Honestly, five titles is already more than I ever thought I would see the Pats win. I started rooting for them in 1972 and for the years before Parcells, they alternated mostly between being a joke and horrible near miss kings. To the latter point, there haven't been many teams I've ever loved more than the 1976 Pats and Ben Dreith remains at the very top of my sports villains list. Die in a fire and rot in hell, Mr. Dreith. That they have managed to win five times remains almost unbelievable to me in that context.
So even talking about the kind of Super Bowl I need or want them to win is almost like an out of body experience for me.
That said, I very much relate to the point that another off season like this, with a thread like this, would be so enjoyable. Particularly this one, when the Pats have made seemingly every right move and the media and even opposing fans have acknowledged them as overwhelming favorites to repeat.
And I also relate to the desire to see a Pats blowout in a Super Bowl. Every game thus far has been down to the wire, and the Pats have never been able to have that prolonged period of celebrating while the game was still going on that I remember seeing the Niners and other teams enjoy. That would be fun. And lets face it. The last two SBs have been great games for fans of other teams. For me, they were an emotional roller coaster and not truly enjoyable until the end and of course in retrospect. The closest we came to knowing they would win prior to the final buzzer was the Iggles SB and even then there was the chance that McNabb would somehow uncork a bomb to improbably sink us.
But one thing I do NOT relate to is the desire to see the New York Giants in another Super Bowl. Sure, beating them would be great. More than great. I live in the NY area and am forced to listen to the chest beatings of their fans. (That I am able to remind them that their teams have quickly gone back to mediocrity while the Pats continue to win helps, however). But I don't see the risk-reward as adding up. I mean, losing to that dork of a QB again would be a slice of hell that I do not want to bear, and just the build up in advance and having to deal with cocky Giants fans for two weeks would be ugly. Hell, it took me about 5 years until I could listen to Tom Petty again. I know, I know, the reward would be delicious. I get it fully. And I think that the team that BB has constructed should crush all comers, including the Horse Shoe Up the Ass Giants. In the end though, I just don't want to take the risk and would rather they face a team with a fan base that is irrelevant to me, like Seattle or Atlanta.
Yep, having to face the Giants in another SB would be the epitome of a high class problem. It's just not one that I would choose.