It gets tiring hearing all this spygate BS...."they haven't won a championship since spygate".
But what can you say, we win three in four years...how improbable is that?? then what...we're starting to become the 90-94 Buffallo Bills....I mean, real talk, the way we looked today was nothing like we looked against Buffalo, Baltimore, and Indianapolis. We looked like a young team in its first big game today. Everything was out of sync...we got out-coached and outplayed at every facet.
What do we do from here?? My bet, just be content with the past, because we're still going to tow the company line and hope for young players or cheap veterans to be exceptional players in clutch games....
I'm just frustrated...loss for words. I felt like it was now or never today.
I feel the same way. It's now going to be a full decade since the last Super Bowl win, and all the season ending defeats have been in cruel fashion.
- Twice lose at Denver in a game the Patriots never get it going with.
- Twice lose to Peyton Manning in the AFC championship (including the above mentioned Denver).
- Watch a formerly beloved Patriot assist Peyton on both occasions (Adam Vinatieri and Wes Welker).
- Twice lose to Eli Manning in the Super Bowl.
- Twice lose at home to the Baltimore Ravens.
- Watch Mark freaking Sanchez outplay Tom Brady at home.
- Watch Rob Gronkowski (2011 and 2012) and Aqib Talib (2012 and 2013) each suffer injuries in the playoffs.
- Have Brett Favre fail to beat Chad Pennington which costs the Patriots the division and a playoff berth in 2008...just like he did in 2002.
- Lose Gronk at the end of this season, Harrison at the end of 2006, Welker at the end of 2009, etc.
Losing happens, injuries happen. But the way it's done, in the most cruel of manners, almost makes me feel like the universe is conspiring to mess with us. I know fans of more tortured franchises like the two in Ohio, as well as Buffalo, Detroit, etc. don't want to hear it from us, and who can blame them? But the Patriots have been defeated in such ridiculous ways in the past decade and it's become old hat. I love all the division titles but can we have just one more season where it all comes together before Brady and Belichick retire? I know it sounds selfish but I remember when we were horrible, before Kraft and Parcells turned the franchise around, and I know how hard these opportunities are to come by.