DougGabriel2007
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I've gone back and forth on it, with the hole "everyone probably does stuff like that", which is true. And I'm sure it did not help us out a whole lot, however, perception becomes reality and if people start to believe we cheated then we're going to be labeled that. Its unfortunate because we got so many great players and people on this team.
I feel like I've spent so much time rooting for this team, watching the games, reading about the team, being proud of them and now we gotta deal with this, which is about the worst possible thing besides performance enhancing drug use that we could be exposed for.
Whether this gave us a big edge or not, none of us will really EVER know and thats what is the tough part. We can pretend to rationalize it, we can pretend we know, but we really will never know if we got a leg up on teams like the Eagles, Steelers and Colts by doing this.
I've never enjoyed rooting for a team, group of players and organization more than the 2001-current New England Patriots and I'm not sure what to think. I think going forward we'll be fine and continue to win but it is the NFL and it will be tough. We could easily fall off within 2-3 years and people start saying "oh look they felloff within 2 years of cameragate", when it was just coincidental and the odds were of that happening.
This is a major rambling, however, I really believe a lot of people on this board will be able to relate to what I'm saying, I think most of my feelings towards the situation are similar to others. Some of us are trying to say we're gonna just focus on the next game and all that, but this is something thats going to linger for a while and it just sucks.
All I can think of for now,
(Added note: I'm pretty sure we're going to beat the Chargers. You got a situation where a bunch of people who are champions, future hall of famers are having their pride, credentials and manhood questioned for something they had no role in and know nothing about. Teams in the NFL always rally around the no respect card and this is the ultimate no respect card)
I feel like I've spent so much time rooting for this team, watching the games, reading about the team, being proud of them and now we gotta deal with this, which is about the worst possible thing besides performance enhancing drug use that we could be exposed for.
Whether this gave us a big edge or not, none of us will really EVER know and thats what is the tough part. We can pretend to rationalize it, we can pretend we know, but we really will never know if we got a leg up on teams like the Eagles, Steelers and Colts by doing this.
I've never enjoyed rooting for a team, group of players and organization more than the 2001-current New England Patriots and I'm not sure what to think. I think going forward we'll be fine and continue to win but it is the NFL and it will be tough. We could easily fall off within 2-3 years and people start saying "oh look they felloff within 2 years of cameragate", when it was just coincidental and the odds were of that happening.
This is a major rambling, however, I really believe a lot of people on this board will be able to relate to what I'm saying, I think most of my feelings towards the situation are similar to others. Some of us are trying to say we're gonna just focus on the next game and all that, but this is something thats going to linger for a while and it just sucks.
All I can think of for now,
(Added note: I'm pretty sure we're going to beat the Chargers. You got a situation where a bunch of people who are champions, future hall of famers are having their pride, credentials and manhood questioned for something they had no role in and know nothing about. Teams in the NFL always rally around the no respect card and this is the ultimate no respect card)