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Article: UNEASY LIES THE HEAD; The NFC is loaded with question marks, beginning with defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- July 17, 2003
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(First of a three-part series looking at the NFC, AFC and
Patriots)
The Patriot Ledger
A word of warning to whichever starting running back holds the
Lombardi Trophy aloft in Houston's Reliant Stadium in February: Enjoy
it now, kid. Lugging the ball for a Super Bowl champion would seem
to be a pretty sweet gig, but recent history hasn't been kind to
these fellows when it comes to The Season After. Baltimore's Jamal
Lewis guided the Ravens' attack in 2000, and then missed all of 2001
with a knee injury. Antowain Smith keyed the Patriots' stunning 2001
title, and then went in the tank in 2002. Now comes Tampa Bay's
Michael Pittman, the surprise star of Super Bowl XXXVII who may be ...