Hey, look, just because you win a few games doesn’t mean that things are perfect, Parcells says. There’s a lot to do here.

This is no finished product. But right now, we have an opportunity to try to continue on and do something. That’s why you coach, and that’s why you play.

Even with last year’s impressive run into the American Football Conference wild-card playoffs, it is difficult to understand why the Patriots’ Super Bowl 95 bandwagon has suddenly become so crowded.

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After all, there are some serious deficiencies on this roster.

For starters, there is the backfield situation, where Parcells appears ready to establish a running-backs-by-committee approach.

With Marion Butts playing himself off the roster last year, Parcells now goes to a quicker backfield with David Meggett, Corey Croom and rookie Curtis Martin.

Sure, it helps to have the best young quarterback in football.

But let’s face it, Parcells is a Northeast coach, someone who is more comfortable having a big back for when the weather gets nasty.

And what about those renowned receiversVincent Brisby, Ray Crittenden and Kevin Lee? Tight end Ben Coates can’t do it alone.

As for the defense, it’s too bad Parcells couldn’t get his hands on the real Reggie White.

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Instead, he had to settle for the San Diego Chargers castoff with the same name, as well as journeymen Jon Hand, Mike Jones and Tim Roberts.

The linebackers and secondary are above average, but let’s not confuse this defense with Parcells’ old New York Giants teams.

Parcells has done a magnificent job pulling the Patriots off the ledge in only 30 months on the job.

It is one of the most stunning turnarounds you will see, and one that will result in a Super Bowl championship before long.

Now is not the time, though. Not just yet.

Word broke in the 49ers’ locker room a few minutes after last Friday afternoon’s practice:Deion Sanders was coming back to San Francisco.

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