Table of Contents
Prologue ix
1 End Game 1
2 Bobby 8
3 Fathers and Sons 14
4 The Long Game 22
5 Leverage 34
6 Sold! 44
7 Meet the New Boss 53
8 This Guy Is Different 69
9 Not So Fast 77
10 She 88
11 The Trouble with Contracts 100
12 New England Versus New York 109
13 You Know Me 120
14 Dear John 127
15 Getting Belichick 139
16 Tommy 153
17 Building the Core 164
18 In an Instant 175
19 Changing Places 186
20 The Perfect Storm 199
21 We Are All Patriots 208
22 Growing Pains 221
23 All in the Family 233
24 League of Their Own 244
25 A Day in the Life 257
26 Loss 268
27 Reload 278
28 Transcendence 290
29 Inconsolable 304
30 Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself 316
31 No Place Like Home 326
32 The Passing 340
33 Breaking Bad 350
34 Moving On 362
35 On To Cincinnati 375
36 The Envy of the League 390
37 New England Versos Everybody 406
38 No One Knows Where the Top Is 426
39 Lord of the Rings 440
40 Heavy is the Crown 449
41 Tension 461
42 Threading the Needle 474
43 Shuttle Diplomacy 483
44 We're Still Here 499
Epilogue 516
Acknowledgments 523
Notes 527
Index 559