Sportspickle.com article about the Pats

[Bill McBlueState]

Are you guys familiar with Sportspickle.com? It's sort of The Onion for sports.

They ran an article last year about the Patriots that is definitely still a good read!

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Team Many Calling the “Greatest Ever” Tired of Being Disrespected

Angered by the latest slap in the face that has them favored by only seven points against the 15-3 Eagles in the Super Bowl, New England Patriots players say they are getting sick of being disrespected by the media and public.

“It started at the beginning of the season,” said safety Rodney Harrison. “I saw somewhere that we were only 3:1 favorites to repeat – I mean, what’s that all about? One-to-one would have been the proper level of respect, or how about not even accepting bets at all because we’re so great that nobody should bet against us. But no, some people actually did bet against us. Total disrespect.”

Linebacker Willie McGinest said he knew no one thought much of his team after they traded for former Bengals running back Corey Dillon. “I remember some expert on ESPN saying when we got Corey that we would ‘almost be impossible to dethrone now,’” said McGinest. “What’s this ‘almost’ stuff? It’s that type of constant disrespect that motivates this team every week.”

Head coach Bill Belichick sets the tone by repeatedly telling his players that no one believes in them but themselves. But he must take some extreme steps to make sure they don’t hear any dissenting opinions.

It gets even better after this.