Well, I'll save Triumph the trouble. I'm a homer, you bet.
Every year, this team keeps me on the edge of my seat while most other fans have given up by the time December begins (many by the turn of November). Hard to ask for more.
The Red Sox have won 3 titles in the last 10 years, surpassing the Patriots, but they have not been nearly as enjoyable because of the awful years sprinkled in all over the place. I love what the Pats have done.
Personally, my opinion, Mallett worked out to be a very solid pick. He filled a needed role through three years on the cheap (rookie deal). Whether or not he could have performed when it mattered, we, thankfully, never learned, but apparently the coaching staff believed he could.
And we saved millions each year on the cap. So I think it a win.
If BB does it, it must be right, right? Well, not exactly - I've got a list of things that bug me about this year, where I disagree with the choice (see Kelly, Tommy and the Gallon pick, for example). I think Kelly will outperform almost everyone on the Pats DL - Wilfork and Chandler as the only exceptions - this year. And heck, if he pushed Sopoaga off the roster, did we even save money?
I say all that with the humility to admit that I didn't watch him in practice, or have game tape of his every PS snap, or have access to the medical reports of how his old legs are expected to hold up come the December winds.
I guess because I admit that lack of information, I'm a homer. Okay, I can live with that.
