So, I kind of get now why people (or entire publications like Slate) like to position themselves as contrarian. You get to feel, until you’re proven wrong, like the smartest guy in the room. You are seeing things everyone else just isn’t getting. You shake your head at how naive they are – can’t you fools see?
I this case, it’s the New England Patriots. They’re 3-0 and I saw on no less than 2 NFL roundtable shows seemingly knowledgeable people, ex-players, say that they thought the Patriots will go 16-0. I’m not pretending as if the New England Cheaters are a bad team. Clearly, they’re loaded. But I don’t think they are as good as advertised. They haven’t beaten really good teams yet, it’s kind of like assuming that Donovan McNabb will throw 4 TDs every week because he did it against the Lions – a team who have made the playoffs even less recently than my beloved Redskins.
I still have a few weeks to sit on my contrarian perch, constantly chuckling when the know-nothings assert how good the Patriots are while I know so much better even though my football experience doesn’t extend beyond some after school pickup games and thumb mashing in Madden 2008.
Believing opposite when the entire world and the data says otherwise. I totally get George W. Bush now.
“haven’t beaten really good teams yet”
Like who? The Redskins, who got pancaked by the defenseless Giants yesterday? The Chargers….uh, yeah. One of the three concensus ‘best teams in the league’ was dismantled last weekend. Other than the Colts….who haven’t exactly been dominating hapless teams like the Titans and the Texans, who do you consider to be ‘really good’ in the National Parity League.
They will destroy Cincinati Monday. Watch, Ollie….and be Frightened and In Awe.
He won’t be. He’s going to be crying “Cheater” for the rest of the season and beyond, even though he can’t explain how the taping created a distinct competitive advantage that translated on the field.
Maybe that will console him in February after the Pats hoist a fourth Lombardi.
Well, if they didn’t want to be called cheaters they shouldn’t have broken the rules. I never claimed the Skins were a powerhouse. I think they’re better than they played yesterday but they’re not as good as the Patriots, who I don’t think are the best team ever like the media wants us to believe.