Patriots, Belichick and Videotape
I have this theory that if any headline uses some combination of the words "Patriots," "Belichick" and "videotaping," the corresponding article could be in gibberish and nobody would even notice, because they'd be too eager to discuss that thing the Patriots did in September.
Of course, I can't fully test out this theory without running the risk of being fired, so we'll probably never know for sure.
Either way, the magic words appear together in a headline today.
I'm not even going to mention the new information in the article, because nobody else did. Let's just get straight to the comments about those "cheaters."
HoaLu: I am glad they lost the superbowl. Cheaters can not be prosperous..
lasker1895: Belichick is a liar - plain and simple.
Can it really be that simple if we're all still talking about it?
gilliam: bill your credability is zero,hows your ex captian ted johnson doing,or do you care you power freak,and your boss waited untill the day after the jewish holliday were lieing is not permitted to give a responce,hmm lets see were this goes.Because bill you have lost my respect along time ago,but you always have the classless rodney harrison waiting to break the opponents kneck.Because for you bill and harrison and craft it is win at all cost,it doesnt matter about whos maymed along the way,or who is cheating,the end justifies the means.But class is not what you have bill.
7900rmc: got a dictionary, gilliam?
Back to the cheating:
iamasofaking: Brady CHEATED on his girlfriend (with child)...Belichcik CHEATED on his wife (with a NY Giants secretary, of all organizations)...CHEATING is in their NATURE. I say, let them continue to dig their own grave.
Blasphemous!
jerkhoff: To "I am so Faking": Tom Brady did not cheat on his girlfriend. Bridget Moynihan found out she was pregnant AFTER Brady broke up with her. Get your facts straight before you try to slime the greatest quarterback who ever played the game.
iamasofaking: My bad, thanks for the clarification. If TOM BRADY's suppposed to be BEST-PREPARED QUARTERBACK in the NFL, why didn't he bother to use PROTECTION with his ex before BREAKING UP with her? Could it be he's a LYING MORON? Oh yeah, that's it...GO PAT$!!!
And then, you just had to know it would come down to this eventually:
jerkhoff: I forget -- just how bad did the Patriots beat the Redskins last year? Oh, wait -- we MUST have been cheating to beat a great, great team like the Redskins. A mediocre quarterback like Tom Brady could NEVER find a way to pick apart the Skins secondary without outside assistance.
Approximately 14 minutes later...
jerkhoff: It just came back to me [Of course it did!]. I'm pretty sure it was 52-7. Looking back on the season, my only regret is that we didn't run up the score on you guys that day. We could EASILY have had 100. Face it -- the Patriots took pity on your team...
Wait! It's not over yet!
jerkhoff: Fifty! Two! to! Seven! Here's some consolation -- you can pretend it's a tie if you put it in Roman numerals: LII - VII
... It still looks like 52-7 to me. Does anyone know what this jerkhoff (heh heh heh) is talking about?
RaiderDan: "I've never seen a tape of another team's practice. Never.'' ... "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky," ... "I remember landing under sniper fire..''
jerkhoff: Just to get serious here, RaiderDan, where is the tape? Let's see, we have a scurrillous accusation from a disgruntled ex-employee, which conveniently happens two days before the Super Bowl, and two months later, there's still no tape. I guess his dog ate it.
And now for something completely different:
oneman: The Pats are not even perfect at cheating. They got caught red handed at least once so far. So glad NE did not remain perfect. For sure we don't need any more asterisks in sports records.
What a fresh new angle from which to look at things!
By Lindsay Applebaum |
April 2, 2008; 9:15 AM ET
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Posted by: Happy | April 2, 2008 10:27 AM
Smug. Slimey. Cheat. Creepy. Those are just some of the words that are synonymous with Belichick. If someone could create a filter that prevented "Patriots" and "Belichick" from ever appearing on my computer again I would be thrilled. If I see them in the paper I just turn the page. Online, I quickly click to another site. Now here too? I've enjoyed this blog up to this point so please assure me that this will be the last time you mention them. I hope you don't make me delete this bookmark!
Posted by: Papa Smurf | April 2, 2008 10:30 AM
But Kraft, the owners of the Pats, is a righteous dude
Posted by: Bob | April 3, 2008 4:54 AM
GO GIANTS cameras and all we beat them so its all good
Posted by: GIANTS | April 3, 2008 2:34 PM
belchcheck is a creepy guy, the team wins in spite of him. he got caught with his pants down. 1 year suspension minimum, lose both the first rounders. his chocking legacy is still with the Browns and Jets. no class and creepy
Posted by: devans | April 4, 2008 8:56 PM
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