Here's another reason the Patriots are so good...

gosteelers

Last year, the Dolphins trade Wes Welker for the Patriots 2nd round pick (60th overall). The Dolphins take Samson Satele. By the way, the Dolphins also traded to their division rivals (in name alone) another key Pats member, Sammy Morris. Boy, the Dolphins are just making all the right moves.

Bosox1976

Dolphins did well to get a pick for Welker. He was signed to a restricted Free Agent offer sheet and the Pats weren't taking no for an answer. Morris was a nice bonus though. Sort of like Okajima at a fraction of the price of Dice K.