Much has been said about the current success of Boston sports teams over the past month. In fact, Sunday marked the last time a Boston sports team (not counting the woeful B's) had lost in the past month(Cleveland beat Boston on Oct. 16th). This time it was the Celtics. Who barely lost. In a game I watched on NBA TV because I have it. Yes. I'm that special. I actually prefer the Celtics over the Patriots. For that reason I missed the first two Pats scores against the Bills.
And what I did watch of the Patriots game was nothing short of masterful. It wasn't that the Bills looked bad. The Patriots looked so good to make a team they were playing not look bad and instead make themselves look even better. The Mrs keeps asking how I can watch the Pats game with the scores so out-of-hand. Because it's beautiful. I've never seen such precision and execution on the football field. It's like watching Beckett work in a playoff game. The opposing batters just don't have a shot because he is that good. The Patriots are just that good.
I likened it yesterday morning to an old SportsCenter commercial.
We are the Holyfield of the NFL.
But it's a long season. So let's not get ahead of ourselves.
As per the punditry that revolves around these landslide victories, it's nice to be the villian. To be the hated team. And it's nice to know and realize this is the case only because we are winning so easily. We are not overpaying players. The organization does things the right way. Forget SpyGate. We're 10 weeks removed from that. It's over. Move beyond it. The only reason we are hated as a team is because the Patriots win and win so very very well.
I love paradoxes.
This may or may not be one.
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The only reason we are hated as a team is because the Patriots win and win so very very well.
That's not true, of course. There are plenty of other reasons to hate the Patriots: The national media's collective inability to remove their lips from Tom Brady's derriere, Spygate, the fact that they leave their starters in the game into the fourth quarter of a 46-point win, the bandwagon frat-boy Boston fan, Vince Wilfork.
Nobody hates the Colts and they won the Super Bowl last year. I don't recall any hatred for the 49ers back in the day.
I'm not saying I hate the Patriots (I don't), but I'm certainly sick of having to hear about them every time I access any kind of sports media.
That hatred comes via the sports media and something like that wouldn't hold up in court. Maybe in appeals court though, depending on the judges.
What they do on the field is masterful. It's systematic and precise and surgical.
No one hates the Colts because they're media savvy. However, how should that translate to on-field likability? It does. It's just stupid though. Belicheck is a media pariah. He hates them after what happened in Cleveland years ago. And he's completely justified. Only you won't see the media paint that picture. Instead it's "oh he's smug with us so that means he's not a nice guy and kind of a jerk." Sound logic there.
They're heading towards being one of the best teams ever. And also the most hated. It's a shame the latter is outstepping the former and as a result is making the former void of its true value cause it's "oh, they're just being mean."
No. They're just being good. Come out and get your whopping.
They are indeed very good. The contrast of this team to previous ones is superb. I am hearing and reading of more whinning as a result of high scores. What panzies! Run that score up, crush the other team, make them cry for their mommy.
It reminds me of the ancient battle of Keriam Sith where the once despised Goth, removed of any power and tossed into the dregs of Bayith, rises to regain the throne to which he was destined.
Gogothgo is the remnant word of an eternal victory won so long ago.
And history does repeat itself.
I know that the following is not the topic of your posting. Hey Isaac, enjoy your very first Thanksgiving. God Bless you.
Now you know how it feels to be a Buckeye,, Hated for our history and our dominance. Fear the Vest !!!!!!!!
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