"This is why everyone hates you, New England"

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"Of course. Of freaking course.

The best pound-for-pound receiver in the NFL goes and Tasmanian-Devils his way out of Oakland, burning down everything around him right up to and including his own damn feet, and when he pops up out of the wreckage, what’s waiting for Antonio Brown? Why, a perfectly thrown spiral from Tom [expletive] Brady, of course.

This is why everyone hates you, New England. No matter what woes befall the rest of the league, no matter how many conspiracy theories both baseless and valid you whip up, no matter how much you try to convince us that your horde of scrappy Do-Your-Job’ers are the real victims in Roger Goodell’s NFL, we know the truth:

You are the absolute luckiest team and fans in human history, and every news cycle that breaks New England’s way—which is every damn news cycle—only underlines that fact in blood.

You’re the kid who gets Christmas every week, the dog who gets grilled steak for every meal. You’re the lottery winner who collects their check, swings by the Quick Stop on the way home, and—oh, would you look at that!—wins another lottery.

“They hate us ‘cause they ain’t us,” Boston fans bray, and they’re absolutely right. We hate the fact that somehow, in every situation, against all odds, all laws of nature, all belief in a benevolent higher power, New England wins, again and again. Every year, Bill Belichick plucks the perfect combination of castoffs, has-beens and never-weres and transforms them into a sleek playoff-bound machine. Every year, Brady turns some random gaggle of grocery baggers and truck drivers into a ninja-lethal receiving corps.

The AFC East has spent the past two decades rolling over like a needy puppy. The Chiefs, Steelers and Broncos suddenly forget how to play football when they head to Foxborough in January — and, strangely enough, the route to the Super Bowl always seems to run through Foxborough in January.

And then there are the Super Bowls. The Rams quivered into Jell-O on the big stage against New England earlier this year. The Falcons had a wooden stake sharpened and ready and somehow hammered it into their own hearts. All the Seahawks did was gift New England another ring by running the single dumbest play in the history of football. You realize that we’re two ridiculous Eli Manning throws and one just-barely-missed Gronk Hail Mary reception from nine Patriot Super Bowl wins? Nine. The football gods denied New England those wins because nine Patriots wins would have forced us to shut down the league once and for all.

And now this.

Now Brady has his most dangerous deep weapon since Randy Moss. Brady now has a receiving corps of Antonio Brown, Julian Edelman and Josh Gordon, which is the kind of air attack you don’t usually see outside of a four-team fantasy football league with your grandparents and your dog. It’s like giving Mike Trout an aluminum bat, like letting LeBron James shoot on a 7-foot rim. It’s not fair. It’s not even in the same hemisphere as fair.

Look, I don’t blame Brown for wanting to play for the Patriots. Who wouldn’t want to jump from the three-wheeled red wagon that is Oakland into the Lamborghini Murciélago that is New England? (License plate: DFLT THS.) But the way it all went down — Brown sowing chaos at every turn, raising the stakes every day like a player shoving more chips into the center of the table until the Raiders had no choice but to fold … why, it’s almost enough to make you think something was afoot. But that’s crazy talk, right?


New England, this is why nobody cares about deflate-gate, even though you were on the right side of that one. This is why nobody buys your victim act, why nobody takes your side against Goodell. You’ve gotten everything you could want as fans, and somehow, you still keep getting more.

“Someday, New England is going to fall apart,” we whisper, quietly, for fear of attracting the attention of the chowderheads. “Someday, Belichick will retire, and Brady will go off to a life of hermetically sealed supermodel bliss, and New England will struggle to get to .500.” And then something like Antonio Brown happens, and we’re reminded again that someday is not today.

Five months from now, there’s a terrifyingly good chance that New England will bulldoze its way through the league, that Goodell will hand the Lombardi Trophy to Belichick, that Brady will once again flash that insufferable RINGZZZ grin in a cascade of confetti. Once again, Brady will hold up multiple fingers to symbolize all of New England’s Super Bowls. And once again, we’ll all hold up just one in response."

https://sports.yahoo.com/this-is-why-everyone-hates-you-new-england-000844442.html

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That made me laugh, and we truly are blessed. I give most of the credit to the GM, the coach and the football genius. They all go by the same name, Bill Belichick
 

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I give them a pass because Kraft and Belechik are Trump supporters..
 
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Once he was released who on this planet didn't think the Pat's wouldn't take him ??
 

