The Patriots are winners....really

I generally choose not to write about sports in this blog. I try and direct the subject matter towards things that are a little more personal and thoughtful. However, the subject of the New England Patriots and cheating has been interesting to me.

Let me start by stating that the Patriots did indeed break the rules. There is very little to debate here. The part that gets me going is when I hear people debating the fact that the all of the Patriots victories are invalid are invalid. I am sure that the explosive Minnesota Vikings of 2006 would have ran right through the Pats had they not been cheating. The teams are not upset with the Pats for cheating, they are upset because they got caught and now nobody can do this again.

If the Raiders were caught doing this they would be the laughing stock of the league. I am pretty sure you could give the Raiders your play book and they would still loose because they fail to execute. That is what nobody is giving the Pats credit for...they gather information, process it and execute. You will notice that they don't always hire flashy talent, but they are always good executers.

Consistent execution is not something that ESPN can talk about for hours on end. A team that wins when they are supposed to and doesn't bask in the limelight is not an interesting news story. In our current times though, the general populous has so much access to information that media sources have to sensationalize stories to make them interesting. I believe this is one of those cases. If it were a team that was not a consistent winner we would be hearing about how someone famous checked into rehab. It is a fad to make winners into losers these days.

For this reason I hope that the Patriots and their tainted record go undefeated and win the Superbowl. They consistently out execute their opponents and I am anxious to watch them prove that even with a "leveled playing field" they still can dominate.