All the yapping and allegations about the Patriots may make fans around the NFL feel better, but it's certain that it makes at least some New England fans feel great.
Despite "Spy Gate," running up the score, and "moral victories," the Patriots have emerged unscathed and stand at 14-0.
I just listened to Jim Rome say he loves E.D.—I thought he was referring to what Viagra cures.
But no, it was Eric Dickerson, who on Rome's radio show earlier in the day said that the Patriots are not the best team ever, even if they do go 19-0 and win their fourth Super Bowl in seven seasons.
No, he thinks some of the 49ers teams were better, and he may be right.
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I always go back to the 1985 Bears as the team I consider the most dominant team (for a complete season) that I've ever seen.
That said, the Patriots' run to 16-0 does not make them the best team ever.
But a run to 19-0 will constitute the best season ever, by any team—49ers, Bears, Cowboys, and Steelers included.
They will have done this in the era of the salary cap, and indeed will have dominated a league that set out—with at least partial success—to create parity.
That is, until Bill Belichick walked away from the Jets' organization and into the Patriots', a move that has put both the organization and the coach not only on the map, but on the map with a star next to their names.
A star as in the capital, the gold standard, the organization that all organizations (with the possible exception of Indianapolis) would like to emulate.
Even outside football in fact—see the Red Sox.
Thus it should come as no surprise that this fan loves the hatred spurned by other fans.
This fan soaks up the whining by other players about the lack of professionalism the Patriots have shown during some games because they have embarrassed their opponents by scoring too many points.
He loves the weekly sound bites by Patriot after Patriot (and coach)—i.e., "we played a very good team and we came out on top," "we could have done some things better and there's room for improvement," "that game's over, we're now preparing for Miami, a team who is much better than their record would indicate," "they're a divisional foe that always plays us tough"...
To all those who feel the Patriots (and their fans) are worthy of hatred, thank you.
I hope you have a wonderful holiday and that all your dreams and wishes come true—except one.
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8 months ago
you can complain about the running up the score, or the unsportsmanship,or anything else you want .The fact is the pat's are the best team ever if they go 19-0 .Here is the reason why.
No team in history has ever gone undefeated except Miami.The cowboy's ,stealer's,49er's,or anyone else you can name has not done it.When Miami did it it had less game's and was not half as good as the pat's of this era.Tom Brady is with out question the best Q.B. in N.F.L history.And with out argument they are the team of the twenty first century .You may not like them but tuff there is no dening it.All the old timer's like (dickerson) can say what hey want but it still means nothing .They only open there mouth to stay in the lime lite .The Pat's are about to break many record's ,team and individual recorder's. And 1 thing the Pat's do not do like s many other team's (the stealer's , the charger's, the bengal's, the cowboy's) When they lose they give credit to the team that beat's them .Also they do not spend much of there air time after a loss telling the world that they are a better team and shouldnt of lost. A good team does not spout out about being an elite team alla( the Pat's and Indy).Good and even great team's do not need to spend their time telling everyone how good they are. Also when the team's lose like ( the charger's, the cowboy's )when they are losing or have lost there star's like (L.T, T.O) turn on there team mate's and put them down or out right blame them . You will never hear (Brady or Manning do this .So everything being said the Pat's are the best . thank's for reading
from 8 months ago
First, I hope you understand I was not complaining about anything the Patriots have done. Second, I don't necessarily care what Dickerson, Morris, Shula, or anyone else thinks about how good the Patriots are, that was my point in the original post. Third, there have been many great teams, the '85 Bears, the Steelers from the mid to late 70's, the 49er teams, the Cowboys of the 90's and of course the '72 Dolphins. I remember watching the Dolphins and they were a hard team to dislike even for me as a Boston Patriot fan.
The best team in history is a subjective label there is no way to show the '07 NE Patriots would beat the '85 Bears or any of the great teams from the past. The record of 19-0 (if the Patriots pull it off) is more objective and no team no matter how great would be able to say that they went an entire season through the Super Bowl undefeated. That in my opinion would constitute the greatest season in the history of the NFL pre and post NFL/AFL merger.
8 months ago
Bill Belichick got his sweet revenge to some extent last sunday at Foxboro by beating the Mangini Coached Jets with out even using the offense ! Yes, it was a bad weather situation for both teams and Brady didn't throw a TD and that's what made Bill's day as the Pats scored 20 points from the worst coached and worst managed Jet's team in a while. The Pat's just played with the Jet's all day and only scored on the Jet's turnovers and mistakes for the whole game.
The message was on Bill's face with a huge smile as he headed to center field to touch hands with the Biggest " RAT " this league has ever seen in the history of the sport and Belichick and the Pat's beat the Jet's without even trying.
On the other hand,Mangini looked quite worried during the whole game as he waited to see what would happen with the hand shake. Mangini actually looked sick and scared to death !
So is it over ? " NO " the Boston fans didn't get a good enough snowfall Sunday to give it to the Fat Rat so it will continue next year for sure !!
So, the Pat's have tied the season record of 14 wins straight and next week if they beat the Dolphins will have broken the same record at 15 . Then if they beat the Giant's they will have gone the full season with a record of 16-0 beating the Dolphins record of 1972 with their perfect season but they only played 14 games then !!!
8 months ago
I totally agree, nothing delights me more than reading news about the patriots and listening to all the people gripe about them! I understand why non-fans are annoyed that the team is so good but damn, it feels soooo good to be a fan of this team!!
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