Perhaps this has been already posted and it goes beyond the Pats...but for a Boston sports fan, this is pretty damned good in the Celebrating What Is category.
I'm not really surprised - the 49ers had practically hired Shanahan by then, so rooting for him is basically because they want to think that the Super-Bowl winning offense can actually transfer and give their fans new hope.Here is the SB gamethread, started from when the game did, from probably the best 49er message board. I was surprised how they're almost all pulling for the Falcons (nobody cares where Brady is from). Some radio guys out here, OTOH, do like Brady.
Also, I guess I've kind of had blinders on. People on SOSH say the Pats are generally hated around the country. I haven't seen that, but where I live is not a pro football hotbed (Silicon Valley). People just don't care that much about it, even when the 49ers were great. Guess we are the hated dynasty now though.I'm not really surprised - the 49ers had practically hired Shanahan by then, so rooting for him is basically because they want to think that the Super-Bowl winning offense can actually transfer and give their fans new hope.
And then Brady crushed those hopes.
I lived in San Mateo for a couple years and found a lot of people there do not like the Pats. Even though San Mateo is Brady's home town.Also, I guess I've kind of had blinders on. People on SOSH say the Pats are generally hated around the country. I haven't seen that, but where I live is not a pro football hotbed (Silicon Valley). People just don't care that much about it, even when the 49ers were great. Guess we are the hated dynasty now though.
That's precisely my experience living in the bay area the last 7 years.I lived in San Mateo for a couple years and found a lot of people there do not like the Pats. Even though San Mateo is Brady's home town.
I think there's a natural dynasty competition. If the Jaguars are going for championship #6 30 years from now under the steady hand of Blaine Gabbert Jr, I don't imagine Patriots fans will be wishing them well. Belichick passed Walsh with #4, Brady passed Montana with #5, and the dynasties are even now.
Also, I guess I've kind of had blinders on. People on SOSH say the Pats are generally hated around the country. I haven't seen that, but where I live is not a pro football hotbed (Silicon Valley). People just don't care that much about it, even when the 49ers were great. Guess we are the hated dynasty now though.
You just named two teams that the Pats haven't really stolen any bonus money away from (I realize I'm ignoring the Raiders, but those fans have their fill of vendettas already). That description doesn't fit...well, the entire AFC.That's precisely my experience living in the bay area the last 7 years.
That said, when I visited Dallas/Arlington in 2015, I was shocked to find a lot of support for Brady as the GOAT from Cowboys fans. I think it's because Aikman has no claim to that title and they're ready to move on from Joe Cool.
Exactly. I will say that Niners fans were just about the only fans (outside of NE) who were rooting for the Pats in SB 49 (they HATE Seattle, especially at the time, when the Niners were seen as their rivals).I lived in San Mateo for a couple years and found a lot of people there do not like the Pats. Even though San Mateo is Brady's home town.
I think there's a natural dynasty competition. If the Jaguars are going for championship #6 30 years from now under the steady hand of Blaine Gabbert Jr, I don't imagine Patriots fans will be wishing them well. Belichick passed Walsh with #4, Brady passed Montana with #5, and the dynasties are even now.
Ha! It's Theo and Ben all over again.Not sure where else this fits, but click on this video, close your eyes, and tell me you don't think this is BB talking
http://www.patriots.com/video/2017/03/02/combine-day-2-nick-caserio-new-te-coach
2001-02 to 2016-17 (less 2008). 15 Seasons with the Belichick-Brady combo at the helm of the Patriots.
14 of those seasons in the playoffs (93.3% of the time)
14 of those seasons with divisional titles (93.3% of the time)
12 of those seasons with 11 or more wins (80.0% of the time)
11 of those seasons with 12 or more wins (73.3% of the time)
11 of those seasons making it to the AFCCG (73.3% of the time)
7 of those seasons making it to the Super Bowl (46.7% of the time)
6 of those seasons with 13 or more wins (40.0% of the time)
5 of those seasons winning the Super Bowl (33.3% of the time)
5 of those seasons with 14 or more wins (33.3% of the time)
0 of those seasons with fewer than 9 wins (0.0% of the time)
Basically, 3 of every 4 years they're playing for the conference championship. Nearly half of their seasons together, they're in the Super Bowl. One out of every three seasons they're winning a Lombardi.
