1981, and a couple years in early 90s were the only really bad years in my memoryLOL, oh, I know a few who did in certain situations! And it was warranted.
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that was sarcastic.. I know non Pats fns thought of them that way. I had season tickets as a kid and I mostly expected them to win the championship. When I was growing up the 1981 2-14 year was an extreme aberration. The Pats were good to really good most of the time. They got unlucky and had brutal competition. The early 90s were the dark years for me, but that was not too long.Yea even back in 1991 BSPN and CHB were calling them that.
other teams fans still call us the Patsies sometimesI think he was referring to the team being called Patsies, which they were in the old days. Not anymore though.
no they weren'tyes they were.
There were a few dark years in the 70s when OJ Simpson would regularly run for nearly 200 yards on the PAts. In his 2000 yard season, I think 450 yards of it came in 2 games versus NE......1981, and a couple years in early 90s were the only really bad years in my memory
Patriots were never the "Patsies".
that was sarcastic.. I know non Pats fns thought of them that way. I had season tickets as a kid and I mostly expected them to win the championship. When I was growing up the 1981 2-14 year was an extreme aberration. The Pats were good to really good most of the time. They got unlucky and had brutal competition. The early 90s were the dark years for me, but that was not too long.
no they weren't
As a fan since 1971 and a serious fan since 1974, I can tell you you are definitely wrong.
I feel precisely the same as you! Well said!Such a great post. You definitely have the writer's gift.
The 2014 SB was the last "must win" game for me. I'm truly enjoying the run they're on and hope they get another one for obvious reasons but 2014 felt like it would put a huge exclamation mark on both BB and TB's careers. And it did in dramatic fashion.
As far as haters go I no longer care. It doesn't bother me anymore. People follow whomever or whatever "truth" they want as long as it fits their personal agendas anyways.
I have some mixed feelings on this.......watching them win beats the rest, but I miss the grungy days of the dirt parking lot and the 'minor league' appearance of it all back in the day.......like a scraggly mutt
Patriots were never the "Patsies".
As Pats fans we are spoiled rotten to the core.
These last 16 years have been incredible.
They aren't done yet. This train still has a lot of track left.
other teams fans still call us the Patsies sometimes
Agreed! I have followed and been a fan since my early teens and back then most of my friends (sports fanatics) couldn't care less about the patriots they were so bad (doormats of the league). It has been big time like karma payback for me to see this centuries sox/pats emergence. I suffer no more! Hallelujah!If you belive that you haven't been a fan long enough. The Pats were arguably the worst franchise in all major professional sports.
If you belive that you haven't been a fan long enough. The Pats were arguably the worst franchise in all major professional sports.
The Pats weren't that bad. They gradually improved on their playoff appearances and winning seasons each decade until the last two dynastic decades. In playoffs made starting in 1960 it looks like this; 1-2-3-4-7-7
If it was Peyton Manning setting the record for most Super Bowls started, the NFL would hold a ceremonial "First Snap" and then stop the game to encase the football for display in the Hall of Fame.