Angry Rant Against ESPN

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Originally Posted by The Huddle

You aren't seriously suggesting that being only the second team in 40 years of Super Bowl history to win three Super Bowls in four years is matter of luck, I hope. It's fine not to like Brady for whatever reason you choose, but to lump him with "tons of players" is flat out laughable. Brady is one of THE top clutch quarterbacks in NFL history and there's really no debate- his record proves it. In terms of titles he's far and away the most accomplished quarterback playing today. Last year's playoff loss at Denver was the first time the guy had lost a playoff game in four trips to the playoffs- that's impressive no matter how much you might hate the Pats.

Similarly, Belichick's won-lost record speaks for itself. W's talk and BS walks.

As for the snow bowl, whatever- most dynasties have a break or two along the way, but they only add to the lore- they certainly can't account for all the success a team like the Patriots have created for themselves
(and in any event that call could be seen as revenge for the royal screw job the '76 Patriots got in getting jobbed out of a win over eventual Super Bowl champion Oakland).

Somehow I wonder if you'd be so upset if it was Gibbs and Campbell the talking heads were gushging over.

Bottom Line: Even if the Pats get blown out at San Diego today, you're going to have to learn to live with the fact that unless some team comes out of nowhere and really pours it on the next 3-4 years, New England is hands down the team of the decade, and you'll be seeing this team imortalized forever on ESPN CLassic- and deservedly so.

Are you saying that if the Raiders had beaten the Pats in the 2001 playoffs (like most agree SHOULD have happened), that:

1) Brady would be viewed in the exact same light he is right now.

2)The Patriots would still have two Super Bowls; that is to say their success as a team in 03-04 was in NO way assisted by their championship in 01. Consider that they missed the playoffs in 02, so they very easily could have been considered a one year wonder.

The game chooses it's champions. This statement doesn't mean that it's fixed, it means that if you DON'T get some good fortune, you don't win 3-4 games in the playoffs, no matter how good you are. It's a simple concept. It chose the Pats three times. Thus they are three time world champions. Worship them if you must, but Bill Belichick is not my lord and savior.

The Patriots are not bigger then the game.