PATRIOTSFANINPA

[QUOTE=cstjohn17;417844][QUOTE=PATRIOTSFANINPA;417794]I think the Pats are the NFL team Hated most of all in the country if you took a poll of every football fan and got a consensus.

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No doubt about it. I disagree about the level of hate before this offseason. I think the Patriots were hated by most fans of others teams, despite the Patriots attempts to build a high quality team.

So if we are going to be hated we might as well do it with style.

[b[There isn't a single fan out there who wouldn't trade places with us in a second.[/b]

So true,My friend,So true

DW Toys

Wonder what his number is gonna be. Stallworth is 18, Watson is #84 and his college number was #88(K. Brady?)
DW Toys

PatsFanInVa

Two ways it can go...

1) You sign who you want to sign (i.e., Dillon, for example,) and who gives a crap that you're "supposed" to get it done with "character guys," as long as they turn into character guys when they arrive. I don't give a crap if it's like that.

2) These guys transform the Pats, not the other way around, which I think is what the original poster is saying... to me, that's bull****. In the long run it's a matter of "building a team, not collecting talent." I don't think BB stops understanding that just because of one huge offseason.

Either way, yes, we are Americas Most Hated Team.

Caveat - by the way, this amazingly talented team can go the way of the Rams in 2000, if we don't behave like a less talented team.

It's not a matter of who these guys are, it's who this team is. I think this will be, in the sense of the word we're used to, a Patriots team. I'm pretty sure that's why we were winning without the big names, and living around DC, I'm pretty sure that's a way to lose even with the big names -- losing the team cohesion and team-first attitude.

PFnV

Michigan Dave

I like being hated. It means you're doing something right. You don't hate bad teams.

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dtbrks

My sentiments exactly. I remember hating those teams, but now, I love being on the other side!

NYCPatsFan

Many in the NYC/NJ area are quite pissed off with us. They now compare us to a dying dynasty that is clutching at the few available straws before crumbling to dust and predict that it is now just a matter of time before we are humbled by others.

I just smile and keep quite because I agree with Rodney Harrison's comments earlier that no one wins SBs based on paper strength; what matters is what we do on the field. So, though I am elated that we now have a legitimate deep threat receiver that Brady has never had, I want to celebrate after we post a solid performance on the field.

Here's to welcoming Moss to the team and hoping that the team performs as a cohesive unit in the face of open scron shown by many.

carolinatony

The word you are looking for is jealous
That's why they all hate Duke in Basketball

godef

Just be glad you got one before it all came crumbling down.

I mean, really, Indy won the battle, but compare their postseason successes and you realize why New England is still the better organization.

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F0nSY

Amen brother

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From Spain I say...Go pats!!!

cringelyindy

As an Indy fan I ask: WHAT POST SEASON SUCCESSES???? Do you mean post regular season ? please clue me in as I wan't to enjoy them. Since the SB their has been NO successes in my book!!! I am sick about the whole thing.....enjoy your trip to Indy this year as I feel you won't be back for another 5 years. It took so long to climb the mountain against you guys and I feel our front office doesn't give a ****.