16-0

Wow ... just wow.

Our New England Patriots are a perfect 16-0 for the 2007 season. But, like Bill Belichick says, 16-0 is nice, but it doesn't matter when it comes to the playoffs. In Season #2, everybody starts 0-0 and no one can have a 1 in the loss column.

So, what did the Patriots do in setting the single-season record for most wins (since the NFL went to a 16-game schedule in 1978)? Here are some numbers:

• Tom Brady broke Peyton Manning's record for most touchdown passes in a single season with 50, both caught by WR Randy Moss. For the season, he finished with 4,806 passing yards, only 8 INTs and a passer rating of 117.2.
  
• Speaking of Moss, he set the single season record for most TD receptions at 23, breaking Jerry Rice's record set in the strike-shortened season of 1987. Of course, Rice likes to point out that he set the old record of 22 TD catches in 12 games and it took Moss 16 to set and break and the record ... whatever. A record is a record, Jerry ... give it rest. And no, I'm not being a homer about this ... I'd feel this way even if the record was set by someone not on the Patriots.
  
• Brady's 50 touchdown passes and eight interceptions set the NFL record for best touchdown-to-interception differential (plus-42). The previous record was held by Colts QB Peyton Manning, who was plus-39 in 2004.
  
• As a team, the Patriots scored 589 points this season, shattering the old record of 556 points set by the Minnesota Vikings in 1998 which featured ... WR Randy Moss.
  
• The Patriots broke their own record for consecutive regular season wins when they made it 19 straight regular season wins against the Giants Saturday.
  
• The Patriots tied an NFL record when 21 different players scored a TD this season.
  
• Brady and Moss paired up for a record 23 passing TDs this season. The previous NFL record was 18 by Miami’s Dan Marino and Mark Clayton in 1984 and by Green Bay’s Brett Favre and Sterling Sharpe in 1994.
  
• With 75 touchdowns this season, New England broke the NFL record of 70 touchdowns in a season, previously held by the 1984 Miami Dolphins.
  
• Wes Welker set a new Patriots team record with his 102d catch of the season Saturday night and passed Troy Brown. He finished the season with 112 catches and 1,175 yards ... wow!
  
• Brady set the Patriots single-season record for most passing yards in a season with 4,806. The record was previously held by Drew Bledsoe (4,555 yards in 1994).
  
• This is the first year the Patriots went undefeated in the AFC-East.

Just amazing.
And I noticed something about this win ... no one's talking about "Spygate" or "Belicheat" ... could we finally be turning the page on this ... please?!?