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hobbers said

Nope, but....I know Black&Gold4877 going to be mad about this one. Im still ticked that no one ever talks about how they cheated. They weren't accussed, they were proven guilty. Yet people say this is the greatest team ever. I really don't care, Barry Bonds has never been proven guilty (except by hearsay and book, not that I think he is clean), and he get more grief than any human alive. However, the Patriots' cheating just gets swept under the rug and proclaimed as motivation for their wonderful, glorious season. Sorry, I had to vent, Im a little bored right now.

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I understand where you're coming from, but there have been a lot of people who've brought up the cheating thing, and the fact that it's been proven. The rebuttal by Patriots' fans is that all teams do it - they just happened to get caught.

Here's my argument. While I agree that cheating is cheating, and should be punished, they were punished with fines and the loss of a draft pick. Furthermore, they still have to go out and play the game, much like Barry Bonds had to go out and swing the bat. If he did use steroids, I doubt they improved his vision and hand-eye coordination, which is key to being a successful hitter. In like manner,video-taping another teams defensive tendencies or whatever is was, will not yield Moss' record number of TD catches - many in traffic with defenders draped around them, or keeping Brady virtually clean in the pocket most of the season, IMO. The benefit of what the Patriots cheated on would be drawing up offensive playcalls to counter what they saw on tape, but they still had to execute it.

I am not taking up for the Patriots - I don't care about them one way or the other, and I hope that Jax beats them this weekend. I am just stating my opinion, and you guys are right to loathe them for cheating.