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That made me laugh, and we truly are blessed. I give most of the credit to the GM, the coach and the football genius. They all go by the same name, Bill Belichick

Take Belichick out of the equation and NE would be just like all the other NFL teams...even with Tommy.

He Da Man in the NFL...period!
 

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Once he was released who on this planet didn't think the Pat's wouldn't take him ??

Pat's fans like me :). We were at a wedding and talking about how Belichick would never put up with that bullshit. Then two hours later he signs him. I thought it was a joke at first.

As I've already said, he's going to start talking like a Patriot now, the bullshit stops here
 

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Take Belichick out of the equation and NE would be just like all the other NFL teams...even with Tommy.

He Da Man in the NFL...period!

truth right here
 

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Some coincidence.
Patriots sign him just a few hours after his release. Didn't want to interview him to see if his head was on straight, ready to play ball?
Brown hated Oakland, did all kinds of ridiculous crap (frostbite on feet, wanted his old helmet, skipped practices, put internal memo from his GM on social media, called his GM a cracker)... he WANTED to be released.
Played the Raiders like a fiddle.
Now he is on a top notch east coast legendary winning team, getting $15M this year with an option for next year or he can go on the free agent market. Gets to catch passes from Brady instead of Carr.
AND he gets east coast publicity, he will be on TV constantly, ESPN will be kissing his ass the whole season.
Do you think this all just spontaneously happened? Do you think there was no way Patriots were not involved, secretly with Brown's agent, all along?
 

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Some coincidence.
Patriots sign him just a few hours after his release. Didn't want to interview him to see if his head was on straight, ready to play ball?
Brown hated Oakland, did all kinds of ridiculous crap (frostbite on feet, wanted his old helmet, skipped practices, put internal memo from his GM on social media, called his GM a cracker)... he WANTED to be released.
Played the Raiders like a fiddle.
Now he is on a top notch east coast legendary winning team, getting $15M this year with an option for next year or he can go on the free agent market. Gets to catch passes from Brady instead of Carr.
AND he gets east coast publicity, he will be on TV constantly, ESPN will be kissing his ass the whole season.
Do you think this all just spontaneously happened? Do you think there was no way Patriots were not involved, secretly with Brown's agent, all along?

Brown may have played the Raiders, but the Raiders played their roll and I'm certain the Raiders were NOT working with Belichick.

What was going on in Oakland was pretty fucked up, but I doubt either the Patriots or Brown's agent played along. The consequences would be too severe, the risk outweighs the reward.

Belichick pounced when he saw an opening. He had already approached the Steelers about a trade, but they weren't interested
 

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Bet AB doesn't finish the season. Hopefully because its from career ending injury. - Signed, Salty Raiderfan. I hold nothing against NE. they would've won without him anyway.
 
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That's a good, well written article. And pretty spot on too.

Lucky to be in New England for this crazy football era.
 

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Patriots next 7 games......

Dolphins
Jets
Bills
Redskins
Giants
Jets
Browns

Then last 3 games....

Bengals
Jets
Browns

Wow
 

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Patriots next 7 games......

Dolphins
Jets
Bills
Redskins
Giants
Jets
Browns

Then last 3 games....

Bengals
Jets
Browns

Wow

New England has the easiest schedule in the league....almost every year. Winning the division is a given every year with Buffalo, Miami and the Jets.

As for Brown playing Oakland like a fiddle. Lets be clear....he is not smart enough to even play a tambourine.
 

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Every division in the NFL , every year , usually has 2 really good teams in the division.. That's rarely the case in the AFC East
 

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New England plays a first place schedule, every year, without exception. Nobody else does

In the Belichick Brady era

They have the best record in the NFL
They have the best record the conference
They have the best record in any division
They have the best record in their conference OUTSIDE their division
They have the best record in the NFL OUTSIDE their division
They have the best record in inter-conference play
They have the best record in the post season
They have 9 SB appearances and 6 titles, nobody is in their zip code

And for kickers, they're 60% ATS

Anyway you try to slice the pie, whatever you want to look at, they're at the top of the class. Stated differently, there's NOTHING they're not the best at

Trying to diminish their accomplishments by blaming it on the AFC East is pure poppycock. As a matter of fact, it's more accurate to say their division rivals records are hurt by the fact that they have to play the Patriots twice every year

https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/trends/ats_trends/

^^^^^^ It's all here
 

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