I mean, think about it,
@Papelbon's Poutine. Here's what the Pats have done wrong:
(1) Spygate. We've been over this. They broke a rule. I'm with you on that. I've got no problem with them being punished. But (a) the Jets did the same thing and received NO punishment whatsoever, but still...they did it before the memo so it's fine for the Pats to be punished, and (b) the penalty for the Pats was WAY too big for the violation. They really only broke the rule about where to tape from. Fine, punish them for that. But they turned it into this scandal where it came off like they were *cheating*, which wasn't the case. The overly harsh punishment really is the root of all this.
(2) Deflategate. Completely made up BS. They got HAMMERED for something that literally didn't exist. But by punishing them, they were painted as multiple-time offenders and cheaters.
(3) Bengalcameragate. The dumbest frigging thing ever. Had nothing to do with football whatsoever. The Jets in 2011 did the same thing - had a guy on the sidelines taping for an organizational program. They got NO penalty at ALL. The Pats got docked a 3rd round pick.
So they've done two things wrong under BB. One was minor (Spygate) that got MASSIVELY overly penalized. And then the stupid Bengals thing, which didn't even have to do with football, and they STILL got hammered for it (3rd round picks are important).
That's it. Two things. Both teeny-tiny things. But they've been punished millions of dollars, lost two first round picks, a third round pick, and a fourth round pick, and had their QB suspended four games.
Don't give me that New Orleans - who actually put bounties on players, which endangers players' health - got it worse than New England.