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A positive thought or two, I should say. On a day of so much misery, what the hell.
Football is a great game. It’s wonderful entertainment, and Patriots’ football has given us all a tremendous amount of joy for a long time. The game is still great, and when the weather turns cool this fall, it’ll be great to have back, the evil of the league and the cowardice of Bob Kraft aside.
Today sucks. Losing a first round pick sucks, but it’s not the end of the world. Brady will play this season, and the Pats will be ready to raise hell come playoff time (they’ll figure out the secondary). Don’t worry about a lingering effect on the players from this. Trust in Bill on that.
To those saying the team is tarnished, now we’re officially cheaters, and other nonsense? Stop. Other fans hated us before. They hate us now. They’re rejoicing in our misery. Suck it up. We know what we know. Kraft caving doesn’t change that. And you know what? 99% of other fans’ teams suck. Why do you think they’re obsessed with us? With you? I never even think of them.
Listen: time heals. The current owner let us down. But this pain will fade. There will be other owners. Who is the team to you? Is it Robert Kraft? No. It’s those 53 guys in the uniforms, led by the best QB to ever play the game, and that one guy in a hoodie. Through the dark days over many years to the glory days of the past 15. That’s why we watch.
So take a day, or two, to be pissed, depressed, whatever. If you spent money on the Pats and don’t want to do that for awhile, fair enough.
But not be a fan? Sorry, not an option for me. It’s in my blood. Brady. Belichick. Super Bowl champions. They ain’t taking that away from me. Four Super Bowls. And counting.
I’m here to stay.
Football is a great game. It’s wonderful entertainment, and Patriots’ football has given us all a tremendous amount of joy for a long time. The game is still great, and when the weather turns cool this fall, it’ll be great to have back, the evil of the league and the cowardice of Bob Kraft aside.
Today sucks. Losing a first round pick sucks, but it’s not the end of the world. Brady will play this season, and the Pats will be ready to raise hell come playoff time (they’ll figure out the secondary). Don’t worry about a lingering effect on the players from this. Trust in Bill on that.
To those saying the team is tarnished, now we’re officially cheaters, and other nonsense? Stop. Other fans hated us before. They hate us now. They’re rejoicing in our misery. Suck it up. We know what we know. Kraft caving doesn’t change that. And you know what? 99% of other fans’ teams suck. Why do you think they’re obsessed with us? With you? I never even think of them.
Listen: time heals. The current owner let us down. But this pain will fade. There will be other owners. Who is the team to you? Is it Robert Kraft? No. It’s those 53 guys in the uniforms, led by the best QB to ever play the game, and that one guy in a hoodie. Through the dark days over many years to the glory days of the past 15. That’s why we watch.
So take a day, or two, to be pissed, depressed, whatever. If you spent money on the Pats and don’t want to do that for awhile, fair enough.
But not be a fan? Sorry, not an option for me. It’s in my blood. Brady. Belichick. Super Bowl champions. They ain’t taking that away from me. Four Super Bowls. And counting.
I’m here to stay.