I was at the gym this morning and one tv had espn on. I plugged the headphones in as it said they were going to be talking about the Pats. It went a little something like this...
Linda Cohn: "Oh by the way, the GIANTS WON the Super Bowl last year but it is the team who LOST that everyone is focusing on. The Giants are picked third in their OWN DIVISION but it is the Patriots, who LOST a chance at 19-0 who people are talking about. As we hear from Rachel Nichols, the Pats are still getting over it."
Switch to Rachel Nichols' report.
"The Patriots will try to not become another Super Bowl losing team to miss the playoffs the next year"
Cue roll-in footage of Brady, Bruschi, and Belichick ALL talking about how they are looking forward, not back. This is a new season, blah, blah, blah...
"The Patriots lost Asante Samuel this offseason. It could cripple them this year..."
Cue quote of a player saying "we've lost a lot of good players here over the years. We've always rebounded."
The contradictions continued throughout the report. It was pretty humorous. ESPN tried so hard to paint the Patriots in one light, yet all of the footage they shared showed a different view.
For the poster who said that espn has an anti-New England bias, I would agree. We all saw the lack of respect the Celtics got in the NBA playoffs until they were up 3-1 in the finals. The Red Sox are money makers for them, so they give them a break. BC and UConn sports get a raw deal from ESPN on their college football and basketball shows...Then of course you have the Pats. Back to NFL Network for me until live games start up.