Quote from: Hueristic on January 18, 2021, 06:49:32 PM

I never understood the Pats hate, They were the worst team in football the entire time I was growing up and then when they got their shit together people hated on them.

They were just too dominant all the time and people hate (kind of envy) that. It's the same in every sport and no reason to worry or be mad about it, the hate/dislike will be gone when the Pats are back to normal. Another thing is, that haters are way more active in (publicly) expressing their opinion than fans doing public praise. So there will always be this disbalance, also because this is a very black/white matter, there is no middle and you have more haters than fans naturally, because the percentage of Pats fans in comparison to football fans/fans of other teams is pretty low like for all teams.

What added to that hate is all this little cheating and pushing the boundaries on top of playing in a super weak division all those years. People thought that NE somehow didn't deserve to be this good, but though I disliked their dominance/success, I always thought it's well deserved, because they were masterclass in a lot of areas and this should get rewarded.

If the Giants ever started such a reign, I wouldn't be too happy about (I think !), because I find it boring in general. It's way more fun to not know, if you will win any particular game or if you will win your division year after year, reach the Conference Championship for the gazillionth time in a row etc.; adds more spice and adrenaline.

Here are the odds for Sunday:

Source: https://www.oddsportal.com/american-football/usa/nfl/

I like the Bills

But you will get them above 3 inplay I think.