TheDOCTORdre
02-07-2005, 08:12 PM
They are not that great. Yes I realize they have won 3 out of the last 4 Super Bowls, and nearly everyone in America is calling them a dynasty. But when you look at it, the pats arent as good as theyre are made out to be, they dont even compare with the true past dynasties. You nay wonder why I dont like the Patriots, well heres why.
1. They have won there 3 championships by 3 points, and in two of those games the Patriots did not win, but their opponents lost the game. Last year SB XXXVIII, after a game tying touchdown, the Carolina kicker, kicked the ensuing kickoff out of bounds and gave NE the ball at the 40 yd line givingthe Patriots a short field to work with to get in position for the game winning field goal. This year the Eagles managed the clock poorly, and did not take advantage of key opportunities in the 1st half. The Patriots didnt win either of these games, and I have a point that I will make about SB XXXVI later on.
2. Bill Belichick is not the greatest coach of all time. If he was we might as well rename it the "Bellichick trophy" instead of the Lombardi. Also, if he was the greatest, when he coached the Browns they would made at least a little noise in the playoffs. But you say Belichick didnt have great players with the Browns like he does now, but that brings me to my next point...
3. New England does have good players. Anytime I watch ESPN, they make out the Patriots to be some team that has players that shouldnt even be playing the game. They are in the NFL, they're not many pushovers in the NFL, these people are good players, its not a bunch of guys off the streets. But when they aren't underestimating the players they are doing something that brings me to my next point.
4. They make Tom Brady out to be the best thing since sliced bread. He's not, hes a good quaterback, but not this Messiah figure that analyst make him out to be. When looking on ESPN before the game, they had a breakdown of each postion and the strengths and weaknesses of each player at that position. However, when analyzing Brady, they failed to mention any weaknesses. He is a good qb but I hardly believe he is perfect. Also everyone is talking about how Brady played a great game, yet no one hardly mentions the fumble he had that could have been costly, although it wasn't it could have been.
5. The Patriots are not the class act that media proclaims them to be. A real classy bunch would have had no comment when Freddie Mitchell made his boneheaded statements. They wouldnt call Colt's kicker Mike VanderJERK"(even though he is) they would keep their mouth shut. Also, they would not have mocked T.O.'s Eagle dance if they really were the class act that I always hear of.
6. I told ya'll I had a point for Super Bowl XXXVI and heres what it is, "SB XXXVI was rigged" There is no factual evidence to support this but I believe it is strongly possible. THe Patriots start of the season 0-2. The Tuesday of Week 2 in the NFL September 11th occurs. For that year the Super Bowl was in New Orleans, and the theme was supposed to be Mardi Gras. After September 11th the theme was change from Mardi Gras to a Patriotic theme. Bledsoe went out with an injury and here comes former 6th round draft pick Tom Brady to replace him as QB. After thei 0-2 start the Pats finish the regular season with an 11-5 record and a first round playoff bye. In their divisional game, it appeared that the Pats dream season had come to an end. With 1:47 left in regulation and the Pats trailing 10-13, Raiders defender Charles Woodson knocks the ball out of Brady's hand and the ball is recovered by the Raiders, GAME OVER, or so we thought. IMO Belichick would have never challenged the play but since it was inside of 2 minutes the play was challenged from upstairs. When the referee reviewed the play he reversed the call based on the "tuck" role. No one had ever heard of the tuck rule before, and IMO the league was looking for any rule in the books that would have ensured the Patriots victory. The Pats would tie the game with a field goal in win it in OT by a count of 16-13. After defeating the Steelers in the AFC Championship game the Pats dream season landed them in the SB. Everywhere you looked you saw red white and blue , and at midfield there was an emblem of the United States to go with the whole Patriotic theme of the SB. Everyone kept saying that it is only fitting for the Patriots to win the Super Bowl after all America had been through, the Pats were 14 point underdogs and but everyone kept saying how the Pats were going to pull it out in some sort of poetic justice be a symbol of America's power to overcome. There was no doubt in my mind that the game had been decided by a higher power.
