I hear you, Venecol. I'm almost completely there. As someone who has played sports, albeit at the amateur level only, I know how hard it is to beat the guy in front of you. So with that said, there is always going to be a small part of me that does not find this funny, and I find it disrespectful to men who gave it their all to win and were rewarded for it by winning the ultimate honor of the sport - a Super Bowl . . . multiple, in fact. BB named 21 players the other day. That's no small thing to me. That's the level of respect he has for the guys who did everything for him and the organization.
I watched the SB celebration again, and to hear Julian tell the coach he would do anything for him . . . that's special. To see the sincerity on Blount's face when he thanked Bill for bringing him back during the celebration is special. To see Amendola crying was special. And I can never find it completely funny that there are losers out there saying that these men cheated to win.
If you want to make excuses, that's fine. But these other guys who play the sport should know better. They're helping ESPNFL and Goodell paint the picture that all NE does is cheat to win. For Tomlin to stand up at the podium the other night after his team looked pitiful out there and more than insinuate that communications issues only happen in Foxboro is not funny to me, especially at a time when the whole world is only talking about cheating. Communications issues had nothing to do with Gronk standing ALL BY HIMSELF or running down the middle of the field as if invisible. Common sense should have told anyone in a white jersey to mark anyone in a blue jersey, especially one of the most dangerous weapons in the NFL. You don't need a headset to tell you that.
But I do hear you, Venecol. I have laughed most of it off. There just will always remain that little part of me that acknowledges how disrespectful it all is while being comical.