Blindly Patriotic

I've just got to get this off my chest. Patriot fans drive me nuts. At least the ones I've seen online. They don't appear to know much about the game of football, they think they're always right, they believe their players can do no wrong, and they are always talking smack. I don't deny that they have a strong team. I'd be as obtuse as I'm accusing them of being if I denied that. I'm a diehard Cowboy fan and I'm not blind to our weaknesses. I am also aware that tensions are running high because we play each other in a week, but COME ON!

Why have they raised my ire? Because they can never just give another team credit for the things they're doing right. Their coach has been less than innocent this year with the charges of cheating through recording hand signals of their opposing team's defenses. And yet somehow he's come out pure as the driven snow. According to several Patriot fans, he got caught cheating on purpose in order to draw attention to the interpretation of the "no recording opposing teams from the sidelines during the game" rule so that it could be readdressed by committee and possibly be thrown out. Right. Lame excuse. I highly doubt he EVER meant to get caught. And how did the NFL commissioner penalize him? Oh, that's right, a small monetary fine to him and his team and the loss of 1 of 2 first round draft pics...and the one that they're taking away is the lesser one. Oh, yeah. Way to be firm. @@.

Then there's the whole "Nanny, Nanny, boo, boo!" game they play with how much better their team is than everyone else. Apparently New England has NO Kryptonite. One person claimed that they will beat the world because not only do they have Tom Brady, who, admittedly, is excellent at what he does, but their defense can stop any team in the NFL and that they've scored over 30 points every game. When it was pointed out that the Cowboys have actually scored over 30 points a game as well...and against better ranked defenses, the response given was..."Well, that's probably because we annihilated them when Tom Brady kicked their butts all over the place." At that point, someone came along and explained things. Defense rankings go by how many points average you allow. Has nothing to do with just 1 team. And the teams the Cowboys play have actually given up less points. His comeback? "Cowboys suck." So mature.

Next was the statement "Romo is a choke artist. Brady is GOD!" Wow! Really? At that point an impartial party came in and stated..."I'm not a Cowboy fan, but you really can't call Romo a choke artist." He then sited last week's game against the Rams. Romo had a ball snapped over his head and back 15 yards. He managed to get the ball and ran it himself, converting the 15 yard loss into a new first down. He pointed out that if Romo were a choke artist he would have simply fallen on the ball or slid. Romo is a very good football player. His response to this was to site the fact that Brady has scored over 30 points per game. Someone else pointed out that Romo had, too. His next response was "Well, Brady would have more points except that he's been spending the last 5 minutes of every 4th quarter kneeling on the ball because they've been beating everyone so badly." I don't know what games HE's been watching, but the exact opposite is true. Last week they were killing Cinci and yet he had to throw a TD to Moss to pad their stats. This week is no different.

Did you guys know that Randy Moss is the second coming? And that only New England has the ability to take players with "trouble maker" tags and turn them productive? Apparently Randy Moss has seen the light and become a new man! The press has even bought into this new image. And yet everyone is still waiting for T.O. to implode the Cowboys because apparently, that's what he does. Let's really compare stats, shall we?



T.O.-reportedly destroyed the Eagles with the feud between him and McNabb (incidentally, it's McNabb who's all over the press starting trouble these days while T.O. has been unusually silent). He was also blamed for locker room issues in the 49ers. He never stopped producing. During his tenure with the 49ers, he still helped them get to the play offs. While in Philly, he helped them get to the Superbowl.

Moss-Caused problems in Minnesota's locker room by demanding a trade because he wasn't happy with the QB, etc. He also started dogging it...not giving it his all, trying to force the trade. And when he was picked up by the Raiders, he did the same thing. So when he's not happy with his team, he demands a trade AND stops performing...kinda like a petulant child.

T.O.-Loudmouthed, Trash talker, but with no history of trouble with the law.

Moss-Loudmouthed, Trash talker. Has been charged with marijuana use, drunk driving...and my personal favorite...dragging the poor officer who was trying to arrest him half a block with his car. Yeah, that's classy.

Thanks, I'll keep T.O. He may be a loud mouth and a trash talker, but at least I know he'll perform as long as he's on my team...and his disruptive behavior does not include brushes with the law. But Moss is the new darling. Oh, brother.

Finally, New England will go undefeated. There is NO TEAM in the NFL that can beat them. Isn't it a bit early to be saying this? Any team can have an off week. And so far, they've been playing easy teams. They ARE playing the Colts, the Steelers, the Cowboys, and the Ravens. With a schedule like that, there are NO GUARANTEES. Once they start playing the tougher teams, THEN they will have the right to discuss going undefeated.

Yeah, they're a great team. I don't deny that. I just can't stand their fans. I've heard of "Homers", Michael Irvin was one for the Cowboys. But I think these guys have taken a few too many hits from the peace pipe! My favorite memory of the Patriots happened back in January of '86...at the superbowl game against the Chicago Bears. :-)