New England fans as a breed apart. What’s turned it into a divide is not just jealousy over how often the Pats have won, but how often that pride spills over into the obnoxious.
... or even the way the opposing coaches’ headsets suddenly start playing elevator music at crucial moments in big games.
Then remember all those times coach Bill “Smartypants” Belichick ran up the score or found a flaw in the rule book and rubbed some unsuspecting opponent’s face in it.
And don’t get us started on how often the team’s weekly injury report ran on at a length that would have made a Revolutionary War general blush.
While most franchises get more genteel the higher up you look, the opposite is true with the Patriots.
Owner Robert Kraft may look like a kindly grandfather, but behind the scenes he acts like Harvey Keitel’s character in “Pulp Fiction.”
Remember how quietly and completely all the evidence from “Spygate” was scrubbed away? Well so do the rest of us.
