MrTibbs

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...56/1247/SPORTS

"First things first: A hearty round of congratulations to the New England Patriots, your 2007 Summer Super Bowl champions.
For their remarkable accomplishment, they will be awarded the Dan Snyder Trophy, which has resided with the Washington Redskins the past five seasons."



http://www.nypost.com/seven/04302007...teve_serby.htm

"Belichick didn't win a Super Bowl these past two years and also can hear Eric Mangini's footsteps. It means he is more desperate than he has ever been. Desperate enough to draft Brandon Meriweather, a cover safety the Jets probably wouldn't have touched after a gun incident and a stomping incident at Miami. Desperate enough to believe Moss won't poison his locker room the way he has poisoned his previous two locker rooms."

Bella*chick

Those smack of two things:

Fear and frustration. Nothing more.

DefenseRules

JEALOUSY is an ugly thing.

brdmaverick

shouldn't the Dan Snyder Award be given to a team that overpays aging players in an attempt to win a Super Bowl?

The last I checked we had to trade for Randy Moss AND he comes at the great value of $3 mil.

It's jealousy.

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brdmaverick

I suppose another way to look at it is.........

IF the Colts or Jets were to gain the services of Randy Moss, I'm sure we would try to put a negative spin on it as well.

So I guess I can't blame them for trying.

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Jimke

The only way the Pats can stuff a sock in the mouths of these

guys is by beating the heck out of them when the season starts.

All_Around_Brown

There is only one Dan Snyder award and it goes to....get this...none other than the Dan Snyder Washington Redskins.

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cblesz

It IS truly hilarious. "Pats overpaid free agents", "Pats pannicking". Puhlease. Thomas took LESS money to play for this organization. Moss was for a fourth round pick and he also gave up $20 odd million bucks. These guys are ridiculous. Not kidding, who is going to cover our receivers in Indy? In NY? Nobody. We ought to score 50 points on both of them...

Boston Jay

Cap Hits (courtesy of Miguel)

$3,406,720 - A. Thomas
$2,773,386 - D. Stallworth
$2,306,720 - K. Brady
$1,706,720 - W. Welker
$1,350,000 - T. James

Plus around 3 million for Moss. Somewhere in the ballpark of 14-15 mil on the cap for 6 guys? Damn. We sure overpaid for them.

TomBrady'sGoat

I don't have much issue with the indystar column. They won and they can talk. It is also well disguised as a "different approaches of the two teams" discussion. Of course you could say that you'd expect this stuff from fans and not a reporter.

The "Mangini's footsteps" comment is downright hilarious. You'd think the Jets actually challenged NE last year. The Jets outperformed everyone's expectations going from 4-12 to 10-6 and Mangini did a wonderful job, but they lost the division by 2 games and got trounced in the playoffs. The Jets were clearly not in NE's class last year, and NE has done a remarkable job improving itself.

I feel sorry for any fans of an AFC team not in SD, Indy, or Denver. Those are the only 3 fanbases that should have any belief they can actually beat NE this year (and all 3 do). An up-and-comer with faults will be able to take the NFC, but the AFC looks off-limits.