izzo signed with miami's divisional rival new england in 2001, and played on three of the six patriots' super bowl championship teams (2001, 2003 and 2004), defeating the st. louis rams, carolina panthers, and philadelphia eagles, respectively. izzo was also part of the 2007 patriots that were the only undefeated team since the nfl expanded to a 16-game schedule but had lost super bowl xlii to the new york giants 17-14. he also had two more trips to hawaii as the afc special team representative in 2002, and 2004. izzo gained notoriety in 2002 in the patriots super bowl parade by leading the crowd in a ""yankees suck!"" chant, in reference to the yankees-red sox rivalry.