"There are no do-overs or mulligans after the clock runs out. The final score is what it is.

For the seven members of the Patriots who remain from the team that lost Super Bowl XLII to the Giants, today is a chance to gain some measure of revenge. For those Patriots that won't be on the field, however, all they can do is live vicariously through the 2011 team.

After falling just short of perfection, they have no other form of redemption."