FirstAndGoal
In the Starting Line-Up
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Just realize the situation you're in... the conversation for most teams is whether they'll make the playoffs, win the division, or have a shot at the Super Bowl. The conversation every year is whether the Patriots can be beat and whether they will win the Super Bowl this year....that's where the bar is set.
The reason people say the Patriots are arrogant isn't because the team says these things. The football world says these things and it irritates people so they project what the media and other people say onto the Patriots and their fan base. They hate that the media talks about the Patriots all of the time but there isn't a team that tries to avoid notice more than the Patriots. Just look at the collective cheers when something bad happens to the Patriots...name another team like that. When Big Ben or Luck get hurt, is there spontaneous cheering pouring out of every bar, stadium, and home? Brady goes down and people have parties.
The reason people say the Patriots are arrogant isn't because the team says these things. The football world says these things and it irritates people so they project what the media and other people say onto the Patriots and their fan base. They hate that the media talks about the Patriots all of the time but there isn't a team that tries to avoid notice more than the Patriots. Just look at the collective cheers when something bad happens to the Patriots...name another team like that. When Big Ben or Luck get hurt, is there spontaneous cheering pouring out of every bar, stadium, and home? Brady goes down and people have parties.