offcourse the pat's gonna have a hella high payroll, 3 super bowl's is a good leverage for sports agents when peoples contracts run out. Plus they have lost alot of there superstars, like Richard Seymour, Asante Samuel , and Ty law. The reason the Patriots used to always win was because there defense was filled with smart ass vet's, who always scored a TD themself's, and had amazing stops, plus a field goal kicker with ice in his viens, pretty good way to win a few super bowl's.