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Sorry to dampen the mood but no.the ultimate sign that our team had arrived. We were finally a real, winning, respected NFL franchise instead of a punchline.
The Patriots were real, and winning, in the 60's, 70's and 80's.
Local and national media have done everything in their power to denigrate, dismiss and ignore the truth.
Billy Sullivan had shortcomings that have been trumpeted to make him out to be worse than all the legion of sick, twisted, racist, greed-driven petty NFL owners throughout history. He did what it took to have a homeless yet highly competitive team in the 60's, then with no government support built one of only a half dozen privately funded stadiums in the country, and hired the 'controversial' coach who made the Patriots seriously good within a year, and two years later Super Bowl champions but for unparalleled atrocities at a time when winning an NFL title was reserved for only the elite.
Three fake scandals, one with made up allegations and the other two with barely existent infractions, including stolen top draft picks and $millions spent to suspend Tom Brady for nothing as though he were Greg Hardy or Ray Rice, contradict any illusion of being 'respected'.
The media's eternal false laughingstock narrative perpetuates their schtick using the Patriots as a punchline. From losing their minds when the Patriots went 2-14 in 1981, which I apparently am the only person ever who knows or mentions that was the one (1) losing season they had in 13 years, to grounds crew at the SuperDome complaining that the Patriots' logo was too intricate to comfortably paint in the end zone, derision of the team in ignorance and/or denigration of their on field accomplishments has been out of control since the merger in 1970.
Anti-Patriots hysteria was already in full force then, and the fact it has only intensified every year since, with help from Kraft's stupid flying elvis, contributes to this:
The passing of John Madden yesterday, along with the death of Ben Dreith last April, first and foremost punctuate that December 18, 1976 and its aftermath will perpetuate in infamy forever.