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Even with Spygate, even those who have soft pedaled its significance have lambasted Belichick for his arrogance. Yet no one actually seems to have investigated to see if indeed Belichick ordered Matt Estrella to film the Jets’ defensive signals. Could Bill have gotten the league memo and round filed it, forgetting to mention to Matt that his job was different? Or could he have told Matt not to film the defensive signals but Matt is not the brightest light in the chandelier? We don’t know – we think we do, but no one has been enterprising enough to actually investigate rather than insinuate. Interestingly enough, it was Michael Felger who suggested the week before the Super Bowl that Belichick’s interpretation of the memo was legit, but he did a bad job of presenting his interpretation (which is my way of saying that I think that Bruce has been too hard on Felger).

But ultimately, don’t click through to Eastertwerp, don’t click through to the other haters, and limit yourself to the facts.

Your theory is right-on … the pats are human and wehn they get Senate hearings even espionage rumors dumped on them on the eve of the SB, it has to have an effect.

Weird/strange thought that occured to me when trying to make sense of that sad loss. They were just so listless and lackluster. Could it be that there is more to Spygate than we’ve been made to believe? Losing, in a way, makes is “simpler” and might make all of Spygate go away. Winning would have brought out more vitriol and heightened the determination to bring them down.

The quality of both the coaching and play was subpar, by Patriot standards, I couldn’t help but think that.

Thanks a million for putting into words what many of us Patriot fanatics are feeling.

Eight days later, my disdain for Tomase, Felger, Shaugnessey and the rest of the Patriot haters seems to be getting stronger.

As I type, I am looking for a way to vent my anger and disappointment with the local mediots. These people call themselves professionals but they seem to be in competition to outdo each other.

Any ideas about how we can send a message that needs to be heard??

Whatever happened to truth, common decency, respect and writing & talking about football?

In terms of the local media, I have to think most of the recent turn is a factor of everyone thinking WEEI’s Big Show is somehow typical of coverage. Both Felger and the morning show made constant comparisons to the over-the-top homerism of Fred and Steve on the Big Show. The truth is, the Big Show was just ONE show, and in the end, the ONLY show that was at all positive EVER about the Pats.

The most depressing part of the season was listening to how even the PFT guys decided they had to be “objective” by trashing Maroney all year, or making light of every minor nit the team did wrong. I think the other factor has to be the area getting spoiled. It’s like how after reading the SI Swimsuit edition your buddies start picking apart these gorgeous women for some minor flaw or another (from guys who will never get close to any of them).

Finally, I have to note the one largely refreshing oasis in all of this (outside of PD of course) and that was the Dale and Holley show on WEEI. If there was one place where we could get a “calm down” and things in proper perspective, it was there.