth grader handed this manuscript in, he would get a D. One sentence paragraphs, factual errors repeated throughout the book (i.e. Pats were in Superbowl XXXI, not XXX; Jets beat the Raiders to get the Pats first round bye - not Bills beat Jets, etc.), disconcerting game reviews where the second half is reviewed before the first half, cliches, etc.

The Pats' championship season deserved a lot better than this.


The Pats!!   September 24, 2002
 2 out of 7 found this review helpful

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.