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Why do people hate the Patriots...because they win?

Don’t give me that cheating garbage, every team “cheats” to some extent.

My favorite coaches are Belichick and Saban, because they display Excellence, and we should celebrate Excellence where we find it, even if it’s not your favorite team.

“Why do people hate the Patriots...because they win?”

That is mostly the reason IMHO.
No team has been as dominant as the Patriots and people are just tired of them I guess.

“Don’t give me that cheating garbage, every team “cheats” to some extent.”

I want my fair advantage!-Hank Stram, KC Chiefs

Admittedly the Patriots and Belichick haven’t done themselves any favors.

They got caught putting a “spy” in the stands of an opponents practice. Something every team does.

Then Belechick ran off the field with time left in a game he lost. Bad decision Bill.

Then there was Inflategate.
A big nothing IMO.

Tom Brady can smirk with the best.
Does it matter that he is consistently a QB that wins? No.
Tom is a rich white guy with an even richer super model wife and the couple seem to be quite happy.

If Tom was a woman beating thug who was married with two or three baby mamas on the side he would be the most loved player in the league.

It seems nothing breeds hatred like hard work and success.

All that winning. But I think the way they win has a lot to do with it. They tend to not have major margins of victory, they just get enough. Which makes for great Super Bowls.

I think too a lot of people just don’t get Belichick. He’s so dry. He’s got this reputation of being no fun, but having been raised on British humor I think he’s freaking hilarious. But if you don’t realize he’s pulling one on you it plays as joyless. Like last year before the parade somebody asked him how long he’d celebrate this one and his answer was that they’re 4 weeks behind on scouting. There was a lot of coverage that read that as joyless, I almost fell out of my chair laughing.

Tired of seeing their joyless march into the playoffs every year and tired of seeing them in the Superbowl. Just tired of seeing them, period. The NFL will be a lot more interesting from a competitive standpoint when Brady and Beelzu-bill retire. I feel the same way about NCAA football and Saban.

At some point, it turns from “wow, what an excellent team!” into “enough already...” I got to that point with the Patties 2 Superbowls ago and Alabama 2 championships ago.

I am waffling on watching the game; I have seen enough Patties Superbowl victories since 2001 to last me a couple of lifetimes...

Why do people hate the Patriots?

My perspective as a Cowboys fan is because of a couple of things:

1) Going back to the invention of the tuck rule to help them beat the Raiders in the playoffs and start their dynasty the Patriots seem to have NFL favored child status with the refs.

Last week they get setup on a questionable PI for their first TD and get gifted a quick whistle on the fumble return for a TD. That is a 14 pt swing, they win by 4, very typical for a Patriots playoff game.

One or two games no big deal, every year the Patriots are in the playoffs it has gotten to the point where it is predictable. This is no different than NBA favoritism of their stars in big games.

2) People view the Patriots as cheaters who go unpunished as repeat offenders. No matter how much New England fans defend them that is what most people view them as after all of the “gates” they have been involved in and they have been caught and fined and lost draft picks and Brady was suspended for 4 games so the everyone does it defense does not work.

3) Personally, people are sick of the game play on the field that is personified by the Patriot offense of chuck it 5 yards to a receiver and complete 15 passes to score. It is not their fault they are the best at it but it makes for boring football.

4) As others have said, they have been too dominant for too long. People are just tired of seeing them in the playoffs. Everyone knows that they will win it again unless they are playing the Giants.

If you are a Patriots fan, none of this matters but that is why people hate the Patriots.