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Offense failed at crucial time – The Boston Globe
Instead of re-watching this Super Bowl any time soon I’ll defer to Greg Bedard’s breakdown which is always excellent. On the offensive side especially I think it’s clear that there need to be some new threats added and maybe that will start with Ridley and Vereen.
And the crazy ride for Patriots fans continues.
No one will ever feel sorry for a Patriots fan. But our experience with this team over the last decade had us see Super Bowl success early and often, then only to suffer big game defeat after big game defeat ever since.
The 2011 Patriots were without a doubt my favorite team since 2007. And what excites me most is that if you truly believe that defenses win championships then you have to be very happy that players like Spikes, Chung, Mayo, McCourty, Arrington, and maybe even Moore just got the experience of playing in their first Super Bowl.
I am excited about this base long term!
No one will argue that there aren’t areas in need of a talent infusion, but they have the draft picks and the cap space to address those areas.
I really feel for Tom Brady. I know he wanted this one bad, and it was there for the taking and I’m sure it’s eating him up right now. But ultimately 2011 will be one of the more positively regarded seasons in his career, with another AFC Championship and record passing yards.
But the truth that everyone knows is that after all the bullshit about Gisele, Butterfingers, and legacies dies down we’ll be right back to where we always are, with the Patriots again favored to win the Super Bowl, sitting with multiple high round draft picks, and a young defense that’s just scratching the surface of what they’ll do in the next five years.
So until then, whatevs…
https://www.patspropaganda.com/and-the-crazy-ride-for-patriots-fans-continues/
Brady’s “legacy” (a word that should be buried in the sports lexicon graveyard, right next to “respect”) is completely and totally intact. Brady has been in the league for 12 seasons and played in five Super Bowls. Since becoming a starter in 2001, he has played in the Super Bowl for 45 percent of his career. Much seems to be made of the fact that the Patriots haven’t won a Super Bowl in seven seasons – a statistic that underscores just how awry the culture has gone. True New Englanders remember tearing down goal posts for just making the playoffs. Moreover, as the culture moves toward assessing who failed instead of respecting the athletic battleground, the games themselves lose value.
Negativity about New England Patriots loss in Super Bowl XLVI is alarming – ESPN
I’m glad to see a few of these articles popping up today. I was beginning to think it was just the Patriots homer fandom in me that made me feel that everyone was piling on this Patriots team that exceeded expectations of even a few weeks ago.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/bradys-legacy-a-word-that-should-be-buried-in/
Being too hard on the Patriots – ESPN
Rick Reilly, fairly likely voice of reason. This is one of the most enjoyable reads I’ve had since Sunday. I’ve long since given up trying to convince all fans to be positive and seek out the the silver lining that the Patriots are actually still a good team. Even when they occasionally lose.
Everyone uses sports for their own means and I’d much rather have someone taking out all their anger and negativity on professional athletes/teams than say, their family or friends. I get it. Sports are a release for a lot of people and I learned a long time ago to just let the ignoramuses spout off about whatever they want without trying to interfere.
But at some point you just wish those who are most upset would just get off the bandwagon. Because you know they’ll all be back next year, bitching and moaning about every little thing despite fielding one of the best teams in the NFL.
A little decaf, folks: The Patriots lost the Super Bowl on the last play of the game when a tipped ball failed to stay in the air another quarter second longer so a one-legged Rob Gronkowski could possibly catch it. If it had, all three of these writers would be hailing Brady, Belichick and Welker as just slightly greater than Lincoln. How fickle are you people? “There is no fall as far as when you lose the Super Bowl,” says John Elway, who lost three of them. “The second you lose, you drop all the way back to the bottom, down there with every other team that played that season. It’s like you did nothing. The minute it’s over, they literally start bumping you out of the way to set up the ropes and the award stand. It’s like, ‘Uh, can you move, please? We’ve got some people to celebrate here.’” Elway is lucky he didn’t play in Boston. People would’ve pelted him to death with Starburst and never seen him win his last two.
