I've never understood it either. Guess he likes hanging out with non-Bostonians.

Mainly I prefer the different perspectives. Fan boards tend to become circle jerks of everyone thinking lockstep, or arguing over ridiculous crap that I could not care less about. Unfortunately, due to the ridiculous run of success, this board is now largely a circle jerk of "Cheatriots" and such, rather than some degree of objective/unbiased viewpoints. I didn't join some other AFC East team board to avoid that, because obviously that is what I would've gotten there.

:shrug:

I also originally joined mainly for political talk, and it was far more active here than on Patriots boards, and more conservative. This was before the creation of the DC subforum. I preferred to cross swords with conservatives rather than have -- yet again -- a liberal circle jerk. Over the years I've gotten somewhat less liberal, but the level of intelligence in the DC forum has fallen as guys like KC Wolfman, KC Titus, Logical and others have left or greatly reduced their post rate, with few/no replacements of similar quality. Now, reflecting broader trends in American politics, it's become something of a battle of extremists at the far ends of the spectrum. As a result I post there far less than I used to.

You're a homer, that's why... **** Boston!

I don’t care about the Patriots like other fans do

All winning afc teams (97-98 Broncos, 70s Raiders, Steelers, 01-03 Patriots) cheat

KC should’ve been better

I am on record of thinking our cheating is WAAAAAY subpar...

Great argument. I'm totally convinced!


:p

Patriots went around 10 years during Brady's career without winning a title so they are not a dynasty but just have surpassed what the Niners did. Sure the Patriots made the Super Bowl as favorites two of those years but they still didn't win it.

In my opinion, the dislike of everything Trump is somewhat equivalent to the dislike of everything Patriots. I can see fans during two periods getting super sick of Patriots in Super Bowl but unless you are a Dolphins/Jets/Bills fan and perhaps around 30 years old and under, the Patriots really haven't ruined much.

Steelers twice, Baltimore, Colts, Broncos, Rams, Giants twice, Eagles, Seahawks, Green Bay, New Orleans have all won Super Bowl titles since Patriots won their first Super Bowl. Patriots only have 5 Super Bowl titles with Brady which is the same the Niners got with Montana/Young and less than what Michael Jordan won with the Bulls. Admittedly, I despised Montana/Niners but I never felt they dominated so much that they ruined football and prevented other teams outside of their division at least from winning and having very good seasons.

If there is any sort of dislike towards a Boston sports team by folks under 35, it should be directed against Red Sox teams since what teams like the Yankees/Red Sox and to a lesser extend Dodgers (they haven't won but they have spent a ton at times) has in large part ruined baseball for most teams that can't spend around league average or above.

A team like the Baltimore Orioles had a really nice baseball tradition but since they are in the same division as the Red Sox and Yankees, deck stacked against them. Tampa Bay usually has deck stacked heavily against them as well.

NFL is obviously different with salary cap. Teams should be copying more of what Patriots do which really comes down to wisely managing the cap and valuing roster depth over having tons of high priced stars. Hard for Jets/Dolphins/Bills to compete in same division without a very good QB but literally every other NFL team doesn't have that excuse.

ROFL is it really that difficult for you to commit to posting on here with your same arrogance/hubris after Brady retires and the Faketriots become a perennial 6-10/7-9 team?

That's the only way to prove you are not a bandwagoning fraud.