PATRIOTS NEWS Your 2025 AFC East Champion New England Patriots

[manxman2601]

"Been There, Won That"

 

[manxman2601]

 

[Uptown]

 

[reflexblue]

That must have hurt

 

[Uptown]

 

[Delicate Genius]

That must have hurt

 

[mike_usagisan]

Hats and t-shirts! Too bad they didn’t know after the Jets game.

 

[BobDigital]

The Evil Empire is back. Everything is proceeding as planned. Now the league shall face the full power of the dark side.

 

[Milloymam]

AFC East Champs sounds so right

 

[Tunescribe]

 

[ZotZot]

The Pats won the East again before the Allen/McDermott Bills regime even made it to the Superbowl lmao

 

[Tunescribe]

The Evil Empire is back. Everything is proceeding as planned. Now the league shall face the full power of the dark side.

No, please don't start with that old, tired BB-era "evil empire dark side" nonsense. This is a new regime -- positive, good and righteous. The Power of the Force.

 

[UGAPatsfan]

The Pats won the East again before the Allen/McDermott Bills regime even made it to the Superbowl lmao

Easy boss…Allen is hard to kill. They are still in the playoffs

 

[FCB02062]

Back in the summer I Hoped for meaningful games in December this season and they delivered that and then some. Hard to believe Maye is only just begining. LFG

 

[manxman2601]

No, please don't start with that old, tired BB-era "evil empire dark side" nonsense. This is a new regime -- positive, good and righteous. The Power of the Force.

I don't know, the "been there, won that" slogan is leaning into villainy a bit.

 

[ErniesPinkStripes]

 

[StockingAnarchyNumber12]

I have never gone to a game before. How much would tickets cost me?

 

[LuRkeR1978]

You just know the NFL is absolutely HATING THIS.

 

[Tunescribe]

I don't know, the "been there, won that" slogan is leaning into villainy a bit.

I don't see it that way. My point is the whole "dark side" thing was so rooted in BB-era perceived rules-bending (cameragate, deflategate) and anti-league office stuff that is behind us now. I can't see Vrabel/Maye as being part of that evil-and-dark shtick. It just doesn't fit.

 

[manxman2601]

I don't see it that way. My point is the whole "dark side" thing was so rooted in BB-era perceived rules-bending (cameragate, deflategate) and anti-league office stuff that is behind us now. I can't see Vrabel/Maye as being part of that evil-and-dark shtick. It just doesn't fit.

I don't think they'll 'test' the rules like Belichick did, I just meant that that slogan is kind of designed to, or at least is likely to, piss everyone else off. They're not going for humility. I like it - we'll end up the villain anyway in the eyes of everyone else so why not lean into it a bit.