Comments on: Don’t Believe The Hype

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:27:51 +0000

Why do you guys need this material to get fired up? You proven to be a force to be reckoned with. I would like you to show where Del Rio said that about the spear. I knew he commented on that hit, but it wasn’t in those type of words. I think Brady is outstanding, but to fake a slide and then dive for a first down is lame.

By: Gregg

Gregg — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:55:30 +0000

Quote “I often hear how the Patriots brought that all on themselves. No, they didn’t. They brought on themselves 3/4 of a million dollars in fines and the loss of a first round pick, which unless I’m mistaken, doesn’t happen everyday in the NFL. In fact, find me another time it HAS happened.”

Check out this link http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28969-2004Sep17.html

The Denver Broncos have been fined almost $2 million this decade for circumventing the salary cap in the nineties which helped them win their back to back superbowls. I’d like to hear Tom Jackson’s opinion on that as he mentions “spygate” anytime he has the chance.

Keeping with the Broncos, I’d like to Jackson’s opinion on the following from Rick Reilly’s column in SI back in 2002; “It’s no rumor, pal. “Our guy keeps a pair of binoculars on their signal-callers every game,” says Broncos coach Mike Shanahan. “With any luck, we have their defensive signals figured out by halftime. Sometimes, by the end of the first quarter.”

You can find the entire article here: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/magazine/life_of_reilly/news/2002/01/09/life_of_reilly/

Ultimately this whole spygate thing has been way overblown. It should have been a non issue after a few weeka but some media types, most notably the former Bronco Jackson, keep briging it up.

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:41:27 +0000

I agree with you Bruce, I sort of like the whole “Hatriots” thing….Do some of the “talking Heads” irritate and annoy me? sure…They also make the victories EVEN MORE enjoyable. It’s alot of fun watching them eat crow…(even though most of them seem to “forget” their predictions when they are wrong)…and do we really want EVERYBODY to “love” the Patriots?….I don’t, the bandwagon is full enough already.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:13:37 +0000

I’ll tell you, the word ‘meme’ is HUGE on Patriots Daily.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:42:05 +0000

Gordon-

You’re right about that, but the Yankess have had many years of this type of behavior (many people 40 and younger probably never even knew a time when the yankees weren’t generally a good to great team)

It’s all new for Patriot fans and there seems to be quite a bit of vehemence to their words. Of course, it’s all good news.

By: Larry Bird

Larry Bird — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:16:21 +0000

Sports needs a good vs. evil meme to appeal to the out-of-market fans. Nobody hates the crappy teams, so enjoy the wrath and all the glory that it implies.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:17:39 +0000

I don’t think anyone is worried about it. I rather like it.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:54:11 +0000

Talk about thin skin.

Do you think Yankees fans get this hot and bothered when everyone hates them so much?

They don’t spend 10 minutes worrying that everyone hates them, neither should pats fans.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:06:52 +0000

According to power poller Vic Ketchman of jaguars.com, anybody who takes issue with that asterisk needs to develop a sense of humor. Imagine, all this hubub over punctuation.

I would be interested in Vic’s position should that asterisk be affixed to the Jaguars.

By: David

David — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:06:43 +0000

Hey, if Jacksonville doesn’t beat the Patriots this weekend, will they make a new t-shirt that says ” We’er Jacked Off”?