“Remember last time there was a big cheating scandal the Pats rattled off 17 straight wins. They kind of like being stigmatized.”
The bottom line is that the pats have not won a super bowl since cheatergate, which tells me that they could not figure out ways to cheat because they were under the watchful eye of nfl security. They now thought that the ‘heat’ was off and could start cheating again.
The whole “haven’t won an SB since cheatergate” thing is kind of destroyed by the fact that they went 18-1 that year. Really if it wasn’t for running into a Giants team that found ways to gut out 2 improbable wins largely on one major play each the Pats are 5-0 in the SB and finish that season 19-0. If they couldn’t find a way to cheat under the NFL’s watchful eye how did they rattle off 17 straight wins with an average margin of victory over 20? Maybe they were just that damn good.