To compare the New England Patriots so called dynasty to the true dynasties of the past is a joke. The Pats wouldn't come close to giving these teams a decent game. Yes they have done a good job, but they are nowhere near the caliber of team as the 60's Packers, 70's Steelers, 80's 49ers and the 90's Cowboys. Thats just my opinion though
1. They have won there 3 championships by 3 points, and in two of those games the Patriots did not win, but their opponents lost the game. Last year SB XXXVIII, after a game tying touchdown, the Carolina kicker, kicked the ensuing kickoff out of bounds and gave NE the ball at the 40 yd line givingthe Patriots a short field to work with to get in position for the game winning field goal. This year the Eagles managed the clock poorly, and did not take advantage of key opportunities in the 1st half. The Patriots didnt win either of these games, and I have a point that I will make about SB XXXVI later on.
2. Bill Belichick is not the greatest coach of all time. If he was we might as well rename it the "Bellichick trophy" instead of the Lombardi. Also, if he was the greatest, when he coached the Browns they would made at least a little noise in the playoffs. But you say Belichick didnt have great players with the Browns like he does now, but that brings me to my next point...
3. New England does have good players. Anytime I watch ESPN, they make out the Patriots to be some team that has players that shouldnt even be playing the game. They are in the NFL, they're not many pushovers in the NFL, these people are good players, its not a bunch of guys off the streets. But when they aren't underestimating the players they are doing something that brings me to my next point.
4. They make Tom Brady out to be the best thing since sliced bread. He's not, hes a good quaterback, but not this Messiah figure that analyst make him out to be. When looking on ESPN before the game, they had a breakdown of each postion and the strengths and weaknesses of each player at that position. However, when analyzing Brady, they failed to mention any weaknesses. He is a good qb but I hardly believe he is perfect. Also everyone is talking about how Brady played a great game, yet no one hardly mentions the fumble he had that could have been costly, although it wasn't it could have been.
5. The Patriots are not the class act that media proclaims them to be. A real classy bunch would have had no comment when Freddie Mitchell made his boneheaded statements. They wouldnt call Colt's kicker Mike VanderJERK"(even though he is) they would keep their mouth shut. Also, they would not have mocked T.O.'s Eagle dance if they really were the class act that I always hear of.
6. I told ya'll I had a point for Super Bowl XXXVI and heres what it is, "SB XXXVI was rigged" There is no factual evidence to support this but I believe it is strongly possible. THe Patriots start of the season 0-2. The Tuesday of Week 2 in the NFL September 11th occurs. For that year the Super Bowl was in New Orleans, and the theme was supposed to be Mardi Gras. After September 11th the theme was change from Mardi Gras to a Patriotic theme. Bledsoe went out with an injury and here comes former 6th round draft pick Tom Brady to replace him as QB. After thei 0-2 start the Pats finish the regular season with an 11-5 record and a first round playoff bye. In their divisional game, it appeared that the Pats dream season had come to an end. With 1:47 left in regulation and the Pats trailing 10-13, Raiders defender Charles Woodson knocks the ball out of Brady's hand and the ball is recovered by the Raiders, GAME OVER, or so we thought. IMO Belichick would have never challenged the play but since it was inside of 2 minutes the play was challenged from upstairs. When the referee reviewed the play he reversed the call based on the "tuck" role. No one had ever heard of the tuck rule before, and IMO the league was looking for any rule in the books that would have ensured the Patriots victory. The Pats would tie the game with a field goal in win it in OT by a count of 16-13. After defeating the Steelers in the AFC Championship game the Pats dream season landed them in the SB. Everywhere you looked you saw red white and blue , and at midfield there was an emblem of the United States to go with the whole Patriotic theme of the SB. Everyone kept saying that it is only fitting for the Patriots to win the Super Bowl after all America had been through, the Pats were 14 point underdogs and but everyone kept saying how the Pats were going to pull it out in some sort of poetic justice be a symbol of America's power to overcome. There was no doubt in my mind that the game had been decided by a higher power.
To compare the New England Patriots so called dynasty to the true dynasties of the past is a joke. The Pats wouldn't come close to giving these teams a decent game. Yes they have done a good job, but they are nowhere near the caliber of team as the 60's Packers, 70's Steelers, 80's 49ers and the 90's Cowboys. Thats just my opinion though