And never, ever having anything other than a winning season. Only missing the playoffs once, and that on a tiebreaker.
It's just unbelievable.
Similar stuff in chart form here: Celebrating what isThe Steelers, under Tomlin, have gone to 3 of 10 AFC Championship games. That is pretty good. If they go to the next 7 in a row they still won't have matched BB's 11 in 17 years.
Well, pretty weird, at least. It's not possible over that period to have 3 SB wins, 4 appearances, and only 10 playoff wins.Consider this hypothetical team and its playoff successes since 2001:
SB wins: 3
SB appearances: 4
Conf Champ appearances: 5
Playoff wins: 10
Byes: 7
Division titles: 5
Pretty great, right?
I'm trying to picture what a post-coaching studio analyst career would look like for BB.Belichick on NFLNet now with McGinest telling some great war stories.
Frankly, Polian is either lying or admitting to a moment of gross incompetence. The fact that the Colts had Manning, the first pick in 1998, didn’t preclude them from drafting a quarterback in 2000 at or before the Patriots got Brady at pick No. 199. In 2004, for example, Polian drafted quarterback Jim Sorgi with selection No. 193.
Florio's tweet on this, leading to that link, is a gemOur old friend Bill Polian stating that they had a first round grade on Brady, but still didn't draft him after 6 full rounds
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/03/07/bill-polian-claims-colts-had-a-first-round-grade-on-tom-brady/?utm_network=twitter&utm_post=6863328&utm_source=TW @SNFonNBC
He said it AGAIN? We lambasted him for that story many months ago.Our old friend Bill Polian stating that they had a first round grade on Brady, but still didn't draft him after 6 full rounds
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/03/07/bill-polian-claims-colts-had-a-first-round-grade-on-tom-brady/?utm_network=twitter&utm_post=6863328&utm_source=TW @SNFonNBC
He said it AGAIN? We lambasted him for that story many months ago.
Watch it once for Julian. Watch it multiple times starting at 13:12 for the block that Michael Floyd throws to spring JE free.I haven't seen this posted yet. Every Julian Edelman touchdown, including throws and punt returns:
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Reddit User timnog put it together
Is that what the kids are calling it today?I just want to bump this thread.
That's why they are a never-ending mindfuck for the rest of the league & other team's fans. Already a strong favorite to win 3 out of 4 Super Bowls for the 2nd time a decade apart and still making the team better.Pats going all in after winning it all is unreal
A little late to the party, but I was watching the 2003 AFC Championship, and noticed that David Macklin was the CB that Brady abused on the opening TD to Givens (the fake quick screen then up). That's some fine scouting work there, Polian. And that was such a fun game.The 2000 Colts draft:
Rob Morris (28)
Marcus Washington (59)
David Macklin (91)
Josh Williams (122)
Matt Johnson (138)
Rob Renes (235)
Rodregis Brooks (238)
Oh yes what a sweet victory that would be seeing the pats fall just short of their six f@cking ring. Left weaping in a pool of their own tears with only their five rings to ease the pain. We all need to get a grip and get a life.The Gang Green is great window into what the Pats have done to the psyche of rival fanbases...they are ruined...amazing
http://forums.theganggreen.com/threads/the-empire-will-be-gone-in-1-year.88260/
I like this one, from a bit further down:Oh yes what a sweet victory that would be seeing the pats fall just short of their six f@cking ring. Left weaping in a pool of their own tears with only their five rings to ease the pain. We all need to get a grip and get a life.
Two Bills Drive has already given up and advising to not bother and start building for 3 years from now.The Gang Green is great window into what the Pats have done to the psyche of rival fanbases...they are ruined...amazing
http://forums.theganggreen.com/threads/the-empire-will-be-gone-in-1-year.88260/