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Archives for February 5, 2018

Belichick Falls to 0-3 in Super Bowls With Cutoff Sleeves

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While I thought Belichick would go back to the Hot Jacket for Super Bowl 52, he instead chose to go with the 2013 Blue Hoodie cut.

At first glance this was an okay choice per the Hoodie Database since Belichick had won Super Bowl 49 in the ’13 Hoodie, and was 2-0 when the sleeves were cut. The only disclaimer on it? The 2014 loss in Kansas City, a nightmare 41-14 blowout that led to the first questions of the BB/TB Dynasty being donezo.

Lately this 2013 Bue Cut has been a practice/pregame workhorse. It’s only seen game action twice, in the 2013 opener against the Bills and six weeks later in a miraculous comeback win over the Saints. For four years it’s been behind the scenes, sometimes at training camp, press conferences, etc. That Belichick busted it out wasn’t a total shocker since it was in rotation, but it was kind of the grubbiest choice, if that makes sense?

But then I realized something… the sleeves…the sleeves haven’t been cut off in a Super Bowl since… uhhh…

That’s right folks, Belichick made a critical hoodie mistake for the third time — he cut off the sleeves in the big game. The last two times he cut, Super Bowls 42 and 46, the Patriots lost. And worst of all, this is the shortest he’s cut them off yet. Insult to injury. Do I need to start a rating scale for sleeve cut length? Perhaps.

The coaching was terrible in this game, as was the hoodie choice, and I can’t help but feel a bit responsible myself. I should’ve made the warning more clear that cut off sleeves were a non-starter. I let down Patriots nation that relies on me for hoodie insight. For that I take my part of the blame in a tough loss.

 

Pats Posits: Relief, Bewilderment and Frustration After Pats’ SB52 Loss

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The Eagles made one of the only big defensive plays of the game and beat the Patriots in Super Bowl 52 for their first championship last night. Before we get too heavily into the “what the hell happened” of it all, I think it’s important to say the Eagles played the perfect game. So few teams can put together the flawless 60-minutes of effort required to take down Tom Brady and steady strangulation of the Belichick Pats but that’s what Philadelphia did on the biggest stage and for all the bickering about what the Patriots did or didn’t do, Philly deserves full credit for what they did.

It’s also important to remember that despite one of their worst defensive performances in recent memory (which is saying a lot) Tom Brady still got the ball back with plenty of time to win the game. That’s where it felt like this one was heading, until it wasn’t because Brandon Graham made the clutch play that the Patriots defense could not.

So yes, there’s plenty to unpack from this one, and most of it will take an entire offseason, but in this single game the Eagles were the better team and for whatever reason I’m not finding it all that hard to swallow. It’s been a while since I’ve been in my Patriots cave of misery. The last time I was here was January of 2016 after a frustrating  loss to Peyton Manning and the Broncos.

There were some cobwebs in the cave, some dusty pictures of SB42 and SB46 and Peyton Manning as a Bronco, but there’s a strange comfort in the cave of misery. This is where most NFL fans exist full time, and we’ve gotten far more reprieve than all of them. If anything, this eighth Super Bowl trip was just a reminder of how hard it is to do what the Patriots have done. A better team got them this time, but I think there’s at least enough ammo in New England Patriots Football Weapon for another strong run next season.

Of course there are tons of questions as to what that weapon will look like exactly, but we’ll dive into those in the coming days and weeks.

First, let’s just vent about the Super Bowl…

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