I had an interesting conversation with a group of friends over beers recently and I was the only Pats fan and 2 others would previously put Manning above Brady while 1 other guy was very anti-Brady and could never recognize his greatness.
But after this Super Bowl, the first 2 really had no argument and had no problem saying Brady is the greatest (could be argued that he was before this game but so be it) and really just publicly admired what they had just witnessed. The other guy still couldn't bring himself to recognizing Brady and what was interesting was that this time, it wasn't me who was arguing, it was the other 2.. In fact they belittled him for being so closed minded and simply choosing to support his argument with his select facts (confirmation bias). They even pointed out how it's ok to admit you are wrong and its actually a good display of humility which people appreciate.
I've never seen this guy get shut down so quickly and the look on his face told me how confused and childish he felt.
I'm sharing this mainly because in prior years' conversations, I would be visibly upset with the lack of credit or the cheating card being thrown out but now I find the critics "amunition" to be nothing more than blanks and I don't think they really believe what they are spewing but need to hold onto their narrative out of ego but they are more ridiculous than ever doing so.
But after this Super Bowl, the first 2 really had no argument and had no problem saying Brady is the greatest (could be argued that he was before this game but so be it) and really just publicly admired what they had just witnessed. The other guy still couldn't bring himself to recognizing Brady and what was interesting was that this time, it wasn't me who was arguing, it was the other 2.. In fact they belittled him for being so closed minded and simply choosing to support his argument with his select facts (confirmation bias). They even pointed out how it's ok to admit you are wrong and its actually a good display of humility which people appreciate.
I've never seen this guy get shut down so quickly and the look on his face told me how confused and childish he felt.
I'm sharing this mainly because in prior years' conversations, I would be visibly upset with the lack of credit or the cheating card being thrown out but now I find the critics "amunition" to be nothing more than blanks and I don't think they really believe what they are spewing but need to hold onto their narrative out of ego but they are more ridiculous than ever doing so.