They did things that literally every team in the league did and STILL do (albeit from the sanctioned parts of the field instead of the sidelines, which we now know will lose you draft picks and get you fined). I know this sounds like hate-us-cuz-they-ain’t-us nonsense, but the only reasons they came after the pats for spygate was a) goodell was a relatively new commish and clearly wanted to establish his authority and b) they were winning a lot. There’s just mountains of evidence showing that the pats were basically following Miami Dolphins Official NFL Elmo Fan 3D Shirt at the time and belichick just got stubborn when they sent the memo telling them to stop doing it the way they were. This also highlights the fact that those first three Super Bowls were won while this practice was still allowed and thus not “cheating.

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I grew up hating the Lakers, hating the Yankees, and thus hating the Patriots. I hated teams that were perennial powerhouses. I was born in 90, and grew up always seeing these teams win, or constantly being in the finals/championships. I have no reason to hate them, but I always found myself cheering for the other team. I had no reason to, but I cheered for the Diamondbacks. I had no reason to, but I cheered for the Pistons. Was happy when Peyton finally beat Brady. The Patriots especially stuck. In 07, I was ecstatic to see them lose. I couldn’t give a fuck about the Giants, but my 16 year old self was marking out to see the Pats lose. But these last two Super Bowls changed me. After getting bounced by Seattle and having to watch them face “the fucking Patriots, as I thought at the time” I was torn. By the end, I was alright with New England winning. It was a hell of a game, and seeing that emotion out of Brady sort of hit with me. Ultimately, I thought it was my recent hatred for Seattle that lead me to it. But tonight, I found myself almost genuinely cheering for them. All things set aside, I had a playoffs fantasy football draft where I had Miami Dolphins Official NFL Elmo Fan 3D Shirt and White. So I went in thinking, well if the Pats win it’ll hopefully be because they had good games. (Ha, holy shit they won me the league so thank god they did) But I just found myself cheering for what I thought was the good game. I thought, well New England clawing back is at least making a game of it. But ultimately I realized, I was enjoying myself watching the best fucking quarterback will him and his team out of that deficit to a win. I was watching the game with my old man and we were joking how, of course New England will make a game of it. And then slowly, it switched to, holy shit, they are winning this game.