Can I be honest here? Nothing against you in particular OP but ************ am I sick and f*cking tired of hearing what everyone else thinks about our franchise. I really just don't give a **** about what ***** tits writer for the New York Daily News thinks about the Patriots, I don't give a **** what Steelers fan from ****town PA thinks about the Patriots, I don't give a **** that the Broncos fans think they're the holy grail of integrity when they violated the salary cap on their way to a Super Bowl.
I don't give a **** about the cute banner some Jets fan wants to have flown over practice.
I don't give a **** about what some washed up Cardinals linebacker and awful head coach have to say about headsets. I don't care about coins. I don't give a f*ck about the NFL searching for bugs in locker rooms. I don't care about what the world thinks about framegate when the results of this season show it is more irrelevant than what you wear on gameday to help the Patriots get a win.
I JUST. DON'T CARE. Stop worrying what everyone else thinks about the Patriots and I promise you'll sleep better. People will hate them. They'll call them cheaters. They'll call the greatest ever QB to play the game "Shady Brady." They'll call Belichick "Belicheat." They'll use a stupid-ass and nonsensical name like the "Cheatriots" (really? that doesn't even f*cking flow!!) when referring to the Patriots.
And you know what? It'll happen for a minimum of 10 years AFTER BB and Brady retire. So just sit tight, hunker down, put the headphones on, and block out all the f*cking noise and don't let the sound of bugs hitting your car take away from the greatest road trip the NFL will ever see.
Pretty eloquent response to a very difficult situation, and when you first read it, it even sounds like a reasonable response. But when it comes right down to it, all you have basicly done is give up.
I guess when someone shovels **** on on your lawn, your response is to ignore them, just because you know they are going to keep on doing it even if you complain? C'mon Man
I know all this "noise" is frustrating and aggravating, ADG. There is nothing I'd like better than to pretend to wasn't happening. I would much rather be talking x's and o's with someone, than fight these attacks on our team's integrity. It would be so much easier to cover our heads and pretend it isn't happening.
The reason we have to keep on fighting, regardless of whether it's effective or not, is this. If your integrity is being attacked and you do defend yourself. First, it will never stop, and second, you deserve the results. By not defending yourself, you are, in the eyes of others, admitting to the accusations, and thus making it worse instead of better. Bob Kraft tried that tactic already, and look where it got him
I know no one is going after our integrity directly, but as loyal fans of the the team we are being attacked thru our team. I admit, I have a thing about bullies. I can't abide them. Now I KNOW that in both cameraplacementgate and framegate my team wasn't cheating to create an unfair advantage. I know that Roger Goodell, his cabal, and his proxies are basically trying to bully us into admitting to something we all know isn't true. He thinks if he can lie manipulate and mislead enough people to want to believe his narrative, we will simply get tired and give up in frustration.
I beg you not to do that ADG. The easy way isn't necessarily the right way. Hang in there.
Jim Brady @jimbrady 28m28 minutes ago
