HawkFan72":175iqlxo said:
Nog":175iqlxo said:
Is that me or a lot of opposite fans are wishing us to win? That's something kinda overwhelming lol
We underestimated just how much the Patriots are universally hated.
We underestimated just how much cheating is universally hated.
If spygate never happened, if deflategate never happened, the Patriots would only face the boilerplate jealousy-based resentment. When all their success is questionable because of multiple sweeping cheating schemes, it's impossible to differentiate the hate for cheating in general and the hate for Bill Belichick's Patriots. They are now synonymous.