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Here’s today’s new episode of Patshow! We preview the Pats AFC Divisional playoff game against the Titans, feature some of our favorite tweets and IGs from the past weekend and go to town on the ESPN article that has set the Patriots world ablaze for the last few days.
Last night, Bruce Allen dropped the news that ESPN was about to run a “hit” piece on the Patriots this morning that dove into growing tension between Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft. Of course Patriots fans went ballistic at the mere mention of this and the internet was ablaze with takes before anyone had even read what was actually written.
Well the article came out this morning and honestly I found it pretty tame and mostly just expounding on what had already been reported locally.
It did contain plenty of interesting details but, after 18 years of the central figures working together, there’s nothing that is all that hard to believe. There are certainly details that left me scratching my head a bit, things that were left out or muddier than I think they needed to be, but overall, I found it more interesting that outrageous, and a reminder of all the moving parts involved with managing a football team, much moreso one that has had such unprecedented success.
Here are the five takeaways that I found most interesting, and what this all means as we enter the playoff bye week.
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