There's talk of the New England Patriots being boring now. Sure they're 16-0, and pretty much have a championship all sewn up, barring a loss somewhere in the playoffs, but they're winning without much fanfare. I guess just winning is not enough for some people. Doing things in the team-first concept makes you... uh, boring. This sort of talk reminds me of the San Antonio Spurs and their championship runs of late.
Sports pundits have always described the Spurs as being a boring team, but all this doesn't not really surprise me. I've always seen the Patriots and Spurs as franchise siblings. Both teams have won championships with this, new fangled thing called a "team-first" concept and led by a not so glitzy leader, Brady and Duncan, respectively. During their runs, neither team had a sexy, me-first star. Until now...
About a month ago, I told my brother that the 2007 version of the New England Patriots, with Randy Moss, are like the San Antonio Spurs if they had acquired Kobe Bryant. Moss up to this point in his career has been like a Kobe Bryant, but has finally who relinquished his me-first attitude for the sake of winning championships. While with the Oakland Raiders, all one heard from Moss were complaints. Well... duh! He opted to play for the money and that got him nowhere. But all of a sudden, he has this epiphany and wants to win. Sheesh...
New England could've won without Moss, especially since they picked up Wes Welker, who's putting up some gawdy numbers of his own. But the rich got richer this year. And another thing. Did they really need to cheat to win? In two words: heeeeeell no!
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