10 NFL Teams Most Likely To Play In Next Year's Super Bowl

3. New England Patriots

When was the last time a list of potential Super Bowl candidates did not contain the Patriots? Super Bowl XLIX winners New England ended 2015 with a 12-4 record for the 4th straight season and QB Tom Brady gave no evidence that his advancing age was an issue, ending the regular season with an impressive QB rating of 102.2. It was only a failed 2 point conversion which stopped the Patriots taking the Broncos to overtime in the AFC Championship game and the Patriots, who finished the 2015 season with an 150 points differential look as dangerous as ever. Combine a defense which gave up less than 200 passing yards per game, Brady's ability to work with any receiver on earth and the fact that the last year New England had a losing record was the year N*Sync performed 'Bye Bye Bye' during the Super Bowl half time show and you have a combination able to go all the way next year. Plus, Bill Belichick looks like the sort who would Google his own name, and not putting the Patriots on this list would probably just spur him on even more.