Halfway to History

      As the first quarter at Reading Memorial High School comes to a close, so does the first half of the NFL season. Although I have always enjoyed sports and especially Boston sports, I tend not to get excessively invested.

      This is year is the one exception.

      The Patriots are a perfect 8-0 half way through the season! But anybody who lives in New England and hasn't been living under a rock for the last 9 months know that this season is not just about football. The problem is the Patriots are just too good. Patriots fans always say "They hate us cuz they aint us". Patriot haters will always say it's because the Patriots cheat, but the only reason they make a big deal of it is because the Patriots are so good. Other teams cheat too; last year the Atlanta Falcons were caught pumping artificial sound into their stadium to make it hard for visiting teams to call plays. Nobody talks about that anymore and you know why? Because the Falcons aren't that great. So when it was discovered that the Patriots maybe deflated footballs, the league came down hard. Not just the NFL, but the media, other owners, and basically anybody not from New England. They punished the team itself and then Roger Goodell tried to take down the greatest quarterback of all time, Tom Brady. The NFL spent 5 months and millions of dollars on an investigation that concluded it was "more probable than not" that Tom Brady was "generally aware" of the deflated footballs.  I could have told you that the day after the game. The NFL is a hilarious joke of an organization. Goodell suspended Brady for four games, which was the same amount of games that Greg Hardy ended up serving for domestic violence charges! But I'm getting off topic.

      The NFL tried to take down the great Tom Brady, but instead Tom showed them up in federal court and beat them down. Now every week when the Patriots step onto the field, not only are they playing against their opponent, they're playing against the entire NFL. Tom Brady and the Patriots are pissed off, and their playing with one goal in mind, show up the NFL one more time. More so now than ever, Patriots Nation has an "us against the world" mentality, and I love it!

      8-0 is an impressive start, and I would love to see the Patriots complete the perfect season. But more importantly, on February 7th, I want to see Roger Goodell stand up on the podium, look Robert Kraft, Tom Brady, and all of Patriots Nation in the eye, and congratulate them on winning their 5th Super bowl Title!