New England Pride
2nd Team Getting Their First Start
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I feel like the general concencus around Patriots Nation is that this has been a terrible off season. I really couldn't disagree more. Sure we lost Revis and Browner and definitely don't have as good of a team on paper as last year, but that has not ruined the offseason for me one bit. This is the first offseason in 10 years I haven't woken up every single day thinking about the "what ifs."
-What if the referees didn't blow the call in Denver when Champ Bailey clearly lost the ball out of the end zone?
-What if Reche Caldwell could catch a football?
-What if David Tyree didn't catch a football off his helmet in the closing minutes of the game?
-What if Brady stayed healthy?
-What if the Patriots will never get back to being what they used to be?
-What if they could have just squeeked out that tough divisional game against the Jets?
-What if Wes Welker had a clutch gene?
-What if Gronkowski didn't break his arm?
-What if Talib wasn't a mental midget?
This offseason I wake up everyday with none of these thoughts. To be honest I haven't even really been thinking about football much. Every time I think about it I laugh knowing the Pats just beat the team Peyton Manning got chin checked by the year before. Football will get here when it gets here and for the first time in a decade, I won't wish my summer away.
Not everyone has to agree with me, but feeling any other way in my eyes is kinda hard to fathom. The perception of this franchise from jealous fans, former players, media, ect does not have any bearing on the way I feel about this team right now. Does anyone else feel the same way?
-What if the referees didn't blow the call in Denver when Champ Bailey clearly lost the ball out of the end zone?
-What if Reche Caldwell could catch a football?
-What if David Tyree didn't catch a football off his helmet in the closing minutes of the game?
-What if Brady stayed healthy?
-What if the Patriots will never get back to being what they used to be?
-What if they could have just squeeked out that tough divisional game against the Jets?
-What if Wes Welker had a clutch gene?
-What if Gronkowski didn't break his arm?
-What if Talib wasn't a mental midget?
This offseason I wake up everyday with none of these thoughts. To be honest I haven't even really been thinking about football much. Every time I think about it I laugh knowing the Pats just beat the team Peyton Manning got chin checked by the year before. Football will get here when it gets here and for the first time in a decade, I won't wish my summer away.
Not everyone has to agree with me, but feeling any other way in my eyes is kinda hard to fathom. The perception of this franchise from jealous fans, former players, media, ect does not have any bearing on the way I feel about this team right now. Does anyone else feel the same way?