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NFL POWER RANKINGS: Where all 32 teams stand at the start of training camp

1. New England Patriots

1. New England Patriots

Chuck Burton/AP

Last season: 14-2, first in AFC East

Biggest acquisitions: Traded for WR Brandin Cooks, TE Dwayne Allen; signed CB Stephen Gillmore, RB Mike Gillislee

Biggest losses: RB LeGarrette Blount, TE Martellus Bennett, S Jabal Sheard

Super Bowl odds: 3/1

One thing to know: After the greatest Super Bowl comeback in NFL history, the Patriots, perhaps sniffing Tom Brady’s mortality, went all-in, getting one of the top cornerbacks on the market in Gillmore, then trading for an elite deep threat in Brandin Cooks. They kept most of their defense together and found a potential LeGarrette Blount in Mike Gillislee (attention, Bills: if the Patriots want your free agent running back, you shouldn’t let him go). How good has the Patriots’ offseason been? There’s already murmurs of a perfect 2017 season.

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