Are Brady and Belichick great? Yes.
But have they also been the luckiest/most fortunate team in NFL history as well? Yes.
Easiest division in football for their entire run, which leads to the #1 seed, a bye and homefield advantage every season.
They always have an EASY first round game cause the AFC has been so weak outside of a couple teams.
So they get to the AFC championship pretty easily every year and have homefield advantage.
It's just like all of LeBron's runs to the Finals every season because of a lack of competition in the East.
Last year they had the easiest SOS in the NFL, played a terrible Texans team and then the Steelers without Bell. They didn't beat a single playoff team in the regular season with their starting QB. Then in the super bowl, they got manhandled and then the Atlanta coaches lost their minds. Their run to the super bowl against Seattle was just as easy.
Seattle had the super bowl won and gave it away. Atlanta had the super bowl won and gave it away. Or else we'd be talking about how Brady has a 3-4 record in the super bowl and was a choker.
Not to mention all the cheating. The tuck rule game. All the games won by Vinatieri.
The Pats have been good. But they've been lucky.