ESPN readying "hit piece" on the Pats dynasty

[Hammock Parties]

Oh my.

The article claims that the rift is so severe many Patriots feel this is the last year together for the trio. Also that Brady went to Kraft to force Belichick to trade Jimmy G. ESPN is planning a full day of promotion tomorrow for the article and its author @SethWickersham

— Bruce Allen (@bruceallen) January 5, 2018

[Rams Fan]

Originally Posted by Amnorix

Pats lost to the Broncos in the 2005 playoffs, which ended their chances of a three-peat, and in the 2015 AFCCG, which denied them another SB trip and a chance to repeat.

Pats BB/Brady era rivals in no particular order:

1. Giants (duh)
2. Broncos
3. Peyton
4. Jets/Dolphins, just due to divisional hatred, and both giving the Pats trouble either consistently (Dolphins) or in some key games (Jets in the playoffs).
5. Steelers (though we have beaten them like a drum for 15 years. Too many big games).
6. Colts (sort of. Mostly covered by Peyton, but also the Grigson/Deflategate absurdity).


That's all I can think of.

After looking up to head to head in the playoffs, I think the Ravens might need to be added to that list.

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by BlackOp

Having the GOAT QB in his twilight years will only get you so many breaks. NE got their final one in the SB...

Kraft knows it and had to pony up...the refs did what they could to keep them in contention. By my count, they were the beneficiaries of 3 questionable, game deciding calls. They are 10-6 without them...good but not great. The Buffalo call changed momentum in a tight game...so could have been 9-7.

KC is likely 12-4 without the Oakland/Jets officiating...funny how that works.

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by Red Dawg

Kraft has Goodell in his pocket. No team in the NFL could be this successful unless it's rigged. It just isn't possible and Brady is on drugs. 40 years old for God's sake and he doesn't feel it. Bullshit.

Also

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19

When I said that KC was their Achilles heel, I was only referring to the teams still in contention, or the AFC playoffs. Because if this is in fact the last ride for the empire, then only those teams have a chance to end it for good.

Ah, ok. Well, out of the other 5 teams in the playoffs (small sample size), I agree.

[Pablo]

Brady is a proven cheater. He's obviously on PED's and a piece of shit human being.

[PAChiefsGuy]

Originally Posted by TigeRRUppeRRcut

Is it meaningless if it got the fans to stop mumbling about going 19-0??

Exactly. It's only meaningless to certain posters because they are crybabies who like to talk trash on their 'favorite' team and whine like a bunch of bitches.

No NFL regular season game is meaningless until a team is mathematically knocked out of the playoffs. Then you could make a case for that. Beating the Pats in NE is no small feat, doesn't matter what wk it is.

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

"Belichick, having always subscribed to the philosophy that it's time to go once an owner gets involved in football decisions, left the impression with some friends that the current dynamic was unsustainable.

Brady, though, seemed liberated. Kraft hugged Brady when he saw him that week, in full view of teammates. A few days later during practice, some players and staffers noticed that Brady seemed especially excited, hollering and cajoling. Brady was once again the team's present and future."

That was one of the weirder "facts" in the article. Kraft hugs Brady ALL THE ****ING TIME. Literally after every win Kraft hugs everyone, and Brady is definitely included, and it's all in front of the entire team. To throw that in like it supports anything at all is weird and potentially misleading.

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19

Pats fans are going CRAZY over this story. Calling it out for being completely fake all over social media.

I hate that conceited ****ing fan base so much. The ground starts shaking a little, 'it can't be real!'...

I hope that franchise burns to the ground.

Some of it probably is real. I think the whole "massive dysfunction in Foxboro" conclusion it reaches is very overstated.

But ultimately, who cares. FIVE SUPER BOWLS. Total NFL domination for 15 years. WAAAAAY more than I ever expected to see. The ride can end any time and I'm fine with it. Being playing with house money for years.

[Rams Fan]

Originally Posted by PAChiefsGuy

No NFL regular season game is meaningless until a team is mathematically knocked out of the playoffs. Then you could make a case for that.

You don't think Marty would trade a win during the regular season at all during his career in exchange for beating the Pats in San Diego when they were the #1 seed?

[Fansy the Famous Bard]

Originally Posted by Amnorix

That was one of the weirder "facts" in the article. Kraft hugs Brady ALL THE ****ING TIME. Literally after every win Kraft hugs everyone, and Brady is definitely included, and it's all in front of the entire team. To throw that in like it supports anything at all is weird and potentially misleading.

Stop ****ing up the narrative we want to read.

[BryanBusby]

Lmao if Tom Brady's quack doctor ruins the Patriots

[RunKC]

NE is more scared of the Chiefs than anyone in the conference, including the Steelers

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bos...RtBCJ/amp.html

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by Nzoner

I realize game 1 this season wasn't huge but in week 2 I visited Minnesota to hang with Katie from here and we watched the Philly/KC game together at a sports bar wearing our Chiefs gear.

We had at least 3 Vikings fans come up to us and not only congratulate but thank us for the Chiefs week 1 win.

Oh and FWIW if by somehow the teams meet again and KC finds a way to win again I know a few Pats fans who will then call it a rivalry.

Sure. Everyone's favorite team every week is their team, and whoever is playing the Patriots. The Patriots are the Evil Empire. What the Yankees used to be. I definitely get it. Everyone is just sick to f'n death of them.

When I was growing up, the Patriots were "the Patsies". Completely irrelevant cupcakes on everyone's schedule most years. Ownership the laughingstock of the NFL. Believe me, this is MUCH better!

And yes, it may elevate to a rivalry if the Chiefs beat the Pats in the playoffs. Of course, the Ravens (TWICE!) and Jets have beaten the Pats at home in the playoffs also, so...

[kgrund]

Love, love. love my Chiefs, but to suggest that we are anything other than a pimple of the Patriots' ass would be a lie. When you do NOTHING in the playoffs, this is what you are. THIS is what we have to change. Our perception with the "big boys" will never change until we take them out in the playoffs.

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by Rams Fan

After looking up to head to head in the playoffs, I think the Ravens might need to be added to that list.

Yep, definitely. They have been irrelevant for the last couple years so I forgot about them, but two wins in Foxboro, plus some real heart attack losses puts them on the list.