It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...

PatsFanInVa said:

...it was the rebirth of a dynasty, it was a fluke of scheduling, it was a breath of fresh air after all the -gates, it was that effing Russini thing, it was the offseason of might, it was the offseason of weakness, it was the spring before finishing the job, it was the winter after a crushing loss, we had every piece in place or planned, we had nothing but a quarterback who was a sack risk on every snap, we were all going direct to SoFi, we were all going direct to hell in a handbasket–in short, the period was so far like every other offseason, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

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Clonamery said:

I liked the movie, too.

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PatsFanInVa said:

...it was the rebirth of a dynasty, it was a fluke of scheduling, it was a breath of fresh air after all the -gates, it was that effing Russini thing, it was the offseason of might, it was the offseason of weakness, it was the spring before finishing the job, it was the winter after a crushing loss, we had every piece in place or planned, we had nothing but a quarterback who was a sack risk on every snap, we were all going direct to SoFi, we were all going direct to hell in a handbasket–in short, the period was so far like every other offseason, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

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Brotherblues said:

The book was better

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Tunescribe said:

Have you considered refashioning this as haiku?

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PatsFanInVa said:

...it was the rebirth of a dynasty, it was a fluke of scheduling, it was a breath of fresh air after all the -gates, it was that effing Russini thing, it was the offseason of might, it was the offseason of weakness, it was the spring before finishing the job, it was the winter after a crushing loss, we had every piece in place or planned, we had nothing but a quarterback who was a sack risk on every snap, we were all going direct to SoFi, we were all going direct to hell in a handbasket–in short, the period was so far like every other offseason, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

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• New England Patriots (9): Mike Holovak (1964, 1966), Raymond Berry (1985, 1986), Bill Parcells (1994), Bill Belichick (2003, 2007, 2010), Mike Vrabel (2025).

maust said:

Translation;

...9 days 'til the draft